Supporting High School Completion: A Tool Kit for Success

October 28, 2026

About this Resource

For many students, the path to High School Completion is not a linear one.

The Supporting High School Completion: A Tool Kit For Success resource offers a process to support schools in working with youth at risk of not completing high school. At every point along the continuum of risk from prevention, to identification, to intervention and specialised supports, this resource guides schools and school teams in the collaborative process of supporting students as they work towards high school completion.

Subject Areas:	General
Grade Levels:	Grade 10, Grade 11, Grade 12
Media Types:	Word/PDF/Slideshow/Spreadsheet
Submitted By:	APLC
Date Posted:	October 01, 2017

With tools and processes to support your work, the Tool Kit centers on 4 guiding questions:

1. Empowerment: Can the student’s choice to stay be empowered? How?

2. Supported Exit: How can the student be continually supported if an exit from high school is necessary?

3. Reconnection: What steps will help reconnect to the student if they have exited?

4. Reentry and/or Continued Engagement: What is the best way to support successful reentry and continued engagement?

Shift the lens in your school from ‘What supports are available?’ to ‘How can we leverage the resources we have to remove the barriers preventing successful high school completion for this student?’

Tools in the Tool Kit

The following tools are contained within the Supporting High School Completion: A Tool Kit for Success resource and have been made available as individual files to make access to the tools even simpler.

How to Use: Download the desired pdf. To use electronically, simply open the pdf and type right into the tool. Use the tab key or mouse to move to the next line. Save the document with your additions. To use the hardcopy, download the pdf and print a new version for each meeting.

Empowerment

Can the student’s choice to stay be empowered? How?

Empowerment: Needs Evaluation Tool

Reimagining the High School Experience: Support Plan

Supported Exit

How can the student be continually supported if an exit from high school is necessary?

Supported Exit: Needs Evaluation

Successful Exit Strategies

Exit Interview Template

Developing a List of Community Resources and Services: Tips Sheet

When You Need To Reach Out Card

Student Keep the Door Open Card

When You Need To Reach Out Card and Student Keep the Door Open Card (combined)

Reconnection

What steps will help reconnect to the student if they have exited?

Reconnection: Needs Evaluation Tool

Student Call Back Guide

Reentry and/or Continued Engagement

What is the best way to support successful reentry and continued engagement?

Reentry and/or Continued Engagement: Needs Evaluation Tool

Reentry Planning Checklist for Students Returning to School

Follow-Up Tool

Tool Kit Implementation: Learning Guides

Two Learning Guides have been created to support school leaders in exploring and implementing the Supporting High School Completion: A Tool Kit For Success resource. Download them for use with your school teams here:

Introduction to the Supporting High School Completion: A Tool Kit For Success Resource

Uniting for High School Completion