2012Summer Institute

COLLABORATING TO PROVIDE TIERED STUDENT SUPPORTS

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AGENDA

• Welcome• Session Objectives• Spectrum of Partner Integration• Collaboration & Integration Resource/s• Practitioner’s Panel

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SESSION OBJECTIVES

• Participants will learn about frameworks and processes for collaboration and integration.

• Participants will have an opportunity to reflect upon previous collaborative and integrative work in small groups and hear reflections from a panel of practitioners.

• Participants will learn about strategies used in the field.

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A SPECTRUM OF PARTNER INTEGRATION

• Colocation

• Collaboration

• Integration

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COLOCATION

• In many schools, partners are merely collocated within the school

• They develop individual relationships with the school community, but have little sense of their interconnection within the school ecosystem.

• This can lead to redundancy of services and an efficient use of resources

• With co-location, “more” doesn’t necessarily translate to “more powerful”

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COLLABORATION

• When partners collaborate, they begin to work together to achieve a targeted goal

• For example, when multiple partners assist a school with planning and hosting a freshman orientation, this is an example of collaboration

• Collaboration is usually very project focused and has a specific, finite goal

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INTEGRATION

• When partners are integrated, they adopt a common mission and understand their complementary roles in fulfilling the mission

• Structures and strategies are developed to sustain continuous collaboration and seamless communication and decision making

• Integration is more open-ended than collaboration and impacts overall culture and climate more than collaboration

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Targeted Intervention (Tier 2)

General Instruction & Supports (Tier 1)

Specialized Intervention (Tier 3)

Behavior Course:

English

Course:

Math

Attendance

INTEGRATION WITHIN AND ACROSS TIERS

School

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Diplomas Now has created structures to move past colocation.

Where are some areas where collaboration seems to be the right framework for Diplomas Now teams?

What are some areas Diplomas Now teams work toward full integration?

What are examples of collaboration and full integration from your site?

TABLE TALK

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RESOURCE EXAMPLE:RACI CHART

School A Talent Development (TD)

Communities In Schools (CIS)

City Year (CY)

Task/Action 1 R A C I

Task/Action 2 A C I R

Task/Action 3 C I R A

Task/Action 4 I R A C

Task/Action…

Responsible – Who does the work?Accountable – Who must answer for accurate completion?Consulted – Who has subject matter expertise?Informed – Who needs progress updates?

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PANEL

• Liz Belton, Site Coordinator (Sheepshead Bay HS), Communities in Schools

• Katie Grassa, STF (Dever-McCormack K-8), Talent Development

• Scott Crumpler, Field Manager, Talent Development

• Jessica Herman, Deputy Diplomas Now Director, City Year