Student Services Report to the College Community School Board December 17, 2018

Program Overview December 17, 2018

Special Education Statistics Year Level 1 Level 2 Level 3 Total 10/2014 42 Nonresident 200 Resident Total: 242 25 Nonresident 118 Resident Total: 143 57 Nonresident 51 Resident Total: 108 493 10/2015 61 Nonresident 231 Resident Total: 292 24 Nonresident 117 Resident Total: 141 37 Nonresident 52 Resident Total: 89 522 10/2016 56 Nonresident 222 Resident Total: 278 27 Nonresident 131 Resident Total: 158 45 Nonresident 70 Resident Total: 115 551 10/2017 58 Nonresident 241 Resident Total: 299 26 Nonresident 147 Resident Total: 173 40 Nonresident 94 Resident Total: 134 606 10/2018 64 Nonresident 263 Resident Total: 327 31 Nonresident 143 Resident 35 Nonresident 82 Resident Total: 117 617 11.2 % Oct. 2017 State Average 12.3% Cedar Rapids 13.5% Iowa City 10.2% Linn Mar 9.3% ESSA designations similar some elementary/junior high and high school 10.7 % Oct. 2018

SPECIAL EDUCATION TEACHER/PARAS TOTAL FTE Year Teachers/FTE Paras/FTE Total # of students 2013-2014 61 102.08 492 2014-2015 64 101.94 493 2015-2016 101.75 522 2016-2017 551 2017-2018 98.38 606 2018-2019 63 (1 position unfilled) 101.50 617

2017-2018 Initial Placement in Special Education   PK K 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 Total 12-13 48 13-14 29 14-15 50 15-16 15 58 16-17 17 13 64 17-18 57

2017-2018 Students Exited from SE Services 2012-2013: 22 2013-2014: 25 2014-2015: 14 2015-2016: 27 2016-2017: 33 2017-2018: 19

Special Education Move-Ins and Transfers Year New Students Drops Four Oaks District Heart of Iowa 14-15 104 78 2 133 61 15-16 125 66 6 102 60 16-17 112 65 7 88 68 5 17-18 80 43 3 At this point in the year-12.12.18 117 Move in with IEPs 41 Drops

Program Goals/Data

SPEL-Special Education Literacy Model evidence-based instructional strategies Assist teachers in analyzing data Coach and collaborate with teachers to determine appropriate instructional strategies and materials Strengthened collaboration between GWAEA SPEL Coach, Building Instructional Coach and SE Teacher

GWAEA Goal #2: Increase the percentage of students who perform at the proficient level. GWAEA Priority: The learning gaps between students with IEPS and those without and for those students in disaggregated sub-groups will be reduced. Buildings Percent Making Growth Percent Making Growth to Eliminate the Gap 2015-2016 Crest, Heights, Hill, Ridge, View 100% 25% 2016-2017 41% 2017-2018

Iowa Assessments IEP Students Proficiency % Proficient Reading-IEP CCSD 12-13 13-14 14-15 15-16 CCSD 16-17 CCSD 17-18 4th 23.08% 24.56% 22.20% 19.10% 25.5% 28.89% 6th 15.00% 22.13% 32.40% 15.70% 6.8% 17.31% 8th 14.63% 13.43% 22.50% 26.90% 15.8% 18.6% 11th 28.57% 34.69% 41.90% 10.00% 19.2% 25.81% Math-IEP CCSD 14-15 35.90% 36.84% 42.20% 31.00% 41.2% 51.11% 27.50% 31.96% 32.00% 18.2% 21.15% 26.83% 24.62% 25.00% 13.2% 30.23% 57.14% 48.98% 35.50% 26.70% 50.0% 16.13%

High School Graduation Rate - IEP Group Comparison   2013 All 2013 IEP 2014 All 2014 IEP 2015 All 2015 IEP 2016 All 2016 IEP 2017 All 2017 IEP CCSD 92.13 71.88 22/30 94.37 79.31 20/25 94.6 83.3 25/30 92.53 90.91 20/22 92.18 65.63 21/32 Benton 90.48 62.50 90.32 40 97.4 80.0 91.35 N<10 92.24 54.55 Cedar Falls 96.13 83.64 97.18 80.85 95.8 79.1 96.01 73.17 97 89.66 Clear Creek 86.73 53.85 90.74 88.1 35.3 84.44 13.33 86.75 45 Cedar Rapids 80.92 59.07 85.02 71.72 84.0 72.0 83.89 63.87 58.33 61.08 Iowa City 87.90 51.69 90.39 63.64 93.2 75.3 93.85 15.38 81.86 66.06 Linn Mar 89.81 43.86 91.53 54.84 95.2 61.1 92.77 62.5 94.22 47.06 Marion 93.64 85 92.54 97.9 81.3 93.75 96.53 85.71 Muscatine 76.58 55.10 81.79 70 82.9 57.9 80.86 58.62 83.78 62.26 Waterloo 70.46 51.49 74.18 54.10 80.3 65.0 77.37 58.4 75.25 71.56 Waukee 98.65 93.55 98.06 92.86 98.4 88.9 99.26 98.15 81.82

Regular Education students admitted: 53 Four Oaks Admissions 2017-2018 Regular Education students admitted:  53 Special Education Students admitted:   65 Level 1 – 7 Level 2 –   10 Level 3 -   48

17-18 Four Oaks Students Placed by Grade Level 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 17 20 26 19

17-18 Four Oaks Students Placed by Building PHS Point Creek Heights Ridge View Crest Hill Edge 18 7 1 89

Seclusion/Restraint Intervention Summary Review of Data Review of processes and procedural improvements Mandt Updates

Seclusion/Restraint Intervention Summary

Building Capacity-3 year Plan (2018-2021) Best Practice Functional Behavior Assessment (FBA) and Behavior Intervention Plans (BIP) District review of data indicated a need to build capacity Series of 3 behavior courses offered in conjunction with GWAEA and the District Regularly scheduled coaching meetings with year 1 cohort participants to apply new learning/skills 17 participants, special education teachers, facilitators and GWAEA rep

System Improvements Continue Building goals in three areas: Seclusion Restraint Student Update Seclusion/Restraint Forms (including Debriefing form & process) Mandt changes - increased efficacy of technical portion of training Renewal process has an on-line component Continue to customize and create “new” presentations for the material Increased efficacy of seclusion room inspections (4x a year)

AT Usability Study (DOE) Accessible Instructional Materials (AIM)/Accessible Educational Materials(AEM) District AEM Steering Committee (meets 3x a year/representation from GWAEA/LEA) Development of District Purchasing Standards for all curriculum materials purchased by CCSD Ongoing Professional Learning-Access to Core: AEM for All Access to core is not just being given the grade level material… access to core is being able to most fully process / participate / interact / engage with that grade-level material. Presented at ITEC/Building Bridges/and International Conference ATIA in January U of IA and other districts/ AEAs visiting to learn about our systems and usability

AT Usability Study (DOE) Accessible Instructional Materials (AIM)/Accessible Educational Materials(AEM) AEM Steering Committee Participation Registration for attendance to the GWAEA Building Bridges Conference Read and Write Google Chrome (through 2019-2020) ($7,380- per year) Universal Protocol for Accommodations in Reading (through 2019-2020) (5, 361- per year) Boardmaker (through 2019-2020) (1,000- per year) DeCoste Writing Protocol (one time fee 529-) Resources for Continual Learning Presented at ITEC/Building Bridges/and International Conference ATIA in January U of IA and other districts/ AEAs visiting to learn about our systems and usability Greatest predictor of reading success is time spent reading.

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