1. Building and creating a student focused and highly effective learning center

2. Presenters: Connie Holland Cholland@rbuesd.org Isaac A. Scharaga Ischaraga@rbuesd.org Darcy Thompson Dthompson@rbuesd Bidwell Elementary School 530-527-7171

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

4. Shared Vision  Transparent  Stakeholders  Monitoring

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

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

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

8. Learning Center Process

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

10. http://ies.ed.gov/ncee/wwc/

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

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

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

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

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

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

18.  4 week program  Targeted 1 st – 3 rd grade students  Small Group Instruction: - Reading - Writing  Funding for Program Summer Learning Center Program

19. 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

21. Intervention Students

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

23. Example

24. Weekly Progress Monitoring

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

26. 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

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

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

29. Social /Emotional Interventions – continued  Cross-Age Tutoring

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

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

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

33.  After School Tutoring

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

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

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

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

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

39. 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

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

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

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