1. Professional Development HHS 9-12
October 31, 2012
7:30-9:50
Jess

2. Overview 7:30-8 Announcement, 9-12 (Brian and Nick)
8-9:00 Systems of Support (PBIS leadership team)
9-9:50 formative assessment break out sessions
Jess

3. On the index card you are given, please write about a situation where you were not familiar with the social norms or rules. (We will be around to collect these)
Kaytee

4. Questions Please answer the questions you are given with your table.
Jennie and Lisa

5. Question #1
Share out
Connections to the idea of a multi-tiered system of support:
the concept of “tier 1”
The goal of any system is for a large percentage of students to be successful in this tier. Al

6. Question #2
Share out
Connections to the idea of a multi-tiered system of support:
Possibly the concept of “tier 2”
Possibly the concept of “tier 3”
Marcie

7. Question #3
Share out
Connections to the idea of a multi-tiered system of support:
Address index cards
GO RAMS and videos
PBIS: tiers 1, 2 and 3 for behavior
Goal of rewards rather than punishment
Student leadership teams
Jess

8. Question #4
Share out
Connections to the idea of a multi-tiered system of support:
Remediation for struggling students (time?)
Attendance policy (conversations)
Need for identifying students, offering them appropriate supports, monitoring our supports and student progress
A SYSTEM
Teresa

9. Where did this come from?
1994: All states required to design standards
2002: NCLB and “accountability” movement
“Accountability” led to bigger expectations of accessible data
Assessment technologies became available due to increased demand
Teachers had the ability to monitor students both during and after instruction
2002: questions regarding the diagnosis and support of LD students and the support they receive
In Holt: started as Courageous Leaders, then FNO, then RtI and PBIS. To simplify, is all MTSS. (ALL A PART OF SCHOOL IMPROVEMENT)
2012: RtI MTSS
Robert

10. What is the major philosophy?
Goal: for ALL students to be successful
Gresham, VanDerHeyden, and Witt (2005) eloquently summarize the philosophy of RTI as finding "which children need what services, delivered with how much intensity."
Robert

11. Why do we need data? Decide which students Decide what services
Evaluate the services
Monitor the students
Joe

12. What is happening K-8? 5-6 (Some variations between buildings)
Literacy and math screeners are given (identify which students)
Data Meetings (decide which supports)
Tier III Interventions
Pull-out from Arts and Fitness for 25 to 50 minutes 4 to 5 times per week (how much intensity)
Based on benchmark data and teacher input at data meetings
PBIS systems in place
Posters
Data collected
K-4 (Some variations between buildings)
Data days 3 times a year
At least once a month grade level meeting to discuss progress monitoring
PBIS posters in the hall
first week of school to teach explicit behavior
Many schools have created videos
All schools work from the 90 minute core, 30 minute tier II and 30 tier III.
Interventionists and resource teachers
All schools provide extra literacy
Jess

13. Holt Junior High PBIS curriculum written by PBIS leadership team
Special emphasis on providing interventions as data reveals need.
Aligning with CCSS, literacy emphasis.
All students take the R-Maze 3 times a year as a screener; all ELA teachers now have access to use this data on the classroom level. All students will take the M-Comp screener starting this winter.
Intervention Period
2 math and 2 literacy labs in place to close the gap for struggling readers in addition to elective classes
FIRST, building-wide data meeting on Wednesday, At this time we will look at behavior and academic data.
Student success coordinator
Jess

14. NGC
Intervention period and Reflection Thursday
Rams Class
Common Core Transition
PST process
PBIS curriculum and videos
GO RAMS matrix and signs
Freshmen focus
Mentors
Strategic Teams
Student success coordinator
PBIS support coordinator
TLTs/Tier 1 engagement
10-12 bldg.
Several sections of Algebra 1 with added teacher support
Mentors
Strategic Teams
Literacy class
Literacy support person
PBIS videos
GO RAMS matrix and signs
Common Core Transition
TLTs/tier 1 engagement