Practice/ Intervention/ Enrichment (PIE) Time August Leadership 2017 Christina Vitek, Edu Specialist/RtI Anna Hatfield, Principal/Ridge Elementary RIdge- Demographics We provide intervention for approximately 109 students for reading and 22 students for math.

Welcome! Agenda The Whats and Whys of PIE PIE Recipes for Success

No new Instruction

What is an I/E or P/I/E block? A time in the school day when all new instruction stops A time when students are afforded the opportunity to receive any necessary interventions or enrichment as needed Rooted within RtI/MTSS frameworks and the idea of Tier II/III being “in addition to” rather than “in place of” “Enrichment” for gifted students (old school thought that this would only occur during this time) Thinking about it as PIE makes it meaningful and powerful for all students

“P.I.E.” TIME P = “Practice” (Tier I Review and Practice) Students that did not qualify for tiered instruction, but would benefit from practice with the current content. SOL remediation/review I = “Intervention” (Tier II and III Intervention) Interventionists work with students in small groups providing targeted intervention (prescriptive, consistent, “back-fill” or off-grade level isolated skills, small group, monitored) E = “Enrichment” or “Extension” Students identified gifted or in need of curricular extensions.

Why do we need a P/I/E block? ALL students need something Students do not miss any new instruction Interventions are used strategically to provide effective remediation of skill gaps Provides tiered interventions as a part of an RtI framework Opportunity for Practice, Intervention, or Enrichment

All of our students need something…. Reading Skills Study Skills Writing Test Preparation Spelling Anxiety Coping Skills Math Social Skills Social Studies Anger Management Science Work Habits Organization Our Students Mention skillstreaming as an example

Teachers need this too…. PIE is NOT Time to Take a break Answer emails Keep teaching new content Have a Mystery Reader Do a Holiday Project It is those extra 30 minutes you wish you had with students! Frequent walkthroughs and observations needed during this time along with sketched out plans

When will P/I/E happen? County non-negotiable for elementary master schedules 30 minute assigned block in master schedule for each grade level PIE block should be consistent across the grade level Consider Exceptional Education, Speech, Gifted Resource, ESL, ITRT, Title I, School Counselor schedules to maximize Anna talk about master schedule/dates. Communication. Title, ESL, Speech, SPED, Gifted I start with PIE block when designing master schedule to utilize funding as best as possible- PIE from 8:25-11:25 each day

Partner 1: What Partner 2: Why Is your school using PIE time effectively and appropriately?

Organizing the PIE Block

All students SHOULD benefit from this time Data-Driven Flexible Student-Driven Grade level collaboration Resource collaboration Grade level PIEs and School PIEs will be different! Mention the different data types IT typically assigns intervention groups, teachers make groups for Practice (fluid)

Lots of different PIE “Recipes” in HCPS Homogeneous grouping Using the I/E Block-ideas for leveling and switching classes Using the I/E Block with fidelity What our teachers are doing… What our students are doing… What our support staff are doing… After students are chosen from IT to receive intervention, classroom teachers as a team form the other I/E class rolls Teachers- small groups, review lessons from skills that caused difficulty, class novel studies/read alouds, stations Students- Receiving exactly what they need to be successful during that time Support Staff- Interventions- pushing into rooms , planning, IA’s small groups, ESL- Level 1’s

Other Important Ingredients for Success Data, Data, Data Master Schedule All Chefs using the same recipe (teachers, support staff, admin, IT Team) Interventions that work- student needs assessments Starting early (Groups established prior school year) Minimizing breaks in instruction Parent Communication/Buy-In

Other Ingredients Continued... SOL remediation after school hours to maximize time “filling the gaps” Different I/E Class rosters for safety drills Intervention Check In Day Teacher Liaisons on IT Teacher Check In Day Plan when Interventionists are out sick/assessing Grade level meeting discussion about specific students

At the very least, be sure your teachers are utilizing PIE in their own classrooms Ask for volunteers to share out anything their teachers are doing. Then go into basic ideas.

Intervention Team (IT) Success Who? What? When? Why? Where? Ridge IT Agenda

“P” Group Activities Grouping is Data Driven: Reflex Math; Dreambox benchmark criteria for PALS and NWEA Preteach upcoming lessons Small groups with multiple teachers in the room Reading/Math Stations PALS activities Math fact practice

“P” Group Activities Math Stations - include fact practice Spiral the curriculum (look at pacing guide) Time to finish work (not regularly!) 3 days a week Reading practice/2 days Math Fluency practice - Reading A to Z Story problems TEI items

“I” Interventions Tier II/III Any intervention from the literacy, math, or low-cost/no-cost matrix Small group counseling sessions This is the group that will be most consistent; monitored by IT rather than teachers

“E” Group Activities Team Planning with Gifted Teacher STEM Projects Children’s Engineering Time to collect Gifted Work Samples Research Projects Creative Writing PBL NWEA Des Carte Vocabulary Preview

Next Steps

Questions? Comments? Concerns? Let’s take this first step together! PIE Brochure Basic Recipes Low Need Average Need High Need Individual/Grade Level PIE forms Class PIE Spreadsheet Contact us… ccvitek@henrico.k12.va.us anhatfield@henrico.k12.va.us