Unified Support Services

Workgroup recommendationsAugust 2012

The Charge

The work group will examine the "current state" for accessing and utilizing student support services. In addition, the team will identify a "desired state" that will support staff to address the needs of struggling learners. The team will also develop a consistent district wide collaborative problem solving model to align support services, which will help increase staff capacity and learning.

Problem-Solving Teams within RTI

1. Meeting #1 – Data Review Meetings (PLC)• 3x/per following universal assessments

2. Meeting #2 – Instructional Planning Meetings (PLT)• Grade level/Dept meetings with ancillary

supports

3. Meeting #3 – Problem-Solving Meetings (Instructional Consultation, Building Team, etc.)• The meeting we are all used to…building team

District Student Services

ESL/Bilingual para SAPC/Behavior Intervention Speech ICT LLI Title 1 OT/PT Resource/ASD Teachers Teacher Consultant Social Work Psychologist Para Literacy Coaches Counselors Principal Assistant Principals SE Supervisor Parent Coordinators Administrative Intern Student Dean

Instructional Consultation Implementation Year 1- Facilitator

trained. Team developed.

Year 2- Facilitator trained and practice. Team training.

Year 3- Team training and practice

Year 4- full implementation

Instructional Consultation Team

8-12 members Facilitator Case managers

General Education Teachers

Specialist Teachers Administrator Speech and Language Social Work Psychologist SAPC/ Behavior

Interventionist Bilingual teacher Literacy interventionist

PST Coordinator Trained in facilitation, communication and problem solving

skills Elementary PST Coordinator will be the ICT Facilitator. Counselors will be identified as the PST coordinator. It is

believed naming the counselor is a natural progression of the counselor’s duties with an added element of structure and systematic progress with consistency across the district. 1 representative for each grade level.

Secondary recommendations to begin a work group for a problem solving process and unification support services.

PST procedure Single form to request any student support. This form will

be clear, concise, systematic and provide tracking. The PST facilitator will bring the forms to the weekly or bi-

weekly PST meeting A case manager is matched to each case Within one week the partner will contact the teacher At the PST meeting: tracking, case updates will happen and

case managers/partners will get needed support and collaboration on cases. PST members will designate established roles to keep the process smooth (facilitator, time keeper, record keeper, etc.)

Case manager will follow the PST system

Problem Solving Stages Problem Identification

Specific and measurable

Baseline Collection/Goal setting

Strategy design Strategy

implementation Strategy Evaluation

Data Collection Varies based on case

manager Recorded and

monitored Goal setting based on

skill building Pearson

Common Understandings will be established by PST team, such as: Emphasis in the PST process is on in-the-classroom

interventions, which the teachers implement with integrity Proactive response to learning challenges are emphasized

over reactive response Alignment with RTI, the tiers, theory Contracting between teacher and case manager/case

partner involves: (no pull-out , shoulder to shoulder collaboration)

Support personnel that have cases will communicate with classroom teacher to ensure that instruction is consistent with instruction in the classroom

Next Steps Building level

Each building needs awareness about the PST system by ICT facilitator or PST leader in upper elementary, including rationale and Basic Assumptions

PST will replace other student support committees, such as building team

Use technology whenever possible to support and share PST work, ie., meeting room with projector, putting forms and tracking system on-line of on shared folder etc

Align a weekly meeting date to include all student support personnel

Next Steps Professional Development

Pearson Training for PST members in Problem solving

stages to align with Instructional Consultation Build awareness about team at each building

and within each department Tighten PLC’s to look at data and address

problem solving District meetings with PST Coordinators

Next Steps District

Develop schedule for district-based personnel to meet at particular building on PST – school at the beginning of the year PST meetings are put on a consistent day/time so that support staff can plan meetings into their schedules. This is scheduled on district calendar.

Support departments professional development to build awareness about the PST system

Unification work group for the secondary level buildings (7-12)