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Student Success Plans

Student Success Plans (SSPs)

Housed within the Oregon Department of Education’s Office of Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion (OEDI), are five Student Success Plans. Click the links below to learn more about each program.


African American/Black Student Success Plan
African American/Black Student Success
Title 2
Latino/a/x & Indigenous Student Success
Title 3
LGBTQ2SIA+ Student Success
Title 4
Native Hawaiian/Pacific Islander Student Success
Title 5
Immigrant/Refugee Student Success


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Student Success Plans - Timeline and History




Each of Oregon's Student Success Plans has been driven by community will and codified by the legislature. The Plans reflect the state's commitment to creating pathways for every tudent to thrive by providing strategies that improve eductional outcomes in ways that respect, reflect and celebrate the identities they hold. 

The first SSP was the AI/AN SSP. Originally developed in the 1980s, it has and continues to be refined and revised over time to reflect the best practices and knowledge available, creating a model for subsequent Plans to build upon. This Student Success Plan is now housed within the Office of Indian Education. 
In 2016, the African American/Black SSP was established, supported by the state general fund.
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During the 2019 legislative session, the Latino & Indigenous* SSP
was established. Also in 2019, the Student Success Act–a monumental investment in education in Oregon–was passed, paving the way for the creation of several more Student Success Plans, each created through a robust community engagement process and ongoing guidance from Advisory Groups that represent the communities the Plans intend to serve.

In 2021, the LGBTQ2SIA+ Student Success Plan was established.

2023 marked the inception of the Native Hawaiian/Pacific Islander Student Success Plan. Also in 2023, ODE worked with external research partners to develop a cross-student success plan framework as part of our ongoing commitment to continue to refine and align the Student Success Plans to best serve Oregon students. 

In 2024, the Immigrant/Refugee SSP was established. Beginning in late 2024, ODE’s Office of Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion welcomes 67 grantees across the AABSS, Latinx, LGBTQ2SIA+, NHPI, and I/R programs. Grantees will embark on a multi-year grant cycle, implementing the strategies of the Plans and developing resources for addressing the needs of Oregon students. The resources will be published in the Oregon Open Learning platform, available for free to educators and service providers across the state, with the intent to scale the innovative and best practices developed through this historic investment. 



Student Success Programs

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There are three structural components to each Student Success program: 

  • First, is the statewide development and implementation of a student success plan, created in partnership with members of the communities it aims to serve, designed to address the statutory objectives. 
  • Next, is the creation of a Plan specific Advisory Group that advises ODE on Plan development and implementation; and is composed of:
    • Community members
    • Education partners
    • Representatives of:
      • Department of Early Learning and Care (DELC) 
      • Youth Development Oregon (YDO)
      • Higher Education Coordinating Commission (HECC)
  • Finally, each SS program includes a grant program that awards competitive grants to districts, ESDs, Community Based Organizations, Tribal governments, Early Learning Hubs, early learning providers, and post-secondary institutions. 
    • Grantees implement programs that utilize the strategies from the Plans to develop best practices that improve educational outcomes for each focal community as well as all Oregon students.
    • Grantees will also create free, publicly available resources for how to implement the strategies of each plan, to be available in Oregon Open Learning for use by educators and service providers across the state by 2028. 
  • ODE, Advisory Groups, the SSP grantees, and external evaluators work in partnership to monitor and evaluate the implementation and outcomes of Oregon Department of Education’s Student Success Plans.  


Contacts

For general questions please reach out using the Education Equity email.

*(Indigenous Mexican, Central, South American, and Caribbean)