North Washington ISSP Grant RtI

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North WashingtonISSP Grant - RtI

• May 12, 2009

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Cadre members

• Robin Cochran - principal and program coordinator
• Jackie Russell 4/5 math teacher
• Delanna Hardin 4/5 reading teacher
• Miranda Yonts 4/5 social studies teacher
• Glenn Goatley special education teacher
• Allena Hamilton special education teacher

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Successful Practices

• Introduction of KSI and development of school
  wide awareness
• Implementation of school wide weekly PLC meetings
• Instructional decisions made based on graphable
  data
• Purchasing and training on Discovery/ThinkLink
  and the RtI component/probes/monitoring
• Awareness of good instruction vs. research-based
  instruction and learning to take things off the
  plate
• Sharing of strategies and research based
  supplemental materials (developed an awareness to
  help with decision of implementation and needs)

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Challenges

• Buy-in from ALL teachers on the need for
  implementation (as the pilot school in the
  district)
• Support from district limited due to transitions
• Early no universal screener that had sensitive
  data to determine tier level changes
• Lack of policies/procedures/forms to implement
  RtI process
• Need for identification of a school wide
  coordinator
• Lack of school psychologist
• Need for specific plan on PD and implementation
  (tough considering North has ten grade levels)
• TIME, TIME, and MORE TIME!!!!

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Critical Attributes in Developing a Tiered
Approach

• Systemic procedures for implementation and a
  shared understanding that RtI means best
  practices and reaching ALL children
• Support from district
• Provide opportunity for trainings/discussions and
  shared decision making
• Universal screener and data analysis/tier levels
• Funding
• Curriculum changes within tier I (understanding
  the difference between congruent and correlated
  content/assessments/activities)
• Patience and willingness to revise, revise,
  REVISE!

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Sustainability Plan

• Setting goals, directions, vision (motivation)
•  Established the need for policies/procedures/univ
  ersal screener/tier levels
• Awareness move toward implementation of the KSI
  document
• Awareness  move toward implementation of
  research-based supplemental materials for tier
  levels
• Climate changes within the PLCs to accept
  constructive feedback from colleagues and support
  from various grade levels/content areas 
• Redesigning the organization
•  Determined a need to change schedules and
  teaming needs
• Learning curve for all stakeholders / modeling
  the change process was evident
• Completed surveys from stakeholders on
  needs/changes 

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Sustainability continued

• Developing people individualized support
•  Facilitators developed leadership skills to lead
  PLCs
• Shared leadership embedded in the process no
  more keeper of the knowledge and shared
  decision making is now natural and allows for
  sustainability within our organization
• Development of a resource binder and sharing of
  documents through Share Point has been effect and
  efficient for stakeholders
• Developed a sense of urgency and accountability
  within the school
• Building a collaborative processes
• PLCs developed and monitored (systematic and
  accountable)
• Common goals developed and implemented
• Student centered focus results/data driven
• Facilitators assume responsibility and model
  process

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Sustainability continued

• Monitoring organizational performance
•  Monitoring is consistent and objective
  (decisions are not personal /subjective
  academic and behavioral)
• Identification of strengths and weaknesses
  throughout the building and a plan of action to
  address the areas of need
• Consistent use of Discover/ThinkLink and the RtI
  component to allow for the information/record
  keeping to be fluent across the building and from
  grade to grade
• Strengthening organizational culture through
  sharing, problem solving, modeling, etc.
• Change is difficult for some respecting this
  but pushing forward because it is ethical and
  demonstrated integrity
• Shared belief that it is what is best for
  students and not what is easiest for adults
• Feelings of aloneness are dissipating because of
  the collegial supports that are now in place
• Understanding that this is a works in progress
  adventure and that we are moving in the right
  direction 
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U of L ISSP Members -

• Thank you for all of your help!