NSI 2014: Standardized Individual Learning Plans - It's Not an Oxymoron
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NAVIANCE SUMMER INSTITUTE 2014 PALM SPRINGS, CALIFORNIA
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Learn how to build individual learning plans (ILPs) using the tools offered by Naviance. Hear how two districts went about the process of selecting requirements, writing a scope and sequence, and building requirements onto Naviance. Understand how to gain district and school buy-in, and show success through reporting.
Transcript of NSI 2014: Standardized Individual Learning Plans - It's Not an Oxymoron
NAVIANCE SUMMER INSTITUTE 2014 PALM SPRINGS, CALIFORNIA
NAVIANCE SUMMER INSTITUTE 2014 | PALM SPRINGS, CALIFORNIA
Standardized Individual Learning Plans
It’s Not an Oxymoron
Danielle JastrowAchieveMpls & Minneapolis
Public Schools
Bruce ArmesSan Juan Unified School District
Sacramento, CAJuly 2014
NAVIANCE SUMMER INSTITUTE 2014 | PALM SPRINGS, CALIFORNIA
Looking Back to Move Forward:a quick history
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History: A long time coming…
• 1965: The Elementary & Secondary Education ACT (ESEA)
• Established Title 1 funding• Distribution of federal funding to address the “achievement gap”• Initial method of school accountability and education equity
• 1973: Rehabilitation Act, Section 504• No discrimination against persons with disabilities if org
receives fed funding• Modified with Americans with Disabilities Amendments Act
of 2008• Increases definition of disabilities
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History, cont’d
• 1975: Congress enacts Education for All Handicapped Children Act (Public law 94-142)
• Recognizing and requiring for students with special needs that the needs and rights of a free appropriate education
• 1997: Public Law 94-142 amended; currentlyenacted as Individuals with Disabilities EducationAct (IDEA)
• 2001: ESEA reauthorized as No Child Left Behind• Annual testing, academic progress, report cards,
teacher qualifications
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No Child Left Untested
• Recognition that educational success is beyond hitting benchmarks
• Education reform• College & career readiness skills• Workforce demands• Document success
• School choice• Community reporting
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Defining Success
• Global workforce• Beyond test score• College & Career readiness skills
• Soft skills• Self-awareness• Persistence• Contributing member of society
Standard Individual Learning
Plans
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Discussion…..Defining Readiness
• Is career readiness the same as college readiness?
• What are the skills, practices, habits, etc., that a student should possess to be “ready?”
• How do we know?• What does “ready” look like?• How do we measure?
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The Standard Individual Learning Plan
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Process: Start at the End
• Determine needs and desired outcomes• Priorities of school/district• Milestones vs. Best Practice• Reports• Aligning with ASCA• Review current data• Talk to stakeholders
• Assemble team• Counselors• Career/College Center staff• Supportive teachers• Administrators
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Things to Ponder…
• Grades involved• Capacity• Access to students• Curriculum integration• Budget• Staff• Reports• Other school/district initiatives• Student mobility• Special populations
• Special Education• English Language Learners
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Initial Matrix
• Establish tentative layout• Who?• What?• When?
• Roll out• Who?• What?• When?
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Discussion…..Making Decisions
• What factors must be included?• How can these factors be delivered?
• Curriculum integration?• Advisory?
• Who will evaluate? Must it be evaluated?• Where to begin?
• Grade?• Activity?
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ILP in Action
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Success Planner
• District• Consistency & efficiency across schools
• Schools cannot modify district tasks• Reporting and accountability
• Schools• Not recreating the wheel, just assign district level• Customization based on needs
• Assign on own schedule• Add site-specific tasks
• Students• Goals• Plan/program established
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One size fits….most
• Pros• Built-in tracking• Flexibility• Student & counselor monitoring
• Challenges• Diverse counseling departments• Need to make concessions• Consensus takes time
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Success Planning Features
• Tasks: activities assigned to students• Multiple completion options
• Survey• Documents• Inventories
• Programs: a collection of tasks• Based on needs
• Grade• Grad year• Group
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How to…
Tasks• Actions students are asked to take• Created by school staff or built-in • Assigned to one student or a group of studentsCreating a task• Planner Tasks• Add another task• Follow the prompts to set up your task save
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Programs
• Programs are groups of tasks to be assigned to students
• Programs may be assigned to groups or individual students
Creating a Program• Planner programs• Add another program• Follow prompts to add a program• Add tasks to the program• Save
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Assigning Programs
• Assigning to a group or individual• For a group, Planner assign and manage• Select criteria and click continue
• For individual, from student profile select success plan
• Choose task, move and save
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Accountability….GASP!
Reports• Customizable• Schedulable • Email-able• Exportable
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Evaluation
• Revisit milestones• Achieving goals?• Manageable workload?• Meaningful
• Student, staff surveys
• Adjust as necessary• Patience
• Ride out the pendulum
• Rinse and repeat
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MPS: My Life Plan
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MPS: Our Take
• 2006-07: School board approved pilot program for “My Life Plan” (MLP)
• Piloted 3 methods of delivery• Naviance selected
• 2007-08: MLP approved as graduation requirement
• 2009-10: MLP pulled down into grades 6-8• 2010: First class graduates with MLP• 2011: Incorporation of Naviance’s Success
Planner• 2014: 3rd iteration on the horizon
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MPS Definition of CCR
Academic Readiness
College Knowledge
Career Awareness
Personal & Social
Readiness
Intercultural Competence
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My Life Plan: An Example
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Questions?
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For more information…
Contact
Danielle JastrowSchool Counselor/CoordinatorAchieveMpls & Minneapolis Public Schools
Email: [email protected]
Bruce ArmesLead Counselor San Juan Unified School District
Email:[email protected]
