The Annual California Dropout Prevention Conference - Ready To Learn: Helping Students Survive and Thrive

Strands

View a list of Preconference and Conference sessions for each of the Strands:

CSS Toolkit
Program elements implemented over the past 18 years in California schools that transform school culture and have a wide range of benefits, including dropout prevention.

Best Practices
Schools that scored in the top 10% on their CSS annual report (Shining Star Schools*) will present sessions on some of the strongest aspects of their programs.

Collaboration

Dropout Prevention Strategies

Instructional Strategies

Resiliency

Safe Schools

Foster Youth

Special Identifiers

New Session

Special Education

Marketing Session
Many of these sessions were recommended as having valuable services to offer.

Grade Level will be noted (K–12, K–6, 7–8, etc.)

* What is a Shining Star School?

SB65 Comprehensive Student Support schools that scored well in this year's annual peer review of their application and showed significant gains in academic improvement by meeting their API and AYP targets were designated Shining Stars. These schools will be presenting throughout the conference so that you can hear firsthand how they achieved their outstanding results.

modified on 21 August 2006