Building, Improving, and Expanding a Model Foster Youth Program Milisav (Mike) Ilic, Ed.D. Director Instructional Support Services
Hamilton, Ontario
Located in the heart of downtown Hamilton, Sir John A. Macdonald Secondary School is one of the largest multi- cultural schools outside of T oronto. Canadians, including a sizeable group of aboriginal students, study alongside ESL students coming from about 80 countries and speaking more than 50 languages.
Why Foster Youth Local Control Funding Formula (LCFF) Local Control Accountability Plan (LCAP) Close the “invisible” achievement gap
Foster Youth By School Level (456 Total) 50% 46% 40% 36% 30% 20% 13% 10% 4% 1% 0% Elementary High School Intermediate K-8 NPS Corona-Norco Unified School District 11
Foster Youth Demographics 60% 55% 50% 40% 30% 20% 22% 15% 10% 4% 4% 0% Hispanic White African American Asian Other Corona-Norco Unified School District 12
Low Income, English Learners, Foster Youth Continuation District 70% 69% 66% 63% 59% 52.5% 47% 44% 42% 40% 35% 17.5% 0% 2010-2011 2011-2012 2012-2013 2013-2014 Corona-Norco Unified School District 13
Foster Youth Goals Motivate Educate Graduate
Motivate Make a connection to school Create a safe environment Teacher or other adult on campus Safety and Violence Counselor Activites
Educate AB 216 AB 490 Tutoring
Graduate Foster Youth College Bound Day College and Financial Aid Summer Advantage Program
Date Activity Location Lead Group September 8 @ 1:30 Safety and Violence Counselors Meeting CNUSD District Office CNUSD (1st meeting) September 25 @ Fall Kick-Off for high school students • CNSUD District Office CNUSD 10:30-1:00 Announce program for seniors October 21 @ 9am Seniors and Caregivers Back-to-School Learning Center North CNUSD, NC, and Orientation (kick-off) RDPSS October Pre-Assessment Test and Financial Aid Norco College NC Workshop October Begin afterschool Tutoring Sylvan Learning Center CNUSD and RCOE November Life Skills Workshop • Topic: Norco College THRIVE Holiday Feast December 5 @ 10:30 CNUSD District Office January 30 @ Foster Youth College Bound Day • Norco College NC, CNUSD, 9:00-1:00 Seniors apply to NC, Summer Advantage, and FAFSA February Life Skills Workshop • Topic: Making Norco College THRIVE Healthy Choices Take Accuplacer Exam March Norco College NC April Life Skills Workshop • Topic: Financial Norco College THRIVE Literacy May End of Year Celebration (all high school CNUSD District Office CNUSD students) • Seniors apply for EOPS June Summer Advantage for seniors Norco College NC
Step 1: Identify stakeholders and potential partners District’s LCAP drafting committee and district/school staff working with foster youth should develop contacts with: • COE FYS program designee on education issues • Placement and service providers (group homes, FFAs, mental health • County child welfare agency – edu- • Children’s and parents’ attorneys agencies, workforce programs) cation and data point person • Community-based organizations that • Youth organizations (CYC, Foster • County probation department – edu- work with foster children and/or care- Club) cation and data point person givers (advocacy groups, tutoring/ mentoring programs, CASA, kinship • Juvenile courts – presiding judge or support programs, etc.) Step 2: Gather demographic data on foster youth Create a foster youth fmag for your student information systems: • How many foster youth are students in your district? • Look at data by placement/supervision type - how many are living with parents? How many are in relative homes • Look at data by age – do they cluster at certain grade or foster homes? Group homes? How many are probation- levels? supervised? • Look at data by school – do they cluster at certain schools/areas? Step 3: Review Year 1 data disaggregated for foster youth on state-required metrics All districts currently should have disag- • High school graduation rate Analyze the data – are outcomes for fos- gregated data on foster youth on: ter youth different than for the general • Suspensions student population? In which areas? • Standardized test performance • Expulsions • AP course passage • High school dropout rate Step 4: Develop data on additional metrics specifjc to foster youth Create a foster youth fmag for your student information systems: Develop local capacity to obtain disaggregated data for foster due to change in placement or transfer to continuation/ youth on additional key metrics: alternative school) • Attendance • Participation in statewide testing • Chronic absenteeism • Enrollment in comprehensive vs. alternative/continuation high schools • School transfers (% of foster youth who change schools continued on next page TITLE DRAWN BY DATE BUILD YOUR OWN MODEL LCAP FOR FOSTER YOUTH COALITION FOR EDUCATIONAL EQUITY MARCH 2015 FOR FOSTER YOUTH
continued from previous page Step 5: Review Year 1 LCAP’s Foster Youth-related goals, action steps, and funding. In light of the demographic data re- • Are there suffjcient staff to fully • Is there a clear timeline to imple- viewed in Step 2, and the outcome data implement the identifjed actions? ment the identifjed actions and reviewed in Step 3, consider: achieve goals? • Is there suffjcient funding to imple - • Do the goal(s) and actions match ment the identifjed actions? identifjed needs? Step 6: Add/revise foster youth goals and actions Year 2 LCAP Goals should include specifjc yearly benchmarks to close achievement gap in all areas shown by data in Step 3, where foster youth outcomes are lagging behind those of general student population. Add Actions to support each goal: • Hiring and/or assignment, train- • School-site level academic and ing, and supervision of staff who socioemotional counseling, sup- • District level policies, data col- will work with foster youth at school ports and resources for foster youth, lection and analysis, MOUs with sites, and training/support of all linking foster youth to school and county child welfare and probation staff in working effectively with district resources departments foster youth Step 8: Review Year 1 budgeted and actual expenditures for actions and services for foster youth. Revise/increase Year 2 budgeted expenditures as necessary to support all Actions/Services. The Coalition for Educational Equity for Foster Youth is Advancement Project • Alliance for Children’s Rights • Children’s Law Center of California • California Youth Connection • County of Los Angeles • Department of Children and Family Services Hillsides • Los Angeles Area Chamber of Commerce • National Center for Youth Law Public Counsel • United Friends of the Children TITLE DRAWN BY DATE BUILD YOUR OWN MODEL LCAP FOR FOSTER YOUTH COALITION FOR EDUCATIONAL EQUITY MARCH 2015 FOR FOSTER YOUTH
FOSTER YOUTH 2011-15 ▸ District-Wide Totals as of May 20 of that school year 478 500 351 375 240 235 250 125 0 2011-12 2012-13 2013-14 2014-15
FOSTER YOUTH 2011-15 Graduation Dropout 5th Year Seniors 89% 90 81% 67.5 52% 50% 45 29% 28% 21% 21% 22.5 16% 11% 0% 3% 0 2011-12 2012-13 2013-14 2014-15
FOSTER YOUTH 2011-15 ▸ Demographic Percentages Hispanic White African-American 60 54 53 45 49 48 30 33 26 25 24 15 17 16 15 13 0 2011-12 2012-13 2013-14 2014-15
FOSTER YOUTH 2011-15 TOP 4 SCHOOLS WITH FOSTER YOUTH 2011-12 2012-13 2013-14 2014-15 Roosevelt HS Roosevelt HS Roosevelt HS Roosevelt HS (48) (31) (45) (59) Norco HS Centennial Norco HS Centennial (19) HS (15) (21) HS (21) Santiago HS Norco HS Rosa Parks Rosa Parks (15) (14) Elem (20) Elem (19) Centennial Ramirez Centennial Eastvale/ HS (14) Interm (11) HS (16) Foothill (17)
FOSTER YOUTH 2011-15 TOP 4 GRADES WITH FOSTER YOUTH 2011-12 2012-13 2013-14 2014-15 12 (35) 11 (25) 10, 11 (32) 9 (44) 10 (31) 10, 12 (24) 7 (29) 2 (42) 9 (30) 8, 9 (18) 1, 3 (28) 6 (39) 11 (28) 7, 8 (17) 8 (26) 11 (37)
FOSTER YOUTH 2011-15 2011-12 2012-13 2013-14 2014-15
FOSTER YOUTH 2011-15 ▸ Taking AP Classes 3 Students 4 Students 2 Students 7 Students 18 18 13.5 9 6 6 4.5 5 2 4 0 1 0 2011-12 2012-13 2013-14 2014-15 Pass Fail
FOSTER YOUTH 2011-15 ▸ Suspensions No Yes 2011-12 26% suspension rate 2012-13 25% suspension rate 2013-14 20% suspension rate 2014-15 19% suspension rate 0 100 200 300 400
FOSTER YOUTH 2011-15 NEXT STEPS ▸ Attendance ▸ Chronic Absenteeism ▸ School transfers (% of Foster Youth who change schools due to change in placement or transfer to Alt. Ed.) ▸ Enrollment in Traditional vs. Alternative Ed. schools
FOSTER YOUTH 2011-15 NEXT STEPS ▸ County probation department – education and data point person ▸ Juvenile courts – presiding judge or designee on education issues ▸ Placement and service providers (group homes, FFAs, mental health agencies, workforce programs) ▸ Community-based organizations that work with foster children and/or care- givers (advocacy groups, tutoring/mentoring programs, CASA, kinship support programs, etc.)
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