NCSE is an initiative
of the Partnership
for Families & Children.
www.pffac.org
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NCSE partners with school districts, law enforcement agencies, courts, and state and federal agencies to support youth and their families to be engaged at school. We pay special attendtion to truancy and dropout prevention. Our services include:
Training
- Customized trainings for school personnel and service providers
- Parent leadership development
- Program evaluation for impact
- Culturally competent approaches
- Dropout prevention
- Strategies for engaging students (including truancy prevention, parent involvement, and after school programming)
Technical Assistance
- Fund development and capacity building
- Collaboration building
- Program development
- Planning for action
- Parent and community engagement
Policy Development
- NCSE AAA Policy and Practice Assessment. Please click here for a sample.
- Model school attendance legislation
- Information sharing agreements
- Cross system policy development
- School board policy reviews
Research
- NCSE School Engagment Questionaire. Please click here to review the questionaire.
- Local needs assessments
- Data-based decision making
- Evidence-based practices
- Systems assessments
- Trend analysis
Accountability Systems
- TRAIN - an online service tracking system for at-risk youth
- School engagement measures
- Evaluation tools
- Cost benefit analysis
- Conducting focus groups and surveys
Advocacy
- Informing policy makers and legislators about educational issues
- Working with advocates to utilize strength based strategies
- Increasing public awareness of the importance of school engagement
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