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'''Navigation Links:'''

* [[ETAP 623 Spring 2022 (Byrne)]]
* [[Keianna Noble's Portfolio Page]]

== Contents ==

* [[Productive Ways to Use Response to Intervention in High School#Overview%20and%20Purpose|1 '''Overview and Purpose''']]
* [[Productive Ways to Use Response to Intervention in High School#Needs%20Assessment|2 '''Needs Assessment''']]
* [[Productive Ways to Use Response to Intervention in High School#Performance%20Objectives|3 '''Performance Objectives''']]
* [[Productive Ways to Use Response to Intervention in High School#Course%20Units|4 '''Course Units''']]
* [[Productive Ways to Use Response to Intervention in High School#Proceed%20to%20First%20Unit|5 Proceed to First Unit]]
* [[Productive Ways to Use Response to Intervention in High School#Course%20Navigation|6 Course Navigation]]

== '''Overview and Purpose''' ==
This professional development mini-course aims to provide educators with the tools, skills, and resources needed to help New York schools provide alternative high school diploma (GED) resources and information for students who would like to drop out of high school or are aged out students. By the end of this course, teachers and guidance counselors will accurately and fully understand the process of applying and obtaining a GED, and be able to provide the resources to students and parents through a developed curriculum.

== '''Needs Assessment''' ==
'''The problem'''

Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, many students have either stopped attending high school due to the online-learning of 2020-2021, or were not mentally able to finish school given the world circumstances.

'''The current instructional gap'''

Although there has been a rise in the number of high-school drop outs, there has not been an accurate amount of information in these schools to help students navigate this new decision. Most staff at these high schools, do not provide these struggling students with the proper resources and tools leaving most of them to fend for themselves and forcefully enter the workforce without a high school diploma/GED.

'''The solution'''

It is extremely vital that we give these students the opportunity and a choice which is why High School staff need to thoroughly understand and be able to properly provide the process and resources to help these students succeed..

== '''Performance Objectives''' ==

* Demonstrate full understanding of the GED process
* Be able to become a full and proper resource to aged out & drop out high school students

== '''Course Units''' ==
This mini-course includes the following units. Click the title of a unit to go to its page.

[[Unit 1: What is a GED?]]

[[Unit 2: How can I help assist students in obtaining a GED?|Unit 2: How can I help assist students in obtaining a GED]]

[[Unit 3: What's next? What can they do with a GED?]] 

== Proceed to First Unit ==
Let's explore what's a GED?

[[Unit 1: What is a GED?]]

== Course Navigation ==

* [[ETAP 623 Spring 2022 (Byrne)]]
* [[Keianna Noble's Portfolio Page]]
* [[Unit 1: What is a GED?]]
* [[Unit 2: How can I help assist students in obtaining a GED?]]
* [[Unit 3: What's next? What can they do with a GED?]]

[[Category: High school]]
[[Category: Teacher learning]]
[[Category: Education during COVID-19 and beyond]]