Lyonel B. Tracy Mary S. Heath
Commissioner of Education Deputy Commissioner
Tel. 603-271-3144 Tel. 603-271-7301
STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE
DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION
101 Pleasant Street
Concord, N.H.03301
FAX 603-271-1953
Citizens Services Line 1-800-339-9900
Date: September 24, 2008
To:Christopher Andriski, Principal
Newmarket Jr/Sr High School
From: Santina Thibedeau, State Director of Special Education
Administrator, Bureau of Special Education
Re: NH RESPONDS: Professional Development for Excellence in Education
High School Demonstration Sites - Request for Applications
DearChristopher Andriski:
The New Hampshire Department of Education is inviting your high school to consider applying to be a high school demonstration site with our statewide grant NH RESPONDS: Professional Development for Excellence in Education. This project will assist your school in aligning with NHDOE statewide initiatives such as Follow the Child, High School Redesign, and the implementation of Senate Bill 18.
One of the goals of the NH RESPONDS project is to include a few high schools as PBIS/RENEW demonstration sites. Eligible secondary schools must have demonstrated a level of readiness and implementation in the area of positive behavioral interventions and supports. Therefore, eligible high schools include those schools that have been part of a New Hampshire Center for Effective Behavioral Interventions and Supports (NH CEBIS) cohort, the Achievement for dropout Prevention and Excellence Project (APEX I & II) and those high schools within the
5 NH RESPONDS Demonstration Sites. NH RESPONDS will provide technical assistance, and training over the next 4 years to assist selected high schools to:
- Form and support an SAU-wide dropout prevention/positive school culture leadership team.
- Implement with fidelity school-wide primary prevention systems of PBIS; secondary level supports for students at risk, and Rehabilitation for Empowerment, Natural Supports, Education, and Work (RENEW) secondary transition services.
- Implement staff training programs.
- Develop school wide data collection and analysis of high school outcome data including data on dropouts, attendance, grade promotion, suspensions/expulsions, and additional data as identified by the school leadership team.
- Reduce problem behaviors, suspensions & expulsions for all students.
Newmarket Jr/Sr High School
September 24, 2008
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- Reduce dropout rate for all students.
- Increase the percent of all students who graduate with a regular diploma.
- Increase the percent of all students who are competitively employed, enrolled in some type of postsecondary school, or both within one year of leaving high school.
If your high school is interested in applying, we strongly encourage you to attend an informational session for eligible high schools on October 16, 2008 from 1:00-3:00PMat the Department of Education, room 12. Please see Application Submission Requirements including Faculty Vote on page 3 of the attached application.
cc: Superintendent
Attachment: Request for Applications -NH RESPONDS:
Professional Development for Excellence inEducation
High School Demonstration Sites
TDD Access: RelayNH 711
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