1. RAP Teams: How Do We Get Where We Want/Need to Go
RAP Teams: How Do We Get Where We Want/Need to Go? Calhoun ISD Ann Walton Beth Brophy Tim Voskuil

2. Agenda Welcome and Introductions
Part 1: Building the Team and Structure
Who should be on the team?
Integrated workshops
Part 2: Getting the Team There
Our facilitation process
Team outputs
Part 3: Getting YOUR ISD and Teams There
Next steps
Share out
Resources for Data

3. Why Are We Doing This? Because Simon says!
11:02
People don’t buy what you do, people buy WHY you do it
Why: We believe all students can succeed in and after school and there’s GOT to be a better way of doing things
How: Through integrated and more efficient systems
What: CIMS/DI, General/Special Education, Data Analysis

4. Do You Need More Incentive?
ESEA and IDEA
Continued focus on compliance (FAPE)
Increased focus on RESULTS
Graduation/Dropout
Student Achievement
Post-Secondary Outcomes

5. How Did We Get Here? Why did we get started? How did we get started?
Disconnected systems (CIMS and DI)
Disconnected teams
Lack of useful RAP Team output for School Improvement
How did we get started?
It all started in the copy room…

6. Who Should Be On The Team?
Dependent upon your Strand Report data and required activities
As much overlap with District Improvement Team as possible
Facilitates collaboration and communication
Ensures special education representation on School/ District Improvement Teams
Don’t want two separate teams (RAP and DI Teams)

7. Who Should Be On The Team?
ISD School Improvement Consultants
Special Education Supervisor/Director
Teacher Consultants and/or Transition Coordinators
Teachers
Building Administrators
Curriculum “Directors”
Pupil Accounting

8. Now What?
Need to integrate District Improvement Planning with the CIMS process
Ensure RAP/DI Team outputs are inputs into School and/or District Improvement Planning** process
Need a process/structure/system to do so

9. Take two minutes to read this document.

11. Our Facilitation Process…
How I facilitate in Calhoun
Start thinking about your workaround at your ISD/ESA, given you don’t have a “me”
Who you can talk to
What structures/processes can be set up
How you can help districts get more valuable data

12. Our Facilitation Process…
Conduct “pre-meetings” with each district
Review Strand Report data
Identify strengths and weaknesses
Options to work through RAP Team Process:
CIMS/DI Workshop - or -
Individual district RAP meeting
Obtain and prepare data for workshops or RAP meetings
CIMS Indicator Data Resources
More current data and trend data

13. Our Facilitation Process…
Initial disconnect with Results Transmittals in CIMS
We developed “Transmittal Addendum” to:
Develop gap statement and causes for gaps (root cause hypotheses)
Develop objectives, strategies, and activity descriptions
Submit completed Transmittal Addendum to District/School Improvement Teams
Transmittal Addendum to Tim
RAP Team “Transmittal Addendums” are in same format as District/School Improvement Plans

14. Benefits We Have Found Identified District Improvement Team membersss
Special education representation and participation
Teams working on plans multiple times/year
DI Plan is not being completed in isolation 1 week prior to deadline
Sharing of best practices across county
Increased communication between districts and schools about relevant strategies

15. Getting YOUR Team There
Think about what we’ve talked about and how this might look in your ISD/ESA…
People I can talk to at my ISD/ESA:
School/District Improvement Consultants
General Education Directors and Staff
Other?
Next steps I can take:
Add onto existing structures?
Modify/collaborate on developing new structures?
Share out

16. Resources For Data
How do we get valuable data than what’s in the Strand Report?
CIMS Indicator Data Resources document
If I can’t get the data, who do I need to talk to?
Do you know where each Indicator data comes from?
Who’s checking the data prior to submission?
DATA TEST!!!

17. Thank You
Questions?
Comments?
Our Contact Information:
Ann Walton –
Beth Brophy –
Tim Voskuil –