Pac Rim 2009 Info
Noted Speakers: David Johnson
Polly Arango | Fernando Cruz | Frank De Lima | Frank DeRuyter | Katharina Heyer | Cinda and Linea Johnson | David Johnson | Robert Mcruer | Leolinda Parlin | Tanya and Michelle Ponich | Joseph Ray | Suzanne Robinson | Loretta Ross | Dr. Neil Scott | Howard C. Shane | Charlotte Smith | Bethany Stevens | Damon Terzaghi | Amy Wilson
Tuesday May 5th, 2009: 9:00 AM -10:00 AM in Room 303A, on topic of Transition to Adulthood
“Check and Connect: A Comprehensive Dropout Prevention and Intervention Model”
The Check & Connect student engagement model was developed by the Institute on Community Integration and the Department of Educational Psychology at the University of Minnesota. The model was developed for urban middle and high school students with and without disabilities. Check & Connect was designed to promote students’ engagement with school and learning, and to reduce and prevent dropping out. In 2006, Check & Connect met the evidence standards of the U.S. Department of Education’s Institute of Education Sciences and is now included in the What Works Clearinghouse. There are two primary components of the model-Check & Connect. The "check" component is designed to facilitate the continuous assessment of student levels of engagement with school and to guide intervention. The person responsible for facilitating a student’s connection with school and learning is referred to as the monitor. The monitor's primary goal is to promote regular school participation and engagement and to keep education a salient issue for students, parents, and teachers.
Biography: David Johnson
David R. Johnson, Ph.D., is currently Senior Associate Dean for Research and Policy, Birkmaier Professor of Educational Leadership, and Director of the Institute on Community Integration, College of Education and Human Development, University of Minnesota. Dr. Johnson has conducted several research, training, and demonstration projects focused on postschool outcomes of exiting high-school students, dropout/school-completion, postsecondary education support services, state and local graduation policies, and other research. He has published more than 100 book chapters, journal articles, research monographs, technical reports, and other products on these and other themes. Dr. Johnson is also the Director of the National Center on Secondary Education and Transition, a national technical assistance and dissemination center on information concerning the transition of youth with disabilities to postsecondary education and employment
