Ms. Wausheka McClary, the Parent Mentor for the Elbert County School District, encourages parents to get involved in the graduation process. We must "know when our children are graduating and get them ready!"
The Georgia Parent Mentor Partnership website (http://www.parentmentors.org/) provides an insider's guide to raising, educating and supporting a child needing special education related services.
When Banks County High School and Middle School GraduateFIRST teams reviewed the research regarding dropout prevention, they quickly realized that they needed to reach their primary age students who too often begin the process of school disengagement that leads to dropping out of school.
The Georgia Parent Mentor Partnership website (http://www.parentmentors.org/) provides an insider's guide to raising, educating and supporting a child needing special education related services.
As an ASPIRE consultant, Colleen Lambert, encourages students to take a more active role in their Individual Education Program (IEP). Through the collaboration between the Georgia Department of Education and the Georgia Developmental Disabilities Council, school personnel and families are working together to build self advocacy skills in students with disabilities.
Dennis Medders, Principal of Manchester High School, discusses how C.A.F.E.'s have encouraged collaboration between students, families, and communities to bring about successful relationships and improved achievement in Manchester High School.
Webinar participants will hear how schools have redesigned programs, adopted new practices, and implemented research-based strategies to become highly successful in preventing students with disabilities from dropping out of school.
Click on the attachments to access the Webinar flyer, the presentation powerpoint and accompanying handouts.
In today's world, a high school diploma is key to opening the doors to more options for our children. Parent to Parent is pleased to have Dr. Laura Brown, the Director of the North Georgia Learning Resource System (NGLRS) as our presenter. Dr. Brown will be sharing information & steps that we can take to help our children stay in school.
The Georgia Department of Education (GaDOE) State Personnel Development Grant (SPDG) Graduation/Dropout Prevention Project is a major component of a five-year grant from the U.S. Department of Education Office of Special Education Programs (OSEP).
In Elbert County, administrators hope that all it takes to graduate is a little drive… jump drive, that is. Elbert County School Superintendent Abe Plummer, Elbert County Comprehensive High School Principal Rick Higginbotham and Elbert County Middle School Principal Paul Garrett have led the effort to improve graduation rates in their system.
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