Ten Steps to ensuring initiative successDr. Laura RyanNapa Valley Unified – Retired

Administrator, Interventions & AssessmentScholastic - HMH – Current

Director, Academic PlanningACSA EventJune 17, 2015

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• Enrollment:18,078• 3 towns• 30 schools• 49% Free or

Reduced Lunch• 25 different

languages• 11% with disability • 50% + entering

Kindergarteners - ELL

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Napa Valley Unified School District: Profile

Academic, Behavioral & Physical Health Interventions

4 Corners

Select one of 4 corners in the room • Classroom Teacher/Coach• Site Administrator• District Office Administrator• Other

Stand up Question:How do we ensure that we have buy in to a new initiative?

Select one of 4 corners in the room • Classroom Teacher/Coach• Site Administrator• District Office Administrator• Other

Stand up Question:How do we ensure that we have buy in to a new initiative?

04/21/23 Laura Mooiman

What is PBIS / BEST?

1. Positive behavior expectations :

be safe, be respectful, be responsible

2. Teach behavior expectations

3. Reinforce Positive Behaviors with rewards & praise

4. Consistent Consequences for behavioral errors

Recognizing/Rewarding

Restorative Practices

• Restorative Practices• Recognizes the purpose or function of behavior• Addresses the needs of those harmed• Works to put right the harm• Aims to improve the future• Seeks to heal• Uses collaborative processes

NVUSD Suspension Data2009-2014

NVUSD Expulsion Data

Describe powerful implementation steps used in your district. • Do this: • Avoid this:

Reporting:

Each person shares their favorite responsesTable determines its favorite responseNominate reporter to share

Reporting:

Each person shares their favorite responsesTable determines its favorite responseNominate reporter to share

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A CONTEXT FOR LEARNING“Zero Tolerance has not been shown to improve school Climate.” APA Task Force for Zero Tolerance.

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The Magic Number 8,496!Last Minute Vaccinations keep hundreds in classrooms. Napa Register

• Hi Everyone,• Thank you for helping to keep our kids safe and healthy at

school.

• I attached the document from 9/16 which shows we had 74 students left and then the data went like this:

• 9/19 – 56, 9/23 – 19, 9/26 – 11 (Of the 11 kids – 3 are on home hospital and the others are perpetual truants who will be going to our SARB attendance board).

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Reading Champions

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Vision - “All Means All”

Every School

Every Teacher

Every Student

Business Plan

Annual Plan of Professional DevelopmentWho does what?

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Continuum of Evidenced Based Programs

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Data Analytics• Outside Evaluator – Program Effectivelness• Comparing program known measures.

• SRI, Lexiles• DIBLESNext

• Comparing program data to high stakes tests• CAHSEE• CST• CELDT• SBACK

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Tina’s Story• BR(0L) all through 4th gr.• Dyslexia?• Endured countless fix-it programs• 5th Gr. Fall SRI = 361

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Is this child responding to her intervention?

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• Listen to the VOICE!• Spring SRI = 633!• Completed S44!

Second Grade DORF – WC DORF Accuracy

Intensive 47 53

Strategic 26 10

Core 26 37

District DataDIBELS – Grade 2 – 2013 mid-year

At Risk of Reading Failure

Scalability: Wiley Coyote Falls Off a Cliff

FidelityAcross the Room Group

Standing Conversation

Reporting: How do you verify that initiatives are being implemented and if they are implemented with fidelity?

Monitor Start Up Requirements

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Monitor Instruction

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iRead Student Progression Through Foundational Reading Skills

Scholastic Data Services

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Above indicates how many students are in each of the 15 content Units of iRead, with grade level equivalencies and Unit content description indicated for reference.

Unit # Out of 15 Units

Series in Unit

Unit Description Kindergarten 1st Grade 2nd Grade

1 1-3 Uppercase Letter Recognition 51 5 32 4-6 Lowercase Letter Recognition 43 2 33 7-12 Letter Sounds 138 7 34 13-18 Introduction to Blending & Segmentation 560 56 365 19-25 Reactivate CVCs, Read Words With Blends And Final Consonants 343 523 1916 26-27 Consonant Digraphs And Multisyllabic Words 7 115 607 28-30 Long Vowels (CVe) 7 125 1208 31-32 Long Vowels Digraphs 2 68 669 33 r-Controlled Vowels 25 25

10 34-35 More Multisyllabic Words 42 4211 36 Diphthongs & Variant Vowels 24 3612 37-40 Short Vowels Reactivate & Extend 1 55 19013 41-48 Long Vowels Reactivate & Extend 2 43 24514 49 Reactivate Diphthongs & Variant Vowels 1 1915 50-51 Reading & Spelling Challenges 6 135

Total Students per Grade Level 1154 1097 1174

Total Students by Current Unit

Kindergarten Content (Level A)

1st Grade Content (Level B)

2nd Grade Content (Level C)

Monitoring Can Be Motivating!

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Communication

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iRead Kindergarten Students Achieved Greater Gains on DIBELS Next Nonsense Word Fluency (Correct Letter Sounds) Subtest - (Napa Valley USD, CA)

iRead Grade 1 Students Achieved Greater Gains on DIBELS Next Nonsense Word Fluency (Correct Letter Sounds) Subtest - (Napa Valley USD, CA)

iRead Grade 1 and Grade 2 Students Achieved Greater Gains on DIBELS Next Oral Reading Fluency (Words Correct) Subtest - (Napa Valley USD, CA)

ROI – Was it worth it?

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• Elbow Partner

Tell your elbow partner about the metrics you find to be the most useful when determining initiative success.

RTI - Deliverables & Metrics

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Celebrations

Leadership Matters

Our (Other) Mantra

Perseverance“Hard work spotlights the character of people. Some turn

up their sleeves, some turn up their noses, and some don’t turn up at all."

-Sam Ewing (Lessons Learned)

•Dr. Laura Ryan – Laura.Ryan@hmhco.com

•Napa Valley Unified School District links• Read 180/System 44/iRead

• http://www.nvusd.k12.ca.us/r180main

• Positive Behavioral Interventions & Support• http://www.nvusd.k12.ca.us/PBIS

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