RtI-MTSS District Leadership Team: Where to Begin LaChawn Smith, NHCS, Director of Instruction Cynthia Shields, NHCS, ELA Lead Teacher Courtney Moates, Sunset Park Elementary School, Special Education Teacher Leigh Gates, NHCS, RtI Specialist 1

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Agenda  A Little About You & A Little About Us :  Clicker Questions  Overview of TodaysMeet  Brief History of RtI in NHCS  District Leadership Team Critical Components:  Research & Practice  Successes and Barriers:  Ours & Yours  Next Steps:  Where Do We Go From Here?  What are your next 3 steps as an individual, team, or district? 3

A Little About You & A Little About Us 4

What state are you from? A. North Carolina B. Virginia C. Massachusetts D. Other 5

What is your grade level? A. Elementary School B. Middle School C. High School D. Multiple 6

How many years of experience do you have with RtI? A. No experience B. 1-5 C D. More than 10 7

What is your role? A. General Education Teacher B. Special Education Teacher C. Instructional Support D. School Administrators E. District Administrator F. State Administrator G. Other 8

Summary of TodaysMeet 9 (a presentation back channel) What is your experience with RtI District Leadership Teams: What are your successes? What are your challenges? What are your questions?

History of RtI in NHCS  NHCS was 1 of the original 5 pilot sites for PSM in NC  Pilot sites were supported & trained by State Dept.  RtI was “birthed” in Special Education in NHCS  Special Education partnered w/ State level ‘10  NHCS is trying to bridge the Sped & Instruction gap with the RtI District Leadership Team 10

District Leadership Team Critical Components Research & Practice 11

12 IMPLEMENTATION TEAMS Impl. TeamNO Impl. Team Making It Happen Letting it Happen Helping it Happen 80%, 3 Yrs 14%, 17 Yrs Effective Slide adapted from NC DPI RtI Regional Training 11/2/12 The What Question: How many folks have an RtI District Leadership Team? How long has it been in place?

District Team Elementary Education Director Middle School Director High School Director Federal Programs Director PBIS Coordinator RtI CoordinatorEC Director Assistant Superintendent Accountability Director Classroom Teacher/Principal Curriculum Coaches EXAMPLE Team Members Slide adapted from NC DPI RtI Regional Training 11/2/12 The Who Question: Who is on your Team? 13

NHCS District Team Instruction Director Student Services Director EC DirectorLead ELA Teacher Lead Math Teacher RtI Specialist Lead Science Teacher Parent Liaison Assistant Principal Psychologist Special Education Liaison Team Members Slide adapted from NC DPI RtI Regional Training 11/2/12 The Who Special Education Teacher RtI-MTSS Coordinator from a Pilot School Question: Who are we missing? 14

Teams: Purpose District School Grade/ Department Individual Student District implementation District-wide problem-solving Provide support to schools School implementation School-wide problem-solving Provide support to staff Grade/Department (PLC?) problem-solving Individual student problem-solving Slide taken from NC DPI RtI Regional Training 11/2/12 The How Question: How can we connect these teams for implementation fidelity? 15

District Leadership Team School Leadership Team RtI Coach Grade Level Coach Grade/ Department Grade Level Coach Grade/ Department Slide taken from NC DPI RtI Regional Training 11/2/12 The How 16

District TeamSchool Team Coach Alignment Vision Initiatives Collaboration Teaming Slide taken from NC DPI RtI Regional Training 11/2/12 The How Video Video from Johnston County: Aligning Initiatives Question: What are some suggestions for aligning visions, initiatives, collaboration, and teaming across departments? 17

COMMUNICATION School/District Leadership Team Work Group Slide taken from NC DPI RtI Regional Training 11/2/12 The When & Where Question: What are the topics of your work groups? How could/do you facilitate communication back to the District Leadership Team? 18

Strategies and Barriers Ours & Yours 19

Rick DuFour: 20 Groups vs. Teams

Strategy: Implementation Science Question: What is your experience w/ implementation science? 21

Strategy: The Hexagon Tool Question: Have you heard of this tool? 22

Strategy: Facilitators and Barriers 23 FacilitatorsBarriers staffing rich, list of district initiatives, RtI process is in place in practice and policy, possibility of DSW funding, potential partnerships with UNCW, potential access to WebEx, DPI support for training, potential dedicated position need is high in some schools the promise of less paperwork PD capacity and resources, site-based management, technology lagging behind, consistent terminology and definitions, educational silos, lack of implementation plan at each school politics lack of models lack of framework resources exist, but not available, yet fidelity buy-in: the "s/he needs an IEP" mindset Question: What are your facilitators? What are your barriers?

24 Implementation Drivers

Next Steps: Where Do We Go From Here? 25

Please Complete the “Next Steps” Section of the Handout for yourself and/or your district… 26 Ours & Yours Question: What can you bring back to your setting based on this session? Question: What is your next step(s)? Implementation Science The Hexagon Tool Implementation Drivers Team Members The What The Who The How The When The Where

27 Questions or Comments? Thank you for participating!

References 28 Regional Trainings provided by North Carolina Department of Public Instruction: Responsiveness to InstructionResponsiveness to Instruction SISEP: SISEP: State Implementation & Scaling Up Evidence-based Practices NIRN:NIRN: National Implementaiton Research Network VideoVideo from Johnston County: Aligning Initiatives

RtI-MTSS District Leadership Team: Where to Begin LaChawn Smith, NHCS, Director of Instruction Cynthia Shields, NHCS, ELA Lead Teacher Courtney Moates, Sunset Park Elementary School, Special Education Teacher Leigh Gates, NHCS, RtI Specialist 29