Drop+Out+Prevention


 * Service-Learning as a Strategy for Dropout Prevention**
 * Bundled Resource**
 * Description:** The Providers' Network sponsored this PowerPoint presentation and handouts on how service-learning can act as a strategy for dropout prevention. Covers the risk factors for dropping out, the impact on society, and the case for service-learning as a difference-maker! Download and use at your site.

Additional Resources > 55 slides that address service-learning's role in preventing dropping out of school > An introductory overview of the presentation for facilitator's on the presentation's intended audience, goals, agenda, and tips. > The chart shows the prevalence with which dropout risk factors are cited from 12 different data sources. > Provides a profile for an activity used during the presentation. > Reviews five factors the foster resilient individual s. > Search Institute's summary of the 40 Developmental Assets > Summarizes 15 researched-based strategies for dropout prevention.
 * **[|PowerPoint Presentation]**
 * **[|Facilitator's Guide]**
 * **[|Handout 1: Dropout Risk Factors]**
 * **[|Handout 2: Alicia's Story]**
 * **[|Handout 3: Five Attributes of Resilience (RICCO)]**
 * **[|Handout 4: 40 Development Assets]**
 * **[|Handout 5: Effective Strategies]**

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**Engaged for Success** **Article** **Author(s):** John Bridgeland, John DiIulio, and Stuart Wulsin **Short Summary:** Reviews the case for service-learning as a tool for high school dropout prevention.

**A Fresh Approach to Achieving the Gap**
 * Bundled Resource**
 * Description:** This PowerPoint is a call to action for teachers and administrators to team up with young people to address the achievement gap using service-learning as a strategy. After reframing the gap and exploring its complex causes, the presentation gives examples, research and strategies to support how this can be done.

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 * **[|PowerPoint Presentation]**
 * **[|Facilitator's Orientation to the Presentation]**
 * **[|Slide Notes for Presentation]**
 * **[|Handout #1: Achieving the Gap]**
 * **[|Handout #2: The Achievement Gap Eco-System]**