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MULTI‐LEVEL CONSULTATION WITH AN URBAN SCHOOL DISTRICT TO PROMOTE 9TH GRADE SUPPORTS FOR ON‐TIME GRADUATION
Author(s) -
Hazel Cynthia E.,
Pfaff Kelli,
Albanes Jennifer,
Gallagher John
Publication year - 2014
Publication title -
psychology in the schools
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.738
H-Index - 75
eISSN - 1520-6807
pISSN - 0033-3085
DOI - 10.1002/pits.21752
Subject(s) - graduation (instrument) , school district , urban district , psychology , medical education , pedagogy , medicine , sociology , socioeconomics , engineering , mechanical engineering
This case study documents a multi‐level consultation regarding a district‐led initiative, designed to increase the number of students starting 10th grade on track for on‐time high school graduation. The case study focuses on one neighborhood high school (9th grade student N = 440) in an urban district in the Intermountain West. Consultation occurred with teachers, teaching teams, support staff, school administrators, and district personnel. Data sources included consultation notes, observations, surveys, interviews, and district records. The findings included that students enter with various risk profiles that require immediate differentiation of supports, students’ entering risk profiles were not fully predictive of where they would be by the end of 9th grade, the consultation with teaching teams and teachers increased their ability to support student needs, and the systems‐level consultation led to significant building and district changes. Suggestions for the practice of school psychology and future research are given.