RtI-MTSS District Leadership Team:
Where to Begin
LaChawn Smith, NHCS, Director of [email protected] Cynthia Shields, NHCS, ELA Lead [email protected] Courtney Moates, Sunset Park Elementary School, Special Education [email protected] Leigh Gates, NHCS, RtI [email protected]
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Agenda A Little About You & A Little About Us :
Clicker Questions Overview of TodaysMeet Brief History of RtI in NHCS
District Leadership Team Critical Components: Research & Practice
Successes and Barriers: Ours & Yours
Next Steps: Where Do We Go From Here?
What are your next 3 steps as an individual, team, or district?
What state are you from?
A. North CarolinaB. VirginiaC. MassachusettsD. Other
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What is your grade level?
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A. Elementary SchoolB. Middle School C. High School D. Multiple
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How many years of experience do you have with RtI?
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A. No experienceB. 1-5C. 6-10D. More than 10
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What is your role?
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A. General Education TeacherB. Special Education Teacher C. Instructional Support D. School AdministratorsE. District AdministratorF. State Administrator G. Other
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Summary of TodaysMeet
www.todaysmeet.com/NHCSRTI(a presentation back channel)
What is your experience with RtI District Leadership Teams:What are your successes?
What are your challenges? What are your questions?
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History of RtI in NHCS
NHCS was 1 of the original 5 pilot sites for PSM in NC
Pilot sites were supported & trained by EC @ State Dept.
RtI was “birthed” in Special Education in NHCS
Special Education partnered w/ Instruction @ State level ‘10
NHCS is trying to bridge the Sped & Instruction gap with the
RtI District Leadership Team
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IMPLEMENTATION TEAMS
Impl. Team NO Impl. Team
Making It Happen
Letting it HappenHelping it Happen
80%, 3 Yrs 14%, 17 YrsEffective
Slide adapted from NC DPI RtI Regional Training 11/2/12
The What
Question: How many folks have an RtI District Leadership Team? How long has it been in place?
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District Team Elementary Education Director
Middle School Director
High School Director
Federal Programs Director
PBIS Coordinator
RtI Coordinator EC DirectorAssistant
Superintendent
Accountability Director
Classroom Teacher/Princip
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Curriculum Coaches
EXAMPLE Team Members
Slide adapted from NC DPI RtI Regional Training 11/2/12
The Who
Question: Who is on your Team?
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NHCS District Team Instruction
Director
Student Services Director
EC DirectorLead ELA Teacher
Lead Math Teacher
RtI SpecialistLead Science
TeacherParent Liaison
Assistant Principal Psychologist
Special Education
Liaison
Team Members
Slide adapted from NC DPI RtI Regional Training 11/2/12
The Who
Special Education Teacher
RtI-MTSS Coordinator from a Pilot
School Question: Who are we missing?
Teams: Purpose
District
School
Grade/Department
Individual Student
District implementationDistrict-wide problem-solving
Provide support to schools
School implementationSchool-wide problem-solving
Provide support to staff
Grade/Department (PLC?) problem-solving
Individual student problem-solving
Slide taken from NC DPI RtI Regional Training 11/2/12
The How
Question: How can we connect these teams for implementation fidelity?
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District Leadership Team
School Leadership Team
RtI Coach
Grade Level Coach
Grade Level Coach
Grade/Department
Grade Level Coach
Grade/Department
Grade/Department
Slide taken from NC DPI RtI Regional Training 11/2/12
The How
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District Team School TeamCoach
AlignmentVisionInitiativesCollaborationTeaming
Slide taken from NC DPI RtI Regional Training 11/2/12
The How
Video from Johnston County: Aligning Initiatives
Question: What are some suggestions for aligning visions, initiatives, collaboration, and teaming across departments?
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COMMUNICATION
COMMUNICATION
COMMUNICATION
School/District Leadership Team
Work Group
Work Group
Work Group
Slide taken from NC DPI RtI Regional Training 11/2/12
The When & Where
Question: What are the topics of your work groups? How could/do you facilitate communication back to the District Leadership Team?
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Strategy: Facilitators and Barriers
Facilitators Barriersstaffing rich,list of district initiatives,RtI process is in place in practice and policy, possibility of DSW funding,potential partnerships with UNCW,potential access to WebEx,DPI support for training,potential dedicated positionneed is high in some schoolsthe promise of less paperwork
PD capacity and resources,site-based management,technology lagging behind,consistent terminology and definitions, educational silos,lack of implementation plan at each school politicslack of models lack of frameworkresources exist, but not available, yetfidelity buy-in: the "s/he needs an IEP" mindset
Question: What are your facilitators? What are your barriers?
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Please Complete the “Next Steps” Section of the Handout for yourself and/or your district…
Ours&
Yours Question:
What can
you bring
back to your
setting
based on
this session?
Question:
What is your
next
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Implementation Science
The Hexagon ToolImplementation
Drivers
Team Members
The What
The Who
The How
The WhenThe Where
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References
Regional Trainings provided by North Carolina Department of Public Instruction: Responsiveness to Instruction
SISEP: State Implementation & Scaling Up Evidence-based Practices
NIRN: National Implementaiton Research Network
Video from Johnston County: Aligning Initiatives
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RtI-MTSS District Leadership Team:
Where to Begin
LaChawn Smith, NHCS, Director of [email protected] Cynthia Shields, NHCS, ELA Lead [email protected] Courtney Moates, Sunset Park Elementary School, Special Education [email protected] Leigh Gates, NHCS, RtI [email protected]