400  Canner  Street,  New  Haven,  CT  06511    

 

CELENTANO SCHOOL

 

Connecticut  State  Personnel  Development  Grant  (CT  SPDG)  COHORT 1 2012-2014

 

                   

INTRODUCTION…      Each  student  in  Celentano  will  contribute  to  a  better  school  climate  by  being  positive,  prepared,  prompt,  productive,  and  polite  in  order  to  ensure  an  efficient  academic,  community  and  social  learning  environment.  

HIGHLIGHTS…  • Identified  behavioral  

expectations  and  explicitly  taught  the  expectations  throughout  the  school  year.  

• Update  lessons  for  behavioral  expectations  on  an  on-­‐going  basis  

• Created  displays  of  PBIS  artifacts  which  were  displayed  in  the  hallways  including  quilts  and  movie  ticket  style  written  responses.  

• The  behavioral  expectations  were  integrated  into  academic  instruction  (see  picture).  

• The  main  office  became  a  hub  for  positive  interactions  as  a  result  of  decreased  referrals.    

NEXT  STEPS…    

• Continue  to  develop  Tier  III  interventions  for  social-­‐emotional  growth.  • Explore  ways  to  improve  data  analysis  school-­‐wide  outside  of  literacy.  • Generate  more  public  displays  of  the  behavioral  expectations  grades  6-­‐8.  • Create  vertical  alignment  of  social-­‐emotional  instruction  and  practices  between  lower  and  

upper  grades.  

HIGHLIGHTS…  • The  literacy  coach  

gathered  significant  data  and  analyzed  for  trends  which  was  presented  monthly  at  the  STAR  instructional  meetings  as  well  as  the  school  leadership  team  meetings.  

• The  STAR  instructional  meetings  generated  strategies  that  could  be  used  across  classrooms  for  common  language.  

• Increased  the  use  of  technology  in  their  curriculum  through  the  transformation  to  a  STEM  school.  

• The  literacy  coach  used  the  trainer  of  trainer  model  to  turn-­‐key  professional  learning  delivered  by  Nancy  Boyles  and  SPDG  to  the  full  staff.    

Establishing a Multi-Tiered System of Support at CELENTANO SCHOOL

Pre-Post Implementation of the CT SPDG  

 

  The  Scientific  Research-­‐Based  Interventions  (SRBI)  Self-­‐Assessment  is  used  by  the  CT  SPDG  to  measure  the  implementation  of  SRBI  at  each  participating  school.    The  45-­‐item  assessment  is  completed  by  the  school’s  leadership  team,  in  collaboration  with  the  school’s  assigned  TA  providers.    Each  item  is  given  a  score  between  0  (no  implementation)  and  3  (full  implementation).    An  overall  score  of  80%  is  considered  the  CT  SPDG  benchmark  for  full  implementation  of  SRBI.  

 

Pre  (Spring  2012)   Post  (Spring  2014)  

83.3% 77.8%  

 

SRBI  

The  Literacy  Evaluation  Tool  (LET)  is  used  by  the  CT  SPDG  to  measure  the  implementation  of  best  practices  in  literacy  at  each  participating  school.    The  30-­‐item  tool  is  completed  by  all  educators  responsible  for  teaching  reading  and  the  administrators  who  work  with  these  educators.    Each  item  is  given  a  score  between  0  (no  implementation)  and  2  (full  implementation).    An  overall  score  of  80%  is  considered  the  CT  SPDG  benchmark  for  full  implementation  of  best  practices  in  literacy.  

 

Pre  (Fall  2012)   Post  (Spring  2014)  

79.3% 77.4%  

 

Literacy  

The  School-­‐wide  Evaluation  Tool  (SET)  is  used  by  the  CT  SPDG  to  measure  the  implementation  of  the  critical  features  of  school-­‐wide  effective  behavior  support  at  each  participating  school.    The  half-­‐day  SET  observations  are  conducted  by  trained  outside  evaluators.    The  criterion  for  implementation  fidelity  is  an  overall  score  of  80%  plus  a  score  of  80%  on  the  expectations  taught  section  of  the  tool.    This  80%/80%  criterion  is  also  used  as  the  CT  SPDG  benchmark  for  full  implementation  of  school-­‐wide  effective  behavior  support.  

Pre  (Spring  2012)   Post  (Spring  2014)  

30%/49% 80%/86%  

 

PBIS  

The  external  evaluation  of  CT  SPDG  is  conducted  by  Glen  Martin  Associates.