The Center for Schools and Communities provides technical assistance for the Successful Students’ Partnership Initiative as requested and/or needed through:

• telephone consultation provided to funded school districts

• telephone consultation provided to individuals and organizations from the general public that are interested in developing and implementing dropout prevention programs

• site visits to the funded school district through which the dropout prevention strategies are assessed and recommendations for improvements are suggested

• assistance with data collection and analysis to ensure the development of evaluation strategies which measure the positive impact this program has for participating students

• professional development opportunities which focus on the essential elements of an effective dropout prevention program

• general information and resources on dropout prevention program implementation.

For technical assistance, please contact Lynda Long, Program Coordinator at the Center for Schools and Communities.

Phone: 717-763-1661 ext. 156

e-mail: llong@csc.csiu.org