1	The School of Professional Beauty Care Small Learning Communities Attendance and Academic rates
2	Grace Dodge Vocational High School PRESENTERS Ms. M. SOTO & Ms. M. FISHMAN
3	THE SUCCESS RATE OF COSMETOLOGY STUDENTS A large majority of students are not passing their core or major classes. What evidence supports our schools attendance problem rate?
4	"What evidence supports our schools" What evidence supports our schools attendance problem rate?
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6	Identify the causes Class! Let’s take a look at this chart. How does this chart relate to the drop out rate?
7	Causes for poor academic achievement LIST THE CAUSES FOR POOR ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT BASED ON THE CHART. 1. 2. 3.
8	Tips worksheet 3 LET’S COMPLETE THE WORKSHEETS “IDENTIFY THE CAUSES” USE INFORMATION YOU HAVE GAINED FROM THIS LESSON
9	Solutions to the Problems READ THE FOLLOWING ARTICLE FAILURE RATES Fill in the following chart CAUSES FOR DROP OUTS SOLUTIONS TO DROP OUTS
10	Evaluate these policies and their Success Groups will look at charts provided by GRACE DODGE school.
11	ASSESSMENT TOOL Below are suggestions for assessing future applicants to grace Dodge: as a group add your ideas to this list
12	Problem- Poor attendance and cutting of classes. Too many of our students are persuaded by peer pressure and gang groups. How can we prevent the following from occurring in our school/ community COMPLETE THE WORKSHEET # 5 “DEVELOPING SOLUTIONS” BELOW WITH YOUR GROUP’S ATTENDANCE
13	REVIEW 1: What causes failure? 2: WHAT ARE SOME SOLUTIONS TO THE PROBLEM Interview students, staff, and the principal on the causes of failure in High schools.
14	INTERVIEW & DECIDE! Interview students, staff, and the principal on the causes of failure in High Schools. MAKE CONCLUSION: What are the causes for drop outs in Grace Dodge H.S.?