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WHERE TO START?
Wausau East High School:Creating an Effective and Practical
Response to InterventionProgram
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Wausau East High School
Wausau, WI; population: 39,106 Number of Students at East: 1050 Demographics:
2.5% American Indian 4% Hispanic 5%African American 18% Asian 71% White
International Baccalaureate School
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The Beginning…
High performing students and system which met student needs
Evolving student population System not meeting changing needs Teachers struggling to meet needs of all
students Budget restraints Frustrations began to build Needed to do something…but what? Began exploring options
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What We Had
East HS Common Intellectual Mission:21st Century College and Career Ready
Gather Analyze Synthesize Understand Create
Focus of year-long, staff training and collaboration
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What We Had
Academic Enrichment Program Identified students at-risk of not graduating
and/or not being successful at East Involved 9th- 12th grade Small class size (8/teacher) Worked with students on homework Success in making connections with some
students Gut feeling’ identification- Struggle to find
‘right’ students
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What We Had
Supportive building administration Research and Design Committee
Teachers, administrators, counselors- ‘problem solving’ committee
Caring staff Realization that things needed to
change
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What We Needed
Stronger impact on ALL students Efficient use of existing data Effective System to identify at-risk
students earlier Time, money, resources…..
Began to research what was out there
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Our Search
Other schools Staff Development Books Conferences Online Resources
Needed a plan to pull everything together…
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Turning Point
Team from East attended workshop: WI RTI Framework: A Systems Approach to RTI Regular Education Teachers (English, Science,
Math, Social Studies), SPED, School Counselor & Psychologist, Assistant Principal
Met helpful DPI staff (Jill Koenitzer) Introduced to the Early Warning System Began to identify biggest struggles Began to develop a plan
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Starting Out
LOTS of questions! Where do we begin? Could be identify what was/was not
working? Could we get people to change? Who was going to be involved? Where would we find the time? How could we use the information from the
conference effectively?
More questions than answers…
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Developing Our Plan
Created East RTI Committee Involved in Early Warning System
(EWS) Academic Enrichment program changes Resource Center changes Stronger communication between all
parties Hard and honest look at data-
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East RTI Committee
Participants: Kelly Rohr(English), Hope Cameron(Social Studies), Julia McMahon(Math), Darlene Beattie(Science), Lou Livingston(SPED), Manee Vongpakte(Counselor), Joe Svitak(AP), Chris Budnik(AP), Rich Ament(School Psych), Sara Boetcher(District RTI Coordinator)
Meeting Time: 2X/Month (Collab Time) Administrative Support: VITAL Staff Buy-In: Communication was crucial Early Warning System: Putting it in place
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EWS
http://www.betterhighschools.org/EWS_imp.asp
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Implementing the EWS
Worked with DPI Pulled data together- Focus on one grade- 9th Educate staff on EWS How do we use the data? 1st year discoveries
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EWS: Year 1 Results
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Year 1 Evaluation
Resource Centers- Use of commons, LMC RC assignments
Academic Enrichment- Use of Data- Coordinator- Staff Buy-In VITAL
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Resource Center Changes
Full-time Math RC teacher Full-time English RC teacher Assigned students to RC
EWS students D/F students (Progress Report/Quarter grade) Teacher request- Intervention Forms
Stronger teacher involvement RC Binder
Communication
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Academic Enrichment Changes
Developed Curriculum Guide Student, teacher and parent expectations Identified specific skills necessary for success Academic Seminar (2015/2016)?
Focus on 9th and 10th graders Use data to identify students Goal setting Self advocacy Communication Scheduling
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Use of Data
EWS At-risk identification Quarterly results Semester results Results drive meetings
Lexile Testing School SLO All freshmen tested (Fall, Winter, Spring) Teacher use of scores
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RtI Coordinator
Planned for .8 position (.2 AE) Scheduled in English RC AE connection Monitor EWS students Coordinate RCs Staff Development Schedule EWS students And…and…and…
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Staff Buy-In
VITAL! Tier 1 Instruction and Support (Collab time)
Disciplinary Literacy Formative Assessments Academic Vocabulary Lexile Use Differentiation RC Expectations Student Motivation
Patience Results
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Communication
Tier 1 Intervention Form Tier 2 Academic Intervention Plan RTI Background Form Tier 2 Teacher Response Form Articles Training Opportunities
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Year 2 Reflections
Staff Buy-in Administrative Support System Change- TIME Data Retreat Literacy Coach Additional Training LOTS TO DO Next Steps…
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Questions?
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Contact Information
Kelly RohrChris Budnik
Wausau East High SchoolWausau, WI 54403
[email protected]@wausauschools.org
(715)261-0652