Building and creating a student focused and

highly effective learning center

Presenters:

Connie Holland

Cholland@rbuesd.org

Isaac A. ScharagaIscharaga@rbuesd.org

Darcy ThompsonDthompson@rbuesd

Bidwell Elementary School530-527-7171

Learning Center History-In the beginning

Vision

Support

Lack of resources with students

Shared Vision Transparent

Stakeholders

Monitoring

Realizations

Process evolves

Stewardship of the vision

Right people in the right places

Learning Center ProcessUniversal Screening

Review - Aimsweb - Dibels

Preparation

Screening Schedule

Training and Testing Staff

Learning Center ProcessUniversal Screening Cont.

Data Entry-iPads

Reports

Small Group Intervention Development

Learning Center Process

Interventions General Info.

Research Validated versus Research Based

-WWC(What Works Clearinghouse)

Continuous Monitoring of Paraprofessionals

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

Interventions General Info. continued

Intervention Focus

-Critical Building Blocks of LiteracyPhonological ProcessingSymbol ImageryComprehensionFluencyRapid Naming Fluency

Tier II Interventions

K-Pals

Stepping Stones

1st Grade PALS

Sound Partners

Tier II Interventions cont. Seeing Stars

Great Leaps

Read Naturally

Barton Reading Program

Lexia

Fast ForWord

Tier II Interventions cont. Lexia

Visualizing and Verbalizing

LIPS

Tier III Interventions Edmark Levels 1 and 2

Read Right*

SRA Reading Mastery

LIPS

PALS

Tier III Interventions cont.Visualizing and VerbalizingGreat LeapsStepping StonesK-PALS

Computer Assisted Intervention (15 min.)

LexiaFast ForWord

Independent Contracts

4 week programTargeted 1st – 3rd grade studentsSmall Group Instruction:

- Reading

- Writing Funding for Program

Summer Learning Center Program

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

Intervention Students

Fluid GroupingTargets set for

Aimsweb

Grade Level

Student

Progress Monitoring Aimsweb

Set Up

Example

Weekly Progress Monitoring

Administered weekly

Goal Setting with students K-6

Extrinsic and Intrinsic Incentives

Goal Setting with

Paraprofessionals

Re: Student Graphs

Fluid Grouping

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

History and Non-RespondersWhy -Interventions fully implemented -Special Education Testing -Some students still not respondingSocial Emotional IssuesResearch from:

- Jones- Brown- Aber

Social /Emotional Interventions

Morning Buddy Reading- Older students with younger students

Social /Emotional Interventions – continued

Cross-Age Tutoring

Cross-Age TutoringResearch shows interventions showed the greatest gains for:

Low S.E.S. students

Minorities

Students with special needs

Lunch BunchIs an opportunity to socialize,

practice social skills, and reduce stress.

Social /Emotional Interventions – continued

Homework ClubSupports students and families in crisis

Social /Emotional Interventions – continued

Social /Emotional Interventions – continued

After SchoolTutoring

Rapid Naming Peer Tutoring

Program developed based on double deficit theory

Social /Emotional Interventions – continued

Home VisitsShare progress monitoring

Make a connection

Discuss interventions

Connect with community services

Social /Emotional Interventions – continued

Clothing Closet

Take or Trade program

Utilize for increased involvement by families

Social /Emotional Interventions – continued

Computer Assisted Interventions

Research Based

Mini-Lab system- in Tier II and Tier III

- in Tier I –in classrooms

Monitored by Learning Center Staff

Programs- Lexia- Everyday Math- EdMark- Fast ForWord

Computer Assisted Interventions

Research LinksCarnegie Melon UniversityWWC –What Works ClearinghouseLinda-Mood BellBarton Learning SystemsAimswebVanderbilt University – PalsGreat LeapsLexiaSymphony MathHarvard Study

Next StepsTier IV – incorporation into our learning center

Speech and Language groups

Progress monitoring Tier I

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

“The object of education is to

prepare the young to educate themselves

throughout their lives.” – Robert M.

Hutchins