nsi 2014: standardized individual learning plans - it's not an oxymoron

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NAVIANCE SUMMER INSTITUTE 2014 | PALM SPRINGS, CALIFORNIA

Standardized Individual Learning Plans

It’s Not an Oxymoron

Danielle JastrowAchieveMpls & Minneapolis

Public Schools

Bruce ArmesSan Juan Unified School District

Sacramento, CAJuly 2014

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Looking Back to Move Forward:a quick history

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History: A long time coming…

• 1965: The Elementary & Secondary Education ACT (ESEA)

• Established Title 1 funding• Distribution of federal funding to address the “achievement gap”• Initial method of school accountability and education equity

• 1973: Rehabilitation Act, Section 504• No discrimination against persons with disabilities if org

receives fed funding• Modified with Americans with Disabilities Amendments Act

of 2008• Increases definition of disabilities

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History, cont’d

• 1975: Congress enacts Education for All Handicapped Children Act (Public law 94-142)

• Recognizing and requiring for students with special needs that the needs and rights of a free appropriate education

• 1997: Public Law 94-142 amended; currentlyenacted as Individuals with Disabilities EducationAct (IDEA)

• 2001: ESEA reauthorized as No Child Left Behind• Annual testing, academic progress, report cards,

teacher qualifications

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No Child Left Untested

• Recognition that educational success is beyond hitting benchmarks

• Education reform• College & career readiness skills• Workforce demands• Document success

• School choice• Community reporting

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Defining Success

• Global workforce• Beyond test score• College & Career readiness skills

• Soft skills• Self-awareness• Persistence• Contributing member of society

Standard Individual Learning

Plans

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Discussion…..Defining Readiness

• Is career readiness the same as college readiness?

• What are the skills, practices, habits, etc., that a student should possess to be “ready?”

• How do we know?• What does “ready” look like?• How do we measure?

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The Standard Individual Learning Plan

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Process: Start at the End

• Determine needs and desired outcomes• Priorities of school/district• Milestones vs. Best Practice• Reports• Aligning with ASCA• Review current data• Talk to stakeholders

• Assemble team• Counselors• Career/College Center staff• Supportive teachers• Administrators

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Things to Ponder…

• Grades involved• Capacity• Access to students• Curriculum integration• Budget• Staff• Reports• Other school/district initiatives• Student mobility• Special populations

• Special Education• English Language Learners

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Initial Matrix

• Establish tentative layout• Who?• What?• When?

• Roll out• Who?• What?• When?

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Discussion…..Making Decisions

• What factors must be included?• How can these factors be delivered?

• Curriculum integration?• Advisory?

• Who will evaluate? Must it be evaluated?• Where to begin?

• Grade?• Activity?

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ILP in Action

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Success Planner

• District• Consistency & efficiency across schools

• Schools cannot modify district tasks• Reporting and accountability

• Schools• Not recreating the wheel, just assign district level• Customization based on needs

• Assign on own schedule• Add site-specific tasks

• Students• Goals• Plan/program established

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One size fits….most

• Pros• Built-in tracking• Flexibility• Student & counselor monitoring

• Challenges• Diverse counseling departments• Need to make concessions• Consensus takes time

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Success Planning Features

• Tasks: activities assigned to students• Multiple completion options

• Survey• Documents• Inventories

• Programs: a collection of tasks• Based on needs

• Grade• Grad year• Group

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How to…

Tasks• Actions students are asked to take• Created by school staff or built-in • Assigned to one student or a group of studentsCreating a task• Planner Tasks• Add another task• Follow the prompts to set up your task save

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Programs

• Programs are groups of tasks to be assigned to students

• Programs may be assigned to groups or individual students

Creating a Program• Planner programs• Add another program• Follow prompts to add a program• Add tasks to the program• Save

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Assigning Programs

• Assigning to a group or individual• For a group, Planner assign and manage• Select criteria and click continue

• For individual, from student profile select success plan

• Choose task, move and save

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Accountability….GASP!

Reports• Customizable• Schedulable • Email-able• Exportable

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Evaluation

• Revisit milestones• Achieving goals?• Manageable workload?• Meaningful

• Student, staff surveys

• Adjust as necessary• Patience

• Ride out the pendulum

• Rinse and repeat

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MPS: My Life Plan

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MPS: Our Take

• 2006-07: School board approved pilot program for “My Life Plan” (MLP)

• Piloted 3 methods of delivery• Naviance selected

• 2007-08: MLP approved as graduation requirement

• 2009-10: MLP pulled down into grades 6-8• 2010: First class graduates with MLP• 2011: Incorporation of Naviance’s Success

Planner• 2014: 3rd iteration on the horizon

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MPS Definition of CCR

Academic Readiness

College Knowledge

Career Awareness

Personal & Social

Readiness

Intercultural Competence

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My Life Plan: An Example

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Questions?

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For more information…

Contact

Danielle JastrowSchool Counselor/CoordinatorAchieveMpls & Minneapolis Public Schools

Email: Danielle.Jastrow@mpls.k12.mn.us

Bruce ArmesLead Counselor San Juan Unified School District

Email:barmes@sanjuan.edu