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Lisa Guillen Education Programs ConsultantFoster Youth Services
Teri Burns Senior Director Policy & Programs
Jill RowlandEducation Program Director
Toolkit for Foster Youth Education Success
Under LCFF
April 30, 2015
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1. What the toolkit is2. How it can be utilized to fulfill your
LCFF duties towards foster youth
Why Are You Here?
You’ll learn:
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• Are significantly more likely to be enrolled in the lowest performing schools
• Tested below basic and far below basic at twice the rate of students statewide
Students in foster care:
Foster Care Education Facts
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• Are significantly more likely to drop out than any other at risk student group.
• Are identified for Special Education services at almost three times the rate of non-foster students
Students in foster care:
Foster Care Education Facts
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• New Paradigm: Local Control a Moment of Opportunity
• Increased demands on existing structures and systems
• Schools accountable for improved foster youth education outcomes
Local Control Funding Formula
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• Offers resources and ideas for how to meet goals of LCFF
• Adaptable for local control: Tools can be used the way districts/schools choose
Why use the Foster Youth Education Toolkit?
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• Education Decision Makers – Blueprint to build a foster youth education program
• AB 490 Liaison – Train and support school level staff in education laws and best practices
• School Site Staff – Learn education laws and utilize tools to address needs of foster youth
• Dependency & Delinquency Personnel - Use laws to advocate to ensure foster youth needs are being met
How to Use the Toolkit by Audience
Use the Toolkit to:
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Graynisha
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• Equity, additional resources for students with greater needs, including foster youth
• Local decision-making and stakeholder involvement
• Accountability• Transparency• Alignment of budgeting with accountability
plans
Key Precepts of LCFF
Based on specific considerations:
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Local Control and Accountability Plans
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Role of the Board & LCFF
What does the law say schools must do.
Legal Requirements: State and Federal Law, CA Ed Code, NCLB, etc.
The services we provide to
students
LEA Resources: Human, financial, and material assets.
What does the LEA have the capacity to do.
Professional Research & Literature
What does the profession say the schools ought to do.
What does the community want its school to do.
The community: its values, priorities, concerns and interests.
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Community Input Needed
1. What has worked well that should continue/expand?
2. What has promise, but needs to be improved?
3. What programs don’t work and should be stopped?
4. What programs/services should we start?
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• Board meetings• LCAP input sessions• Social/Civic events with board
members• In writing to Superintendent &
Board
If Not You, Who?
Opportunities for input:
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• September 3, 10 a.m. Defining Foster Youth under LCFF and Working with their Education Decision Makers
• September 17, 10 a.m. Enrolling Foster Youth• October 1, 10 a.m. School of Origin• October 15, 10 a.m. Partial Credit Model Policy• November 5, 10 a.m. AB 167/216 Graduation• November 19, 10 a.m. Meeting the Disciplinary
Challenges of Foster Youth
Upcoming Webinars
Register at kids-alliance.org/edtoolkit
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• Module 1: – Identifying foster youth and working with their
education decision makers– Enrolling foster youth– Addressing school stability
• Available in the Fall• Approximately 3 hours in length• Contact [email protected] to
schedule
Schedule an In-Person Training
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Lisa Guillen Education Programs ConsultantFoster Youth [email protected]
Teri Burns Senior Director Policy & [email protected]
Jill RowlandEducation Program [email protected]
Questions?Contact us