Early Warning Systems Network

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The goals of the EWS Network:Early Warning Systems Network

  • Develop trusting, long-term relationships between participants and the Center
  • Explore research and evidence-based approaches to address chronic absenteeism, behavior and effort, and course failure
  • In the spirit of continuous improvement, share information and test ideas about proven practices, progress and successes, and any setbacks in a safe, judgment-free venue for schools, districts, and state-level participants
  • Support state and local EWS implementation and chronic absenteeism prevention and intervention activities as they relate to ESSA implementation and school improvement generally

The National Center is recruiting districts and states to be part of the EWS Network. The Network will help influence the direction of the Center’s EWS work.

  • Center experts to answer questions and problem solve.
  • On-site technical support for formal training of school staff, targeted work in areas of need, or problem solving to address key issues.
  • Commitment to being a part of the EWS Network that includes:
    • Participation in monthly or bi-monthly phone calls
    • Sharing of practices that can be highlighted for national convenings and webinars
    • Provide feedback to the Center on activities and needed resources

If you are interested in the Early Warning Systems Network, please email info@nationalstudentsuccessnetwork.org for more information.


TRAINING & TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE

As part of the NSAESC, the Center has the opportunity to visit districts or states to provide support on their implementation of Early Warning Systems. Site visits can include formal training, facilitating meetings, analysis of data, or review of current plans. Sites will be selected based on readiness to use the training and support, student and staff need, and ability to engage participants at multiple levels.


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Everyone Graduates Center
Early Warning Indicators: View the background research that the Everyone Graduates Center has compiled on Early Warning Indicators and how schools, states, and districts are working to improve promotion and graduation rates.

Regional Educational Laboratories
Improving Student Outcomes: The Regional Educational Laboratory Program, sponsored by the US Department of Education, have focused on Early Warning Systems as a key strategy for improving Student outcomes.

Student Success & School Improvement
The University of Chicago Consortium on School Research builds the capacity for school reform by conducting research that identifies what matters for student success and school improvement.

Changing School District Policies
This report details seven key district characteristics to support innovative approaches in general, and student-centered learning approaches in particular. School districts have an important role to play in opening the door to the implementation of student-centered learning approaches and ensuring that these practices improve student achievement.

Student-Centered Learning
Students at the Center Hub is a resource for educators, families, students and communities wanting to learn more about research, best practices, supportive policies, and how to talk about student-centered approaches to learning. The Center offers a great deal of valuable information that can help inform Early Warning Systems.

  • Defining Student-Centered Learning
    This site provides a resource educators, families, policy makers, etc. can use to gather information on the main tenets of student-centered learning: student-owned, personalized, occurs anytime, anywhere, and is mastery-based.
  • Students at the Center Framework
    Includes four research-backed tenets, or principles, for powerful teaching and learning, meant to ensure that all students develop the sort of high-level knowledge and skills they need to succeed in college, careers, and civic life. Drawn from the mind/brain sciences, learning theory, and research on youth development, these tenets are overlapping and complementary. In combination, and when guided by a coherent and rigorous set of educational goals, they provide a strong foundation for the pursuit of deeper learning.
  • Research
    The Center has organized a wide-variety of research papers online that renew attention to the importance of engaging each student in acquiring the skills, knowledge, and expertise needed for success in college and a career. The research is organized into the following categories:
    ~ Assessment
    ~ Competency Education
    ~ Curriculum & Instruction
    ~ Equity and Diverse Learners
    ~ Learning Theory
    ~ Rethinking Readiness
    ~ School Improvement
    ~ Understanding ESSA