(NAME-MCE) FW: SchoolsMovingUp 10/14 Webinar: Reducing School Dropout Rates

[Julie Mushing]

YOU ARE INVITED TO A WEBINAR
WestEd's SchoolsMovingUp website will feature another free webinar, "Reducing School Dropout Rates" on Wednesday, October 14, from 10:30 a.m. - 12:00 p.m. Pacific Time (1:30 p.m. - 3:00 p.m. Eastern Time). 

This webinar, part of a series of WestEd-sponsored webinars related to the education goals of the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA), will offer research-based recommendations for reducing school dropout rates. Marlene Darwin, Senior Research Analyst at the American Institutes for Research, and Nikola Filby, Director of WestEd's Innovation Studies Program, will showcase the recommended practices in the Institute of Education Sciences Practice Guide, which includes strategies for identifying and advocating for at-risk students, implementing programs to improve behavior and social skills, and keeping students engaged in the school environment. The webinar will also provide a brief introduction to the resources from the Doing What Works website illustrating how these recommendations have been carried out.

See the webinars page on SchoolsMovingUp for further information, including specific topics to be addressed by this webinar, at http://www.schoolsmovingup.net/webinars 

WAYS TO PARTICIPATE
Live Webinar
Watch the presenter show slides, websites, and resources online via our web-based software, while listening to the presentation on your telephone. You can ask questions online and interact through online polls and a chat window. [Recommended participation mode for those able to use the Internet and phone simultaneously]

Live Teleconference with Presentation PPT/PDF
Download the slideshow presentation to print from or view on your computer, while listening to the presentation on your telephone. You can ask questions via email. [Participation mode for those unable to use the Internet and phone simultaneously]

Access Past Webinars
Unable to attend? You may view the archived webinar and accompanying resource materials. You can watch and listen to the presentation, questions, and discussion as it happened in the live webinar. [Archives are available one day after the live webinar]

**Note: If you have special access needs (e.g., you have a hearing impairment and need special arrangements made to access the audio,) please let us know ASAP so we can make the appropriate arrangements.

REGISTRATION
To sign up for this webinar, please visit http://www.schoolsmovingup.net/webinars/arradropout1  and select "Attend this Webinar." You will then be prompted to login or register for free on the site as needed. If you plan to participate via the live webinar option, you will need to "Run the Wizard" to test your computer's capacity to support the webinar. We recommend you do this at least one day before the webinar. If you would prefer to participate via the live teleconference with presentation PPT/PDF, you can instead join the conference call and download the presentation PPT/PDF, which will be available the day before the webinar. Registered participants will receive an email notification when the presentation PPT/PDF is posted. The message will also contain further instructions for participating.

CONTACT
We look forward to your participation. For more information, contact Julie Duffield at jduffie at wested.org  or 415.615.3213. For technical questions, contact Dan Wilson at dwilson at wested.org  or 510.302.4265.

STAY INFORMED
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