Valley View Early Childhood Center District 365U

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Valley View Early Childhood CenterDistrict 365U

• RTI Sails into Preschool
• Presented by Donna Nylander, Principal
• Lisa Cipriano, Program Coordinator
• www.vvsd.org/vv

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What does RTI mean to us?
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Engaged Learning Opportunities
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Embedding Instruction
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Problem Solving
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Variety Teaching Strategies and Groupings
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Data Driven Decision Making
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What did we learn?

• We needed universal data to track progress
• We needed to know what the kids were learning
• We needed a narrow focus to start

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Promoting Social and Emotional Competence PBIS
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DATA
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Where did we start?
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• We designated a small team of Early Childhood
  Professionals to attend a series of Flex West/
  I-ASPIRE trainings
• Problem Solving Team -Speech Pathologist, Early
  Childhood Teacher, Psychologist, Occupational
  Therapist, and Principal

Fall 2006
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• Selected an area to target Literacy Development
• Chose our universal assessment tool - IGDIs
• (Individual Growth and Development Indicators)
• Trained staff on administering the IGDIs
• Administered the IGDIs to 4 year olds in the
  program
• Completed a curriculum rubric and compared
  literacy curriculums

Spring 2006
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What did we learn?

• The IGDI data did not give us direction
• Our focus was too narrow
• What are we doing for the 80

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• Curriculum Committee developed universal
  standards for equipment, materials, and supplies
• Developed planning tools for teachers
• Reviewed the Creative Curriculum.net assessment
  and planning tool
• Participated in producing a training video
  outlining the ECO rating process with families

Summer 2007
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What did we learn?

• We were rating the ECOs in isolation we wanted
  a connection
• The information we were using to complete the ECO
  was too subjective

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• Highlighted universal expectations for literacy
  development vocabulary, rhyming, and using
  literature in the classroom

Fall 2007
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• Highlighted universal expectations for literacy
  development vocabulary, rhyming, and using
  literature in the classroom
• Purchased creativecurriculum.net
• Divided Creative Curriculum checkpoints into ECO
  outcome areas using the Crosswalk and highlighted
  12 targets for this school year

Fall 2007
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• Classroom teams began writing a combined report
  that reflected the rich information gathered for
  the exit ECO ratings

Spring 2007
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• Classroom teams began writing a combined report
  that reflected the rich information gathered for
  the exit ECO ratings
• We celebrated the practices that were put into
  place after Tweety Yates from University of
  Illinois in conjunction with CSEFEL presented
  Social Emotional Competence and Addressing
  Challenging Behavior Modules and provided
  consultation in the classroom

Spring 2007
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Celebrating Social Emotional Best Practices
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Navigating the Future

• Analyze IGDI data
• Identify Tier 2 kids not making progress
• Assess Creative Curriculum Snap Shot reports