Response to Intervention (RtI) One Common Voice—One Plan

Ingham ISD Countywide Initiative

AESA Annual ConferenceDecember 1, 2011

Michigan Picture

57 ISDs/RESAs – 520+ school districts

Ingham is 7th largest – located in county of our capitol

48,000 students in local public schools, charter schools and parochial/private schools

Ingham ISD Service Area

Current

12 local 4 rural2 urban 6 suburban7 PSAs21 parochial/private

schools

Realities

Economic strife5 new superintendentsPolitical pressuresPoor state outcomes (MEAP)Changing demographicsReduction of ISD staffHigher needsRestructure of organization

(SIS, SSS)

Challenges getting tougher

Collaboration

Long history of working together

However, generally only happened if local districts could not do it themselves

With the downturn in the economy, all of the sudden collaboration is important

Zen Thought

Always remember that you’re unique.Just like everyone else.

Our Journey

Looking at ways to ensure all students are successful

Collaborating for success for all

Developing close working relationships within ISD between and among superintendents, business officials, curriculum directors, special education directors, technology directors and human resources directors

Round Table of Superintendents

3 Goals

Enhance the achievement and success of all learners

To leverage school and community resources through cooperative initiatives and effective use of resources

To influence public and legislative perception by telling the story of public education

Increasing Achievement and Success for all Learners

School improvement was mainly focused on professional development

Six years ago started to changeThree years ago began to build consensus to all move

togetherNew Governor has come out and said all students need

to be college and career readyNeed to deliver instruction, “any time, any place, any

way, any pace”

In the Spirit of the BCS Bowls

No Child Left Behind–The High School Football Version

All teams must make the state playoffs and all MUST win the championship. If a team does not win the championship, they will be on probation until they are the champions, and coaches will be held accountable.

If after two years they have not won the championship, their footballs and equipment will be taken away UNTIL they do win the championship

AS LED BY THE SUPERINTENDENTS’ ROUND TABLEMAY 16, 2009

Future of Education in the Ingham Service Area

Scale, Opportunity, Challenge

$100 billion in additional funds for educationConsiderable flexibility for some fundsChallenges

Making thoughtful decisions quickly Demonstrating accomplishments Investing to support long-term change

Robert FlodenMichigan State University

Bitter Medicine

We can’t be complacent

Opportunity

Our Journey

Focused work on mission, vision, values and goals

Professional Learning Community with local district special education and curriculum directors

“Failure is Not An Option” Courageous Leadership Academy

Zen Thought

If at first you don’t succeed,skydiving is not for you.

What Should be our Main Areas of Focus?

Student Achievement – Success for all

Technology infused in delivery of curriculum

Individualized opportunities available to meet all student’s learning needs

Student Achievement

Early and ongoing intervention to guarantee success for students at all levels

Significant reductionsSpecial education referralsSpecial education eligibility rates

Student Achievement

Use of acceptable intervention model: Failure Is Not An Option, Ingham Student Achievement Framework, MiBLSi, RtI, etc.

Dramatically reduce dropout rates

Keep Learning…Our Future Depends On It

Where will the money come from?

Comes from willingness to be focused on student achievement and not administrative independence (if going to create a strategy for all to succeed we also need to pool assets)

Stimulus money – will not get second year of dollars if not show used all in first year

“Reimagining money from MDE

Needed Funding

ARRA dollars came along

11 million for county

Needed to get everyone to agree to keep dollars in same pot

ARRA Opportunity

Collective agreementConsolidation of fundsConsolidation of effortStandardized the

practiceCustomized the

implementation

Intense and focused trainings across all districts

Created common goals

Narrowed our focus Increase our intensity Districts purchased RTI

coaches ISD trained coaches

In the Beginning…

We developed an RtI Action Plan at the beginning of the ARRA Project

3 SMART Goals• Consensus• Infrastructure• Implementation

52 Indicators

It’s hard to improve something if you’re not measuring it.

Consensus Accomplishments

RtI Leadership Teams were Established

All districts have District Leadership Teams

All districts have School-Based Leadership Teams

Components of RtI

All students receive…High quality, research-based instruction and interventions

Universal screening to establish their academic and behavioral baseline data three to four times a year to identify learners who need additional support

Increasingly intensive intervention with frequent monitoring to determine student progress

Data based decision making by collaborative team that use of a problem solving method to increase student achievement

Infrastructure Accomplishments

Structures and educator skills necessary to support RtI increased

All districts completed their second or third universal screening data collection in May 2010

All districts have used their DIBELS or AIMSweb data and other data sources to identify students who need interventions

Many districts are utilizing “data days” or grade-level meetings to facilitate organized problem-solving regarding students

RtI coaches … Worked with teachers to administer universal screening assessments and use

the data to identify student needs Provided information and training to teachers and supported teachers as

they implement new practices

Infrastructure Accomplishments

Instruction and InterventionsAll districts have restructured time and schedules to

support research-based literacy instruction and interventions

All districts and one public school academy participated in training on specific interventions to strengthen core reading instruction

A majority of the districts are moving toward implementation of a 90-minute literacy block at the elementary grade levels

Implementation Accomplishments

Use of an RtI model in schools increased Schools are developing implementation plans School based leadership teams met

continuously to review data and implementation issues

District leadership teams met throughout the year to review data and existing resources to support implementation

Data + Research = ISD Literacy Collaboration

2009-2010 – Research-based core reading program review led by ISD

IISD negotiates and supports consortium pricing for Reading Street

67% of our local districts are using a research-based core reading program

2009-2010 – 4 Ingham service area schools purchase Reading Street as their core reading program, with Ingham ISD financial support

2010-2011 – 3 more Ingham service area schools purchase Reading Street as their core reading program, with Ingham ISD financial support

Professional Development 2010-2011

LiteracyApproximately 5,000 unit hours of training

Positive Behavior Intervention SupportApproximately 1,000 unit hours of training

LeadershipApproximately 500 staff trained in RtI/MiBLSi

Thanks to the Michigan Behavior Learning Support Initiative, Anita Archer, George Batsche and Kevin Feldman

Where are we going?

Using data to guide and enhance teacher practices

Using data to inform student success

Ensure all students are successful

Professional Development2011-2012

Continued FocusLiteracy (over 90 buildings now implementing)Positive Behavior Intervention Support – almost all buildings in our

service area involved one way or another Emerging AreasMath - Data collection, instruction and interventionEarly Warning Signs (EWS)

- Continuing work with high schools - Adding middle schoolsFamily/Community Involvement Marketing and Training“Schools Cannot Do It Alone” by Jamie Vollmer

Oral Reading FluencyGrade 1

January 2010 January 2011 May 20110%

10%20%30%40%50%60%70%80%90%

100%

63%

72% 74%

59%52% 51%

Reading StreetNon Core

Any Time, Any Place, Any Way, Any Pace

Deep DriversData-based decision makingUse of research-based instruction, curriculum and

assessmentFamily/community involvementStandardizing Practice and Customizing ImplementationConsolidation of resourcesIndicators for accountabilityFrequent review by countywide superintendent group

Where are we now?

All districts and one PSA in the county involvedClose partnership with MiBLSiEarly childhood grant – ReImagineBuilding capacity for when ARRA dollars are

goneRegular agenda item of Superintendents’ Round

Table, Curriculum Directors and Special Education Directors’ meetings

Final Comments

Momentum has been created (Tipping Point )Planned for sustainability all along All districts and Ingham ISD have been trained in the

Implementation Science 70% of districts maintaining some or all of their RTI

coachesThe ISD created a Communication Plan for each district The ISD created an Implementation Plan for each districtIngham ISD restructured the ISD services to support this

initiative

For more information…

Stan Kogut

SuperintendentIngham ISD

517.244.1214skogut@inghamisd.org

Roberta Perconti

Director Student Instructional

ServicesIngham ISD

517.244.1213rpercont@inghamisd.org

Further Resources

Ingham Intermediate School districthttp://www.inghamisd.org

Michigan’s Integrated Behavior and Learning Support Initiative (MiBLSi)http://miblsi.cenmi.org