Transcript TESTING THIS FONT - Los Angeles Unified School District

Attendance Improvement Program
November 2013
Purpose and Program Updates
I am an Attendance Improvement Counselor…
Link: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Uw5qLiQERBg
Take a moment to think about how you assist our
students and families to succeed.
Optional:
You may submit 2-3 sentences that exemplify your work.
You can submit them to me today on paper or via email
How do we work with other staff to support
all students?
Multi-Disciplinary Teams:
Another tool for student success
•What multi-disciplinary teams meet on your campus?
•As an AIC, what role do you play on your School-Site
Multi-Disciplinary teams (MDTs)?
WHAT ROLE(S) DO WE PLAY ?
Pupil Services
and
Attendance
Counselors
Child
Welfare and
Attendance
Student
Services and
Support
Attendance
Improvement
Counselors
Where do MDTs fit?
The mission and role of today’s school
Develop the social and academic skills of all students—including
at-risk students
Teach academic readiness and reading skills that support academic
engagement/achievement
Teach social skills that support socially effective behavior (self control, self
regulation, social reciprocity)
How do you do it ALL?
Tracking & Monitoring
Coordination
Collaboration
TEAM WORK!
3 Tiered Approach
to Intervention
Adapted from Sprague & Walker, 2004
Targeted/
Intensive
(3-5%)
*Intensive Interventions
Frequency and Duration
Meetings
Follow-up SST Meetings
Management
*Increased
*SST
*Additional
*Case
(High-risk students)
Individual Interventions
Selected
(At-risk Students)
*Team Meetings (COST) *Individual
Student Plans *Instructional Supports
*Documentation & Monitoring
Classroom, Family, & Small
Group Strategies
(10-20% of students)
Universal
(All Students)
School-wide, Culturally Relevant
Systems of Support
(75-85% of students)
*Incentive Programs *Clear
Expectations *Positive School
Climate
*Safe School
Plan
* Asset Building
LAUSD Multidisciplinary Team Support (3/08)
Coordination of Services Team
A tiered & coordinated approach that systematically
identifies at-risk students, develops comprehensive
multidisciplinary intervention plans, and regularly
monitors student progress.
LAUSD Multidisciplinary Team Support (09/09)
FUNCTIONS OF COST
SCHOOL-WIDE EVALUATION
data review, school-wide problems, gap analysis
IDENTIFICATION OF STUDENTS
data, screening, anecdotal evidence, referrals
INTERVENTIONS
triage, referral to program/person, strategies
MONITORING/DOCUMENTATION
case management, data collection, evaluation
LAUSD Multidisciplinary Team Support (3/08)
Why have COST?
Collaborative coordination of services
Personalization
Prevents fragmentation of services
Avoids duplication of intervention
Effective delivery of services available
Focuses on the best use of resources and provides a
management system for intervention
LAUSD Multidisciplinary Team Support (3/08)
Why use COST?
Team approach to problem solving
Share the workload
Ensure students receive the appropriate services
Accountability
EFFECTIVENESS, EFFICIENCY & EQUITY
LAUSD Multidisciplinary Team Support (3/08)
Why Coordinate our efforts?
Teacher has
concerns
Parent has
concerns
Teacher has concerns
Referral
Referral
Referral
PSA
PSA
Referral
Counselor
Counselor
Referral
Referral
Referral
Referral
Nurse
Nurse
Current Referral Systems
Impact
Impact
How should students be IDENTIFIED?
Students needing support
REFERRAL
Teacher
Parents
Support Staff
Administration
DATA REVIEW
Attendance
Achievement
Attitude
(behavior, social-emotional)
COST
Team reviews data and referrals
and makes decisions
LAUSD Multidisciplinary Team Support (09/09)
LAUSD Multidisciplinary Team Support (3/08)
Who is on the COST ?
PRINCIPAL
COUNSELOR
ASSISTANT
PRINCIPALS
LITERACY &
MATH
COACHES
INTRVNTN
COORD.
BRIDGE
COORD.
COST
Team reviews data and/or referrals
and makes decisions
PSA
EL
COORD.
TITLE I
COORD.
DEAN
PSYCH.
NURSE
PSW
How is staff involved during a COST meeting?
Data and/or referrals are discussed including all information gathered from
teachers/staff.
For example…
• Administrators provide leadership and decision making ability
• Nurse provides health histories and support.
• School Psychologist and/or Special Education Coordinator provide special education history & expertise.
• Counselors provides social-emotional and academic support
• PSA provides attendance information and intervention
• Intervention Coordinator provides insight on available resources
• Title 1/EL Coordinator provides ELD background and information
As a team we discuss and agree on interventions and resources needed.
LAUSD Multidisciplinary Team Support (09/09)
“What if my school does not have additional staff to
be a part of the support team?”
THINK Data and Perspective (3 A’s)
SEE People and students as resources
MAKE CHANGES System & Scheduling
WORK Differently
Team Roles & Responsibilities
(in the meeting)
Facilitator-Directs the meeting, stays positive
Recorder-Responsible for group memory
Time Keeper-Maintains flow of meeting
Messenger – Informs referring party & others needing
information about decisions made and actions planned
Team Member (ALL) - Positive, unselfish
contributor, takes on actions
It is a good idea to
rotate roles to
strengthen all team
members’
understanding of
the group process.
How often does the COST Meet?
Must meet regularly
HOW OFTEN depends on:
Student population
Student need
Primary functions COST serves
Support staff availability (5 days vs. 1 day)
Recommend that Teams meet WEEKLY
LAUSD Multidisciplinary Team Support (09/09)
What does the COST do 1st?
Establish norms and protocols
Reviews School-wide Data
Student (Achievement, Attendance, Attitude)
Program
Support Services
Community
Evaluates the effectiveness, efficiency and equity of School-wide
Tier 1 UNIVERSAL LEVEL systems and efforts
LAUSD Multidisciplinary Team Support (09/09)
What does the COST do regularly?
Reviews data and screen referrals
Makes decisions and develop action plans
around student needs (triage)
Respond to persons making referrals
LAUSD Multidisciplinary Team Support (09/09)
Instructional support/consultation
Support Service Providers (School, District,
Speech screening/consultation
ELD support/consultation
Language Appraisal Team (LAT)
Student Success Team (SST)
Special Education Assessment
Healthy Start
Community)
LAUSD Multidisciplinary Team Support (09/09)
Documents, Tracks, and Monitors
Students’ progress (response to intervention)
Outcomes of interventions, programs, and services
School-wide systems and efforts
COST PROCESS
LAUSD Multidisciplinary Team Support (3/08)
DPA
PSA
DEAN
COUNSELOR
ADMIN
NURSE
SPED
COST
Team reviews data and/or referrals
and makes decisions
MULTIPLE ISSUES
Schedule SST
PROVIDE
Support Services
Gather Additional
Information
COST
Team monitors & documents intervention services
and makes further decisions
More
Support
Exit w/
Monitoring
Schedule
SST
Begin
Support
SCHOOL-WIDE C*O*S*T
Members come from
representatives
from ALL programs at
school
School-wide
Data Collection
Monitoring
Evaluation
REFERRALS
Makes Decisions
SST meetings are scheduled after classroom interventions unsuccessful
SST
Core Team members &
Supporting Members
that attend as needed
Intensive Support
Grade Level or Track Model
SCHOOL-WIDE
COST 1
Small number
of team members
COST 2
Small number
of team members
School-wide
Data Collection
Monitoring
Evaluation
COST 3
Small number
of team members
SST meetings are scheduled ONLY by COST team – usually after interventions unsuccessful
SST
COST Team members
&
Supporting Members
that attend as needed
SMALL LEARNING COMMUNITIES
SCHOOL-WIDE
Philosophy – Positive Behavior Support – Goals – Practices - Norms
COST
*Provides Additional
Support
SLC
SLC
SLC
*Monitors intervention
implementation
SLC
SUPPORT TEAM
*Identify students
Ea.
SLC
*Works with SLC
*Refer to SST
*Determine & Implement Classroom or Counselor
Interventions
*Monitor & Evaluate effectiveness
*Refer to work with coordinating team
SST
What is SST?
LAUSD Multidisciplinary Team Support (3/08)
COST
SST
Immediate response
Identifies interventions
Provides access to student support
Monitors initial interventions
Used to focus limited resources
available
Coordinates support services
Structured strength based approach
A comprehensive individualized plan
is developed
Involves student and family
Intensive tracking & monitoring
Takes more time and intensive
effort
LAUSD Multidisciplinary Team Support (3/08)
How might you utilize the COST model to
support your work with students?
If you have a functioning COST what changes
might you make to better align with the model?
Questions?
Questions?
Thank You!