WRAPPING UP

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WRAPPING UP
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PARENTS

• Ideas
• Tools

On SASEDs website.
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Role of the Principal

• Using data to implement change effectively and
  deliberately

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What is my actual job?

• Travel Agent
• Cheerleader
• Law Enforcement

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Responsibility 1
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Number Cruncher

• Develop and implement a system wide approach to
  meeting specific reading objectives.
• Organize the information gathered for the
  teachers in an easy to read format.
• Help find programs to match the findings from
  your data.

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Planning the Trip

• The principal must be the
• keeper of the vision.
• (Know the Destination)
• Programs (Maps)
• Scheduling (Time)
• Research (Best places to visit!)

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Guide the Group

• Instructional Leader
• Attend Staff Development with the crew and be a
  member of the team.
• Immerse yourself in the data

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Responsibility 2
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School Spirit

• Use specific data to give positive feedback to
  the teachers
• Use data to unify the academic team into using
  best practices

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Celebrate Successes

• Staff Meeting Recognition
• School Board/District Honors
• Include FULL staff in celebration

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Responsibility 3
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Protector of the Data

• Once data is collected, organize and analyze it.
  Be the first to disaggregate the information and
  put it back together in a friendly manner.
• Look at the specific student, teacher, and
  content area that needs tweaking
• Understand the data prior to sharing with the
  staff.

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Protector of the Schedule

• 90 minute Reading Block
• Uninterrupted
• No assemblies
• No outside interference
• Schedule Music, PE and Media around the reading
  block

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Remember Self Study and Staff Development are
Ongoing

• Training is typically ongoing because
• RTI has a lot of moving parts
• Professionals cant appreciate and are not ready
  for more advanced topics until they begin to feel
  comfortable with the basics.
• RTI is evolving -new information is continually
  becoming available.

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Activity 4.
Resume working on your Next Step plans.
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• SOME PARTING WORDS OF WISDOM

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The Spice Girls Principle

• Beware of fads.
• Stay grounded in the research and carefully
  evaluate new trends.
• Not everything out there is truly research based.

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The Oprah Principle

• Relationships are the soul.
• Just like with kids, rapport is essential when
  working with adults.
• Its not until a relationship is established that
  a teacher will be willing to take risks.

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The Sistine Chapel Principle

• Masterpieces develop over time
• Remember that change and development of new skill
  sets takes time. Be gentle with yourselves.

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The Great Debate Principle

• There is none.
• We all want literate lives for each other and
  ourselves. Steer clear from taking an us versus
  them stance.
• Maintain an open mind, and remember that we are
  all in it for the same reasons the children.

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The Dr. Seuss Principle

• Have fun!
• How else will we all have the energy for all
  this hard work?

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Questions???COMMENTS?
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You have been a wonderful audience

• Ill see you at Tier 2 training
• Please bring your workbook/self study.
• Good luck with your work.
• I CAN BE REACHED AT
• barbcurl_at_ladse.org

Thank You!
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Excellent Reading and RtI Websites
Illinois School Psychologists Association
www.ilispa.org/consumer resources Florida Center
for Reading Research www.fcrr.org Oregon Reading
First Center reading.uoregon.edu Texas Center
for Reading and Language Arts www.texasreading.or
g Consortium on Reading Excellence (CORE)
www.corelearn.com What Works Clearing House
http//www.whatworks.ed.gov/ National Center on
Student Progress Monitoring www.studentprogress.or
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