At Risk(Student populations)

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georgia statistics

56% graduation

georgia statistics

44% dropout

300,000+ poverty

georgia statistics

at-risk students

hard to define [controversial]

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at-risk studentsfail to achieve basic proficiency

in core subjects by 8th grade

a few definitions:

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at-risk studentsDo not graduate with necessary skills for:

work

leisure

culture

civic affairs

inter/intra personal relationships

a few definitions:

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at-risk studentsAt risk when students are placed in an

environment for which they were not prepared !

a few definitions:

[4 levels of educational risk]

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at-risk studentsAt risk when students are placed in an

environment for which they were not prepared !

a few definitions:

Microrisk (classroom interaction)

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at-risk studentsAt risk when students are placed in an

environment for which they were not prepared !

a few definitions:

Mesorisk (domestic interaction)

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at-risk studentsAt risk when students are placed in an

environment for which they were not prepared !

a few definitions:

Exorisk (community interaction)

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at-risk studentsAt risk when students are placed in an

environment for which they were not prepared !

a few definitions:

Macrorisk (sociocultural interaction)

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at-risk studentsIndicators:

exceptionality

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at-risk studentsIndicators:

limited english proficiency

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at-risk studentsIndicators:

poverty

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at-risk studentsIndicators:

educational deprivation

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at-risk studentsIndicators:

minority group

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at-risk studentsIndicators:

lack of home/community resources

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at-risk studentspoverty:

poverty poses a serious challenge to children’s

access to quality learning opportunities and

their potential to succeed in school

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at-risk studentshigh teacher attrition rate:

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at-risk studentseffective instructional practices:

a caring attitude

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at-risk studentseffective instructional practices:

assertiveness & authority

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at-risk studentseffective instructional practices:

positive

environmentcommunicative

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at-risk studentseffective instructional practices:

positive

environmentcommunicative

[communication differences]

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at-risk studentseffective instructional practices:

demanding effort

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at-risk studentseffective instructional practices:

personal relationship

mutual respect

individual attention

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at-risk studentseffective instructional practices:

caring learning

community

at-risk studentseffective instructional practices:

business-like learning community

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Presented by: Brent Daigle, Ph.D.