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Response to Intervention (RtI) One Common Voice—One Plan
Ingham ISD Countywide Initiative
AESA Annual ConferenceDecember 1, 2011
Michigan Picture
57 ISDs/RESAs – 520+ school districts
Ingham is 7th largest – located in county of our capitol
48,000 students in local public schools, charter schools and parochial/private schools
Ingham ISD Service Area
Current
12 local 4 rural2 urban 6 suburban7 PSAs21 parochial/private
schools
Realities
Economic strife5 new superintendentsPolitical pressuresPoor state outcomes (MEAP)Changing demographicsReduction of ISD staffHigher needsRestructure of organization
(SIS, SSS)
Challenges getting tougher
Collaboration
Long history of working together
However, generally only happened if local districts could not do it themselves
With the downturn in the economy, all of the sudden collaboration is important
Zen Thought
Always remember that you’re unique.Just like everyone else.
Our Journey
Looking at ways to ensure all students are successful
Collaborating for success for all
Developing close working relationships within ISD between and among superintendents, business officials, curriculum directors, special education directors, technology directors and human resources directors
Round Table of Superintendents
3 Goals
Enhance the achievement and success of all learners
To leverage school and community resources through cooperative initiatives and effective use of resources
To influence public and legislative perception by telling the story of public education
Increasing Achievement and Success for all Learners
School improvement was mainly focused on professional development
Six years ago started to changeThree years ago began to build consensus to all move
togetherNew Governor has come out and said all students need
to be college and career readyNeed to deliver instruction, “any time, any place, any
way, any pace”
In the Spirit of the BCS Bowls
No Child Left Behind–The High School Football Version
All teams must make the state playoffs and all MUST win the championship. If a team does not win the championship, they will be on probation until they are the champions, and coaches will be held accountable.
If after two years they have not won the championship, their footballs and equipment will be taken away UNTIL they do win the championship
AS LED BY THE SUPERINTENDENTS’ ROUND TABLEMAY 16, 2009
Future of Education in the Ingham Service Area
Scale, Opportunity, Challenge
$100 billion in additional funds for education
Considerable flexibility for some funds
Challenges Making thoughtful decisions quickly Demonstrating accomplishments Investing to support long-term change
Robert FlodenMichigan State University
Bitter Medicine
We can’t be complacent
Opportunity
Our Journey
Focused work on mission, vision, values and goals
Professional Learning Community with local district special education and curriculum directors
“Failure is Not An Option” Courageous Leadership Academy
Zen Thought
If at first you don’t succeed,skydiving is not for you.
What Should be our Main Areas of Focus?
Student Achievement – Success for all
Technology infused in delivery of curriculum
Individualized opportunities available to meet all student’s learning needs
Student Achievement
Early and ongoing intervention to guarantee success for students at all levels
Significant reductionsSpecial education referralsSpecial education eligibility rates
Student Achievement
Use of acceptable intervention model: Failure Is Not An Option, Ingham Student Achievement Framework, MiBLSi, RtI, etc.
Dramatically reduce dropout rates
Keep Learning…Our Future Depends On It
Where will the money come from?
Comes from willingness to be focused on student achievement and not administrative independence (if going to create a strategy for all to succeed we also need to pool assets)
Stimulus money – will not get second year of dollars if not show used all in first year
“Reimagining money from MDE
Needed Funding
ARRA dollars came along
11 million for county
Needed to get everyone to agree to keep dollars in same pot
ARRA Opportunity
Collective agreementConsolidation of fundsConsolidation of effortStandardized the
practiceCustomized the
implementation
Intense and focused trainings across all districts
Created common goals
Narrowed our focus Increase our intensity Districts purchased RTI
coaches ISD trained coaches
In the Beginning…
We developed an RtI Action Plan at the beginning of the ARRA Project
3 SMART Goals• Consensus• Infrastructure• Implementation
52 Indicators
It’s hard to improve something if you’re not measuring it.
Consensus Accomplishments
RtI Leadership Teams were Established
All districts have District Leadership Teams
All districts have School-Based Leadership Teams
Components of RtI
All students receive…High quality, research-based instruction and interventions
Universal screening to establish their academic and behavioral baseline data three to four times a year to identify learners who need additional support
Increasingly intensive intervention with frequent monitoring to determine student progress
Data based decision making by collaborative team that use of a problem solving method to increase student achievement
Infrastructure Accomplishments
Structures and educator skills necessary to support RtI increased
All districts completed their second or third universal screening data collection in May 2010
All districts have used their DIBELS or AIMSweb data and other data sources to identify students who need interventions
Many districts are utilizing “data days” or grade-level meetings to facilitate organized problem-solving regarding students
RtI coaches … Worked with teachers to administer universal screening assessments and
use the data to identify student needs Provided information and training to teachers and supported teachers as
they implement new practices
Infrastructure Accomplishments
Instruction and InterventionsAll districts have restructured time and schedules to
support research-based literacy instruction and interventions
All districts and one public school academy participated in training on specific interventions to strengthen core reading instruction
A majority of the districts are moving toward implementation of a 90-minute literacy block at the elementary grade levels
Implementation Accomplishments
Use of an RtI model in schools increased Schools are developing implementation plans School based leadership teams met
continuously to review data and implementation issues
District leadership teams met throughout the year to review data and existing resources to support implementation
Data + Research = ISD Literacy Collaboration
2009-2010 – Research-based core reading program review led by ISD
IISD negotiates and supports consortium pricing for Reading Street
67% of our local districts are using a research-based core reading program
2009-2010 – 4 Ingham service area schools purchase Reading Street as their core reading program, with Ingham ISD financial support
2010-2011 – 3 more Ingham service area schools purchase Reading Street as their core reading program, with Ingham ISD financial support
Professional Development 2010-2011
LiteracyApproximately 5,000 unit hours of training
Positive Behavior Intervention SupportApproximately 1,000 unit hours of training
LeadershipApproximately 500 staff trained in RtI/MiBLSi
Thanks to the Michigan Behavior Learning Support Initiative, Anita Archer, George Batsche and Kevin Feldman
Where are we going?
Using data to guide and enhance teacher practices
Using data to inform student success
Ensure all students are successful
Professional Development2011-2012
Continued FocusLiteracy (over 90 buildings now implementing)Positive Behavior Intervention Support – almost all buildings in our
service area involved one way or another Emerging AreasMath - Data collection, instruction and interventionEarly Warning Signs (EWS)
- Continuing work with high schools
- Adding middle schools
Family/Community Involvement Marketing and Training“Schools Cannot Do It Alone” by Jamie Vollmer
Oral Reading FluencyGrade 1
January 2010 January 2011 May 20110%
10%
20%
30%
40%
50%
60%
70%
80%
90%
100%
63%
72% 74%
59%
52% 51%Reading StreetNon Core
Any Time, Any Place, Any Way, Any Pace
Deep DriversData-based decision makingUse of research-based instruction, curriculum and
assessmentFamily/community involvementStandardizing Practice and Customizing ImplementationConsolidation of resourcesIndicators for accountabilityFrequent review by countywide superintendent group
Where are we now?
All districts and one PSA in the county involvedClose partnership with MiBLSiEarly childhood grant – ReImagineBuilding capacity for when ARRA dollars are
goneRegular agenda item of Superintendents’ Round
Table, Curriculum Directors and Special Education Directors’ meetings
Final Comments
Momentum has been created (Tipping Point )Planned for sustainability all along All districts and Ingham ISD have been trained in the
Implementation Science 70% of districts maintaining some or all of their RTI
coachesThe ISD created a Communication Plan for each district The ISD created an Implementation Plan for each districtIngham ISD restructured the ISD services to support this
initiative
For more information…
Stan Kogut
SuperintendentIngham ISD
Roberta Perconti
Director Student Instructional
ServicesIngham ISD
Further Resources
Ingham Intermediate School districthttp://www.inghamisd.org
Michigan’s Integrated Behavior and Learning Support Initiative (MiBLSi)http://miblsi.cenmi.org