Dropout Prevention

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BASIC INFORMATION

◉ Multiple factors lead to dropout

◉ Long-term process

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WHY ARE KIDS
DROPPING OUT
TODAY?
PUSH, PULL, AND FALLING OUT FACTORS

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Understanding why students
dropout of school

Definition Example

Push Out
When adverse situations in school Zero tolerance policies
environment lead to consequences that lead to suspension

A student has poor

Pull Out
When adverse situations outside school
attendance because of
environment lead to consequences
family responsibilities
When a student does not show significant Student doesn’t feel
Falling Out academic progress and becomes apathetic belonging or hopeful of
or loses motivation school success

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The Dropout Rate For
Students With...

1 Risk Factor: 2 Risk Factors: 3 Risk Factors:

17.1% 32.5% 47.7%

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 Activity
Pull out a pen and turn to your neighbors

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Let’s talk about it...

Mitigate Eliminate

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Key Takeaways

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What we are doing...

Contacting Past Monitoring Monitoring Behavior

Schools Attendance Referrals
Past schools will be Declining and low Frequent, increasing,
aware of risk factors attendance will be and major behavior
in students lives prior tracked referrals will be
to attending our tracked
school

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Dropout Risk Factors
Behavior
Misbehavior at school
Attendance
Consistently missing partial or
full days of school
High Risk Peer Groups
Peer groups whose members
engage in high risk activities
(drinking, drugs, other illegal or
dangerous activity)
Family Disruption
Divorce/separation, loss of a
family member, moving
Low SES
Correlates to lower educational
achievement, poverty, and poor
health
Low Education Expectations
Members of student’s
community hold low
educational expectations for
them
Low Achievement
Declining or failing grades
Low Parental Education level
High school degree or less
Student Holding Jobs
Student holds job to support self
and/or family
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Dropout Risk Factor Form

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Action Steps

◉ Student check-ins
◉ Family engagement
◉ Connect coursework to college/career success
◉ Advocate for removal of push-out factors
◉ Showing students high expectations
◉ Serve on dropout prevention teams
◉ Consult with support staff

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 References
Chappell, S. L., O’Connor, P., Withington, C., & Stegelin, D. A. (2015, April). A meta-analysis of dropout prevention outcomes and strategies
(A Technical Report in Collaboration with The Center for Educational Partnerships at Old Dominion University). Clemson, SC: National
Dropout Prevention Center/Network at Clemson University.

Dockery, D. J. (2012). School dropout indicators, trends, and interventions for school counselors. Journal of School Counseling, 10(12).

Doll, J. J., Eslami, Z., & Walters, L. (2013). Understanding why students drop out of high school, according to their own reports. SAGE Open,
3(4), 215824401350383. doi:10.1177/2158244013503834
Kennelly, L., & Monrad, M. (2007). Approaches to dropout prevention: heeding early warning signs with appropriate interventions.
PsycEXTRA Dataset. doi:10.1037/e538292012-001
National Dropout Prevention Center

Rumberger, R., Addis, H., Allensworth, E., Balfanz, R., Bruch, J., Dillon, E., Duardo, D., Dynarski, M., Furgeson, J., Jayanthi, M.,
Newman-Gonchar, R., Place, K.,& Tuttle, C. (2017). Preventing drop- out in secondary schools (NCEE 2017-4028). Washington, DC:
National Center for Education Evaluation and Regional Assistance (NCEE), Institute of Education Sciences, U.S. Department of
Education. https://whatworks.ed.gov
Suh, S., & Suh, J. (2007). Risk Factors and Levels of Risk for High School Dropouts. Professional School Counseling.
https://doi.org/10.1177/2156759X0701000312
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 References
Chappell, S. L., O’Connor, P., Withington, C., & Stegelin, D. A. (2015, April). A meta-analysis of dropout prevention outcomes and strategies
(A Technical Report in Collaboration with The Center for Educational Partnerships at Old Dominion University). Clemson, SC: National
Dropout Prevention Center/Network at Clemson University.

Dockery, D. J. (2012). School dropout indicators, trends, and interventions for school counselors. Journal of School Counseling, 10(12).

Doll, J. J., Eslami, Z., & Walters, L. (2013). Understanding why students drop out of high school, according to their own reports. SAGE Open,
3(4), 215824401350383. doi:10.1177/2158244013503834
Kennelly, L., & Monrad, M. (2007). Approaches to dropout prevention: heeding early warning signs with appropriate interventions.
PsycEXTRA Dataset. doi:10.1037/e538292012-001
National Dropout Prevention Center

Rumberger, R., Addis, H., Allensworth, E., Balfanz, R., Bruch, J., Dillon, E., Duardo, D., Dynarski, M., Furgeson, J., Jayanthi, M.,
Newman-Gonchar, R., Place, K.,& Tuttle, C. (2017). Preventing drop- out in secondary schools (NCEE 2017-4028). Washington, DC:
National Center for Education Evaluation and Regional Assistance (NCEE), Institute of Education Sciences, U.S. Department of
Education. https://whatworks.ed.gov
Suh, S., & Suh, J. (2007). Risk Factors and Levels of Risk for High School Dropouts. Professional School Counseling.
https://doi.org/10.1177/2156759X0701000312
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