1. Megan Stanton-Trehan Attorney Education Program Alliance for Children’s Rights Alaina Moonves-Leb Attorney Education Program Alliance for Children’s Rights Toolkit for Foster Youth Education Success Education Evaluations April 7, 2016

2.  Call-in number is 1 (213) 929-4212 and access code is 692-550-636  To submit questions, click on your “Questions” panel, type your question and click “send”  Presentation materials and the Foster Youth Education Toolkit can be found at: kids-alliance.org/edtoolkit Technical Details

3. Education Evaluations Agenda 1.Unique Needs of Foster Youth 2.Requesting Records 3.Organizing Records 4.Education Evaluation 5.Guest Speaker

4. UNIQUE NEEDS OF FOSTER YOUTH

5. Foster Youth Education Outcomes 80% repeat a grade by the 3rd grade Only 21% of foster youth are proficient in English Language Arts by 11th grade and only 6% in Math Less than 60% of foster youth graduate high school Less than 3% obtain a higher education degree Within 2 years of aging out of foster care, more than 50% are homeless, incarcerated or on welfare See Barrat, V. X., & Berliner, B. (2013). The Invisible Achievement Gap, Part 1: Education Outcomes of Students in Foster Care in California’s Public Schools. San Francisco: WestEd., available at https://www.wested.org/wp- content/files_mf/1400283692Invisible_Achievement_Gap_Full_Report.pdf https://www.wested.org/wp- content/files_mf/1400283692Invisible_Achievement_Gap_Full_Report.pdf

6. Foster Youth Change Schools Often Foster youth change schools an average of 8 times while in care With each school change, foster youth lose 4-6 months of learning This means that just by virtue of being in the foster care system, foster youth lose on average 32-48 months, or up to 4 years of learning, when compared with their peers that are not in the system

7. EDUCATION RECORDS

8. Records Challenges for Foster Youth All of these school changes mean that foster youth education records are often more complicated or potentially incomplete Foster youth often do not have a consistent adult tracking and keeping their records They change caregivers frequently They change social workers frequently As a result of these things, CalPADs and other sources of records that schools rely upon may not be accurate or complete These records challenges may hide important needs of the youth, such as partial credits or unaddressed special education needs

9. EDUCATION EVALUATIONS

10. http://kids-alliance.org/edtoolkit/

11. GUEST SPEAKER: PAIGE CHAN NATIONAL DIRECTOR FIRST STAR ACADEMIES

12. Alaina Moonves-Leb, J.D., Masters in Teaching Education Program Attorney a.moonves@kids- alliance.org Megan Stanton-Trehan, J.D. Education Program Attorney m.stantontrehan@kids- alliance.org Questions? Contact us