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2 School Completion in Canadian Schools: Findings from Tell Them From Me J. Douglas Willms University of New Brunswick

3 Only about three of every four Canadian students graduate from secondary school in the typical timeframe, although some students who drop out of school later pursue adult education programs that lead to a high school diploma. Janosz, M., Bisset, S. L, Pagani, L. S., & Levin, L. (2009). Educational systems and school dropout in Canada.

4 The True Cost of High School Dropouts By HENRY M. LEVIN and CECILIA E. ROUSE The New York Times: January 25, 2012 Educated workers are the basis of economic growth they are especially critical as sources of innovation and productivity given the pace and nature of technological progress Studies show that the typical high school graduate will obtain higher employment and earnings an astonishing 50 percent to 100 percent increase in lifetime income and will be less likely to draw on public money for health care and welfare and less likely to be involved in the criminal justice system.

5 I. Pathways to Success

6 Early Skill Deficits Cognitive Social School Entry and Transition Problems Unexpected and Traumatic Events

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8 II. Personal Assets Leading to Completion

9 Demographic Academic Engagement Social Institutional Intellectual Pro-Social Behaviour Learning Climate of the School

10 TELL them FROM me is a dynamic web-based evaluation system designed to meet the ongoing needs of teachers, principals, and school district administrators.

11 Academic Skills

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13 Engaged Students

14 Measures of Student Engagement in Tell Them From Me Social Engagement Institutional Engagement Intellectual Engagement Sense of Belonging at School Values Schooling Outcomes Interest and Motivation Participation in Sports and Clubs Attendance Effort Positive Friendships at School Positive Homework Behaviour Quality Instruction Tell Them From Me

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18 Pro-Social Behaviours

19 Learning Climate of the School High expectations for success Teacher-student relations Classroom disciplinary climate Child has an advocate at school 19

20 III. A Prediction Model Based on Leading Indicators

21 Average Probability of School Completion 71% Moderately at Risk 17% Hi Risk (Low Probability) 12%

22 IV. Five Types of Students

23 Engaged Disconnected Dis- Engaged Struggling Alienated Percentage of Students 32% 26% 12% 23% 7% Grades Social Engagement Institutional Engagement Intellectual Engagement Positive Behaviour Suffering Anxiety 3% 8% 8% 7% 17% Suffering Depression 2% 7% 9% 5% 19% Victim of Bullying 7% 13% 20% 12% 30% Probability of Completion 91% 75% 61% 65% 28%

24 What Schools Can Do Build assets with school-wide reforms. Focus on engagement Develop caring schools Smaller learning communities, advisory groups Cross-grade teams Develop an early warning system. Early years evaluation: RTI Provincial test results Attendance and behaviour markers

25 What Schools Can Do Establish effective targeted interventions for high-risk youth more intensive monitoring mentorship direct strategies for school involvement effective family-school partnerships

26 What School Jurisdictions Can Do Set high but achievable goals and monitoring progress towards those goals. monitoring helps promote effective policies and practices is consistent with efforts to increase achievement Invest in staff development sustained investment focused on literacy skills, engagement, and behaviour Staff training on effective dropout prevention programs

27 What School Jurisdictions Can Do Examine the structural features of schools and determine whether they are aligned with improving school completion reconsider the long-standing structural features of schools that affect student learning, engagement, and behaviour involves changes in the organizational culture

28 Schools and jurisdictions participating in Tell Them From Me now have the means to monitor the key elements of school completion literacy skills and grades, engagement, and behaviour as well as the key drivers of these student outcomes.

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