Update on Equity and Disproportionality Coordinated Early Intervening Services (CEIS) Plan January 15, 2014 Presented by Jonathan Roselin Administrator of Equity and Disproportionality

Revised CEIS Plan Since MDUSD is still significantly disproportionate in the area of identifying African American Students as Emotionally Disturbed, we were required to submit a revised CEIS Plan that will cover the remaining 2013/2014 school year and the 2014/2015 school year.

Project Implementation & Status The 3 focus areas of the plan are: –Positive Behavioral Intervention Supports (PBIS) –Culturally Responsive School Environment –Response to Instruction & Intervention

Budget MDUSD has allocated 15% of IDEA funds or approximately $1,084,991 for the first year of implementation of the district’s CEIS Plan. We are projected to allocate an additional $1,084,991 for the second year of implementation.

Pilot Schools –Ygnacio Valley High –Oak Grove Middle School –Riverview Middle School –Bel Air Elementary School –Rio Vista Elementary School –El Monte Elementary School

January Trainings On Monday, January 27, a non- student day, the full staffs of the six pilot schools will have a half day training with Tom Hierck around the area of Pyramid of Behavior Interventions and the Seven Keys to a Positive Learning Environment.

January Trainings On Tuesday, January 28 through Friday, January 31, we will be doing a follow up Professional Development training with Tom Hierck with the school teams that worked with Tom during our Leadership Institute in August.

Identifying Students The six pilot schools are currently in the process of identifying their Tier 2 and Tier 3 students.

Identifying Students The Multi-Disciplinary team will be meeting with members of the six pilot schools to address the issues identified for their Tier 2 and Tier 3 students.

Identification of Risk Factors in CEIS Plan African American Students Below Basic on CST in ELA or Math Two or More Letter Grades of F in a year Received SARB Letter #2 Suspended after alternatives means were not successful Administrative referral for support services Referred by Coordinated CARE Team after Pre-referral interventions

Additional Risk Factors for Consideration More than two support calls/office referrals for behavior Request for SST consideration or referral for assessment Inability to focus for a reasonable amount of time that contributes to poor school performance or classroom disruption Inability or unwillingness to maintain satisfactory relationships with peers/adults Exhibits evidence of depression, self- destructive or other internalizing behaviors that interfere with school performance

Revised CEIS Plan The following are some of the recommended revisions to the current CEIS Plan:

Staff Mini Grants Mini grants not to exceed $1000 will be made available to staff members from the six pilot schools to address issues around equity and disproportionality.

Family Engagement We will contract with community professionals to provide direct services to groups of culturally different students, develop programs for families and provide professional development for staff to help schools in the development of more effective methods for serving challenged and challenging families.

Student Voices/Professional Development We will use multimedia equipment to highlight student and community voices to assist educators in understanding how to make learning more relevant for students. We will use student and community voices to inform educators and to assist in changing educators’ beliefs, attitudes and level of understanding of the perspectives of students and families.

Professional Development: Pilot School Staff The staff of the pilot schools will have access to a variety of professional development offerings designed to improve their skills in a variety of focus areas including but not limited to:

Professional Development: Pilot School Staff -Culturally responsive education -Effective behavior management strategies -Distinguishing between conduct disorder and emotional disturbance -Unique approaches to serving African American and other culturally different populations -PBIS strategies

Social Work Interns The ability to provide some direct services to students and families in the pilot schools is essential to diverting identified students from special education. Individual, group and family counseling will be provided in pilot schools by supervised social work interns.

Faith is taking the first step even when you don’t see the whole staircase Martin Luther King Jr.