Transcript Learning Supports Implementation Team

ICN, March 12 and 19, 2010
Agenda
 DE
2010-11Workplan
 April Workshops
 4/27 LSIT
 4/28 and 29 Workshops
 Accountability for Learning Supports
 June Workshops
Learning Supports
Learning Supports Implementation Teams Develop and support statewide AEA
Learning Supports Implementation Teams
(LSIT) that serve LEAs and build statewide
capacity.
Learning Supports Advisory Team - Engage
stakeholders statewide (Learning Supports
Advisory Team) to provide feedback and vet
Learning Supports activities, services and
products.
Learning Supports Infrastructure:
Learning Supports Implementation Teams Develop and support statewide AEA
Learning Supports Implementation Teams
(LSIT) that serve LEAs and build statewide
capacity.
Learning Supports Advisory Team - Engage
stakeholders statewide (Learning Supports
Advisory Team) to provide feedback and vet
Learning Supports activities, services and
products.
Learning Supports:
Content Network - Engage national experts
in the areas of Supports for Instruction,
Safe, Healthy, and Caring Learning
Environments and Youth Engagement for
the purpose of identifying:
• Key indicators and thresholds
• Effective practices that match needs
Connections:
US Office of Safe and Drug Free Schools
Bridging Grant
Competitive grants for SEAs to sustain prevention work
– Iowa would be eligible for approx. $125,000. The
SEAs role will be to assist LEAs to:
Establish partnerships to sustain prevention work
Seek new funding streams
Enhance prevention strategies
Connections:
US Office of Safe and Drug Free Schools
School Climate Initiative
5-7 awards, $4.2 – 5.8 million, 48 months
Adopt/adapt/develop school climate survey
Yr. 1, develop surveys
Yr. 2, administer surveys K-12, all students, staff,
parents
20% of state enrollment must participate in survey
in order to qualify
States partner with LEAs with greatest need
LEAs submit plans based on survey results
Connections:
Iowa Collaboration for Youth Development
ICYD has identified Graduation as the focus of their
work
Annual Report submitted in February
http://iowals.wetpaint.com/
Listening Visits in April
Listening Visit Communities
 Burlington
 Marshalltown
 Cedar
 Perry
Rapids
 Council Bluffs
 Davenport
 Des Moines
 Dubuque
 Sioux
City
 Storm Lake
 Waterloo
Selection Criteria
 High
percentage minority
enrollment
 Mix of successful and challenged
districts
 At least 100 dropouts in the
district
 Rural and urban representation
Learning Supports Activities:
Coordinated Learning Supports Workshop Events
Provide 6 days of Learning Supports professional
development to build skills of AEA Learning
Supports Implementation Teams and LEAs involved
in LS initiatives. Each Workshop Event will include
the following strands:
Learning Supports
Challenging Behavior
Mental Health/Wraparound Olweus
PBIS
Community
Learning Supports Activities:
Manual - Develop additional chapters for Learning
Supports Implementation Manual
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Introduction
Continuous Improvement Process
Using Data
Selecting the Right Strategies
PBIS:
 Supplemental
Supports
 Leadership Teams
 Trainers
 Coaches
 Evaluation
 Visibility
 Family Connections
Challenging Behavior
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Increase skills and knowledge of FBA/BIP to
2 CBS’s per AEA
Increase skills and knowledge of FBA/BIP of
all educational personnel in the state
Refine criteria basis for staff implementing
FBA/BIP
Establish 1-3 BCBA IHE programs in the
state to provide replenishment of personnel
with FBA/BIP skills
Wraparound
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Overall outcome-
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Activities for 2010-2011
◦ Develop capacity at tertiary level embedded in the
PBIS structure
◦ Training and supports delivered to 9 identified
schools/districts (Cohort 2)
◦ Identification of AEA personnel to work with identified
Cohort 3 sites for implementation in 2011-2012
◦ SIMEO data system established to input and track
wraparound data
◦ Coordination across existing projects/initiatives
◦ Evaluation
Mental Health
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Overall outcome-
◦ Increase foundational knowledge of student
mental health through professional development
and ICN training
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Activities for 2010-2011
◦ Develop professional development and online resources for
specific diagnosis areas (e.g., ADHD, eating disorders,
depression)
◦ Identify and pilot mental health survey (Cohort 1
Wraparound schools)
Olweus
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Continued training and support for Olweus
trainers
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Safe Dates Curriculum
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Support to LEAs
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◦ ICN Sessions
◦ Regional Training
Evaluation
Contribute to national work through
network of State Coordinators
GEAR UP
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Transition to high school
Individualized addressing academics and
learning supports from each of 28 high
schools
Professional Development and Technical
Assistance offered on an individual district
basis and through Learning Supports
workshops
Administrator’s Manual
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Overall outcome-
◦ Increase awareness and knowledge of ASD
characteristics, foundations of legislation for
individualization, and 6 core elements of
education practice to support special education
programming for school administrators
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Activities for 2010-2011
◦ Develop, pilot, revise and disseminate manual
Studies
 IEP
(Behavior Alignment)
 Learning
Supports Continuous
Improvement Process
 IDM
+ PBIS Model Development
April Workshops
Registration is now Open for
Iowa Learning Supports April Workshops
Building Safe, Healthy and Caring Learning Environments
April 27th,28th, and 29th
Scheman Center, Ames, Iowa
Featured Speakers:
Dr. Robert Brooks – Building Resiliency in Students
Dr. Lucille Eber – Mental Health Wraparound
Lori Newcomer - Positive Behavior Interventions and Supports
Dr. David Osher – Transitions and Parent Engagement
Marlene Snyder, Jane Riese and Sue Limber – Olweus
April 27th LSIT Agenda
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Developing a System of Shared
Accountability
◦ Common Language
◦ Common Measures
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Defining Learning Supports Roles
◦ DE
◦ AEA LSIT
◦ LSAT
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Identifying Training Needs
Completing Workplan for 2010-11
Accountability for Learning
Supports
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