problem solving for interventions cultivating a problem-solving mindset in your school and with your...
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Problem Solving for Interventions
Cultivating a problem-solving mindset in your school and with your corps members
Welcome
Please sit with people that are not from your site!
Thank you!
Purpose
At the end of this session, participants will be able to:
1.Identify common obstacles and challenges when working with students and delivering interventions2.Understand and utilize common resources (both human and organizational) to address challenges3.Articulate 2 different structures / frameworks for problem solving when the resources run out, or fail to work
• GROW model• Progress monitoring cycle
4.Practice, using real challenges and scenarios from in-school work, how to leverage resources when problem-solving and employ the different models/frameworks
Individually: Answer the following question and jot down your answer:
Think of one student that either you worked with, or that someone you led worked with. If money and resources were infinite in your
work with this student, how would you have changed your work/approach with the student? What things, people, or resources
would you have used?
Warm Up Activity
Now share with a partner – remember, make sure it is someone not from your site.
Let’s share out!
Agenda
1. Purpose2. Warm Up3. Review Agenda4. Defining Key Terms5. Identifying Common Obstacles in Delivering Interventions 6. Review Resources 7. Developing a Problem-Solving Mindset 8. Walk-through the GROW and Progress Monitoring
frameworks9. Putting It Into Practice – Case Scenarios10. Close
Defining Key Terms
Key Terms – “Intervention” Program
• Research-based
• Structured plan that matches activities to student needs
• Uses diagnostic and formative assessments to determine student need.
Key Terms – Focus List
> City Year’s mechanism for matching CM Tier 2 services with students likely to positively respond to those services
> Developed based upon specific data and established thresholds
> Consist of students identified as being “off-track” and “sliding off-track”
> Created together with school staff and partner teachers
> Considered “official” once students have been on the list for 30 days
Key Terms – The DN Global Focus List
• An important follow up to Tier I supports and a significant tool for Tier II and III interventions in DN schools
• A global list of all students struggling in one or more indicator areas, and, through the use of data, students are identified as “sliding” or “off- track”
Key Terms – The DN Champion List
• A list of students, from the Global Focus List, that an individual takes on to ensure the appropriate interventions are utilized
• Every individual on a teacher/grade team, and that participates in EWI Meetings, should have a Champion List of students
Key Terms – Common Human Resources
The Talent Development School Transformation
Facilitator
The Communities In Schools Site Coordinator
School Counselor
Case Worker
Dean of Students
OTHERS?
Identifying Common Obstacles & Challenges
Small Group Brainstorm
Let’s Share Out
Pick 2 challenges from your brainstorm
Select one rep from your group to share these challenges
Harnessing Our Resources
City Year Resources
Leader and Learner Plans
Progress Monitoring
Diplomas Now Resources – The Collaborative
Diplomas Now Resources – The Collaborative
Data Supports•Easy access to student data on the Early Warning Indicators•Benchmarks tied to national and state standards•On-site facilitator to leverage EWI data
Professional Development Supports
•Job-embedded coaching - Math and English instructional coaches•Professional learning community•Professional development linked to grade/subject specific instructional practice
Student Supports
Interventions to address early warning indicators of•Attendance•Behavior •Course Performance
Multi Tiered Response to Intervention Model• 10 to 15 City Year AmeriCorps members: whole
school and targeted academic and socio-emotional supports
• Communities In Schools on-site coordinator: case managed supports for highest need students and brokering and linking students to needed and appropriate resources
3-4sections
Teacher Team (3-6 teachers)
• Whole school attendance, positive behavior, college-going culture
• Strengthening student resiliency
Organizational Supports•Bi-weekly EWI meetings•On-site school transformation facilitator•Inter-disciplinary and subject focused common planning time•Professional Development and technical assistance focused on Positive Behavior Supports and Interventions (PBIS)
Instructional Supports•Double dose math & English•Extra help labs•Common college preparatory or high school readiness curricula
Diplomas Now Resources – Beyond the Schoolhouse
National Exec Team
DNIST
Local Exec Team
Local Ops TeamSchool Team*in applicable cities
Diplomas Now Resources – Venues & Platforms
Diplomas Now Resources – Utilizing Venues & Platforms
How do we use these venues and platforms to problem-solve for interventions?
• Ensure that regular review of the Focus Lists / Champion Lists are part of each of these meetings
• On a regular basis, use DN Site Team meetings to figure out how to lead on Focus List management in the other venues
• Provide opportunities through these venues for individuals to brainstorm around champion list and intervention challenges
• Use these meetings to do the “refreshing” of the resource map and intervention toolkit – on an interval that makes sense for your school
• Conduct trend analysis to make breakthroughs on Tier 1 issues and intervention “stalls”
• Utilize Quarterly Data Reviews and All-City Meetings for Focus List / Champion List revisions and re-hauls
General School-wide Resources
Technical Resources
Student Level Data
•What is the data telling us?•What does the data look like across an entire class or team?•Are there errors in the data?
Technical Resources
And sometimes, when you’re really stuck, the clouds in the sky part, and the answer is right in front of you….
It’s the PRIM!
Technical Resources – PRIM Sample
Developing a Problem-Solving Mindset
Showcase on Two Frameworks
The GROW Model
First – let’s choose one of our intervention challenges from earlier
Now – let’s take a look at the GROW model
“GROW” MODELGoal Where do we want to be?
What does success look like?
Reality Where are we now? What are the challenges we are facing?
Options What are potential solutions to our issue? What information informs which option is the best one? Which do we choose?
Way forward
What are our action steps to move us toward our goal?
Thinking about the challenge or obstacle we chose – let’s take it through the GROW model…
The GROW Model
“GROW” MODELGoal Where do we want to be?
What does success look like?
Reality Where are we now? What are the challenges we are facing?
Options What are potential solutions to our issue? What information informs which option is the best one? Which do we choose?
Way forward
What are our action steps to move us toward our goal?
Progress Monitoring Framework
First – let’s choose one of our intervention challenges from earlier
Now – let’s take a look at the Progress Monitoring Framework
Progress Monitoring Framework
Thinking about the challenge or obstacle we chose – let’s take it through the Progress Monitoring Framework…
• What were the advantages or disadvantages of each approach?
• How could you use this with corps members in the first 2 months of service?
Quick Debrief
Putting it all together –
Practicing Problem-Solving & Achieving “Intervention-Breakthroughs”
Small Group – Case Scenarios
Two groups will share…1.Describe your scenario2.Tell us which framework you chose and why3.Take us through your solution/rationale, using your chosen framework
Let’s Share Out
Closing Out
• Problem-solving, in any context, but especially when working with students is a blend of both scientific and artful approaches – the key is finding the balance
• These are tools to help you and your corps members develop a mindset that doesn’t allow us to become “stuck”
• Persistence and Resiliency are key – these tools help us to not lose these traits
A Few Reminders
Write down 2 ways you can share and lead your corps members through this type of approach
towards working with students
Exit Ticket
Exit Ticket Part 2 – Session Evaluation
PITW # 83: Give Immediate Feedback
Follow the link in your email to complete the Learning Evaluation Survey.
orIf you did not receive an email, please go to the Summer Academy 2013 page on cyconnect. Select the “Learning Evaluations” link on the left side of the page and choose the appropriate survey.
