Building and creating a student focused and highly effective learning center

Presenters: Connie Holland Isaac A. Scharaga Darcy Thompson Bidwell Elementary School

Learning Center History -In the beginning  Vision  Support  Lack of resources with students

Shared Vision  Transparent  Stakeholders  Monitoring

Realizations  Process evolves  Stewardship of the vision  Right people in the right places

Learning Center Process Universal Screening  Review - Aimsweb - Dibels  Preparation  Screening Schedule  Training and Testing Staff

Learning Center Process Universal Screening Cont.  Data Entry -iPads  Reports  Small Group Intervention Development

Learning Center Process

Interventions General Info.  Research Validated versus Research Based -WWC (What Works Clearinghouse)  Continuous Monitoring of Paraprofessionals

Interventions General Info. continued  Intervention Focus -Critical Building Blocks of Literacy  Phonological Processing  Symbol Imagery  Comprehension  Fluency  Rapid Naming Fluency

Tier II Interventions  K-Pals  Stepping Stones  1 st Grade PALS  Sound Partners

Tier II Interventions cont.  Seeing Stars  Great Leaps  Read Naturally  Barton Reading Program  Lexia  Fast ForWord

Tier II Interventions cont.  Lexia  Visualizing and Verbalizing  LIPS

Tier III Interventions  Edmark Levels 1 and 2  Read Right*  SRA Reading Mastery  LIPS  PALS

Tier III Interventions cont.  Visualizing and Verbalizing  Great Leaps  Stepping Stones  K-PALS  Computer Assisted Intervention (15 min.)  Lexia  Fast ForWord  Independent Contracts

 4 week program  Targeted 1 st – 3 rd grade students  Small Group Instruction: - Reading - Writing  Funding for Program Summer Learning Center Program

Placement  Students are placed in intervention groups based on academic needs  These are identified through our universal screen  Some interventions are determined based on social/emotional needs

Intervention Students

Fluid Grouping  Targets set for Aimsweb Grade Level Student  Progress Monitoring Aimsweb Set Up

Example

Weekly Progress Monitoring

 Administered weekly  Goal Setting with students K-6  Extrinsic and Intrinsic Incentives  Goal Setting with Paraprofessionals Re: Student Graphs Fluid Grouping

Exchange of Students Between Tiers - Analyze Progress Graphs every 6-8 weeks - Discuss with Learning Center Team - IEP students are placed on need not on traditional IEP

History and Non-Responders  Why - Interventions fully implemented -Special Education Testing -Some students still not responding  Social Emotional Issues  Research from: - Jones - Brown - Aber

Social /Emotional Interventions  Morning Buddy Reading - Older students with younger students

Social /Emotional Interventions – continued  Cross-Age Tutoring

Cross-Age Tutoring Research shows interventions showed the greatest gains for:  Low S.E.S. students  Minorities  Students with special needs

 Lunch Bunch Is an opportunity to socialize, practice social skills, and reduce stress. Social /Emotional Interventions – continued

 Homework Club Supports students and families in crisis Social /Emotional Interventions – continued

 After School Tutoring

 Rapid Naming Peer Tutoring  Program developed based on double deficit theory Social /Emotional Interventions – continued

 Home Visits  Share progress monitoring  Make a connection  Discuss interventions  Connect with community services Social /Emotional Interventions – continued

 Clothing Closet  Take or Trade program  Utilize for increased involvement by families Social /Emotional Interventions – continued

Computer Assisted Interventions  Research Based  Mini-Lab system - in Tier II and Tier III - in Tier I –in classrooms

 Monitored by Learning Center Staff  Programs - Lexia - Everyday Math - EdMark - Fast ForWord Computer Assisted Interventions

Research Links  Carnegie Melon University  WWC –What Works Clearinghouse  Linda-Mood Bell  Barton Learning Systems  Aimsweb  Vanderbilt University – Pals  Great Leaps  Lexia  Symphony Math  Harvard Study

Next Steps  Tier IV – incorporation into our learning center  Speech and Language groups  Progress monitoring Tier I

“The only real failure in life is one not learned from” -Anthony J. D’Angelo

“The object of education is to prepare the young to educate themselves throughout their lives.” – Robert M. Hutchins