1. Effective Learning Centers SELPA Directors November 5, 2009
Dr. Susan Tandberg, Administrator
Los Angeles Unified School District
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2. A journey of a thousand miles begins with the first step.
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3. Culture Shift From To Replacement instruction Consultant model
Focus on intervention and remediation To
Support, strategies, intervention
Collaborative model
Focus on standards-based instruction and prevention
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4. Modified Consent Degree
Perfect Storm
NCLB
Modified Consent Degree
Data driven decisions
IDEA
New Leadership
Accountability
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5. Buy in for change Understand the need for change
Believe they have the skill sets needed to do the work
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6. Historical Overview 2000- Task Group redesign RSP
Professional Development
2004- Policy Bulletin
2005- Guidelines
Resources
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8. Vision
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10. What does it look like?
Video
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11. Purpose of the Learning Center
Access
Intervention
Monitoring
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12. Access/Extension
Access involves the direct teaching of strategies to support student learning in standards-based instruction
Extension involves additional instruction growing out of the learning in the general education classroom
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13. Instruction to AIM for Success-Elementary
K-3
15-20% Access or Extension
65-75% Intervention
10-15% Monitoring of Progress
4-5
50-60% Access or Extension
40-50% Intervention
10-15% Monitoring of Progress
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14. Instructional Program
Increased intensity, duration, frequency and reduced teacher to student ratio based on data
Interventions built out the core
Open Court Reading
Math program
Targeted intervention materials
Voyager and Language!
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15. Instruction to AIM for Success-Secondary
60–70% Access or Extension
10-15% Intervention
10-15% Monitoring of Progress
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16. Instructional Program
Access
Learning Center Tools for Teaching Literacy
Academic Workout
Skills for School Success
Intervention
Six Minute Solution
Collaborative Strategic Reading
Step Up to Writing
Algebra Ready
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17. What must be in place? Manageable schedule Strategies for access
creation of the master schedule
common planning time
Strategies for access
accommodations
Strategies for targeted intervention
strategic intervention systems
instruction in targeted learning strategies
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18. What have been the results?
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19. MS ELA
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20. Where are we now? Pockets of excellence Tied into RtI2
Upward slope of growth academic achievement
Continued professional development
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22. To accomplish great things, we must dream as well as act.
Anatole France
Los Angeles Unified School District

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