"The Impact of Policies and Procedures
on Dropout and School Completion"

Presenters:

Dr. Loujeania Williams Bost

Director, National Dropout Prevention Center for Students with Disabilities

Dr. Matthew Klare

Research Associate, National Dropout Prevention Center for Students with Disabilities


Seminar Code: 13270
Site Registration Fee: $75.00*

REGISTER BY CALLING 1-800-775-7654
or email: dhall@edc.org for more information


*FREE to State Directors of Special Education, OSEP/OSERS, and Regional Parent Information Centers
Multidures can greatly impact school holding power and school-completion rates. At the local level, even within districts that focus on school completion, competing structures of policies (professional development, attendance, testing, or mandated curricula) may interfere with school completion. This teleseminar examines selected policies and proposed remedies implemented by several education agencies. It is designed for state and local education agency personnel, policymakers and others concerned with policies that impact school completion.
About the Presenters:
Dr. Bost is the director of the National Dropout Prevention Center for Students with Disabilities (NDPC-SD) at Clemson University. Dr. Bost is responsible for all operational aspects of the Center, including the development of strategic partnerships. Dr. Bost holds a Ph.D in Special Education from The Pennsylvania State University. She has an extensive background and experience working in state and local education agencies and in community programs. Dr. Bost has worked with students with disabilities and special education personnel in several states including 13 years with the Pennsylvania Department of Education's Bureau of Special Education where she served as Chief for both compliance and technical assistance. She has been a public school teacher, a program administrator for agencies serving adults and adolescents with mental retardation, and a researcher. Dr. Bost has also held adjunct appointments at Penn State and Temple Universities.

Dr. Klare's background is in the areas of assessment development, operations and data analysis. Before joining NDPC-SD he was with American Institutes for Research and the South Carolina Department of Education. While at NDPC-SD, Dr. Klare has assisted states with analyses of dropout-related data and the identification of risk factors that affect school completion.
Who should attend this program: Representatives of state education agencies, school based leadership teams, classroom and special education teachers, central office and building level leadership, parent leaders, and policymakers

Registration fee includes: Access from one telephone line and one set of reproducible participant materials

Participating: Participants can invite as many people to participate as one telephone connection can accommodate. When you register, you will receive instructions on how to access the seminar from your telephone and how to receive participant materials by mail or e-mail. Participants can pay using a credit card, check, or purchase order. If you wish to use a purchase order you must register by phone and all purchase orders must be made out to Education Development Center, Inc. (EDC).

REGISTER BY CALLING 1-800-775-7654 or email: dhall@edc.org for more information. Or visit us online at: www.ndpc-sd.org.

The National Dropout Prevention Center for Students with Disabilities, funded by the U.S. Dept. of Education, Office of Special Education Programs (OSEP), works in collaboration with Education Development Center, Inc. (EDC), the Intercultural Development Research Association (IDRA) and the National Dropout Prevention Center/Network.