esms new teacher orientation our mission is to maximize student learning and personal responsibility...

ESMS New Teacher Orientation

Our Mission is to maximize student learning and personal responsibility through a rigorous standards-based curriculum, a safe and respectful climate, and the collaborative efforts of staff, students and parents.

ESMS: Where GRReat Things Happen!

Silver Level Award for Effective Practices, 2011

Excelsior Springs Middle School ▪ Visit ms.essd40.com for more information

Excelsior Springs Middle School

PresentersChris Hubbuch, Principal5th year at Excelsior Springs Middle SchoolMember of the Tier 2 PBS Team

Keelie Stucker, Assistant Principal8th year at Excelsior Springs Middle SchoolMember of the Tier 1, 2 & 3 PBS Teams



KC metro area 615 students Grades 6-8

46% Free/Reduced Lunch Rate 88.9% White42 Staff Members 4.8% BlackRecovery Room 3.9% Hispanic



PLC 2007-08 1605 ODRsPBS 2008-09 920 ODRsRtI 2009-10 610 ODRsPBS Tier 2 2010-11 548 ODRsPBS Tier 3 2011-12 *310 ODRs

*projection

Daily 30 minute intervention block (four days academic, one day social skills)


Tier 1 - Universal: For all students, preventative, proactive, core curriculum

Academic Curriculum: Essential Standards SMART Goals Instruction: Research-based instructional strategies (Marzano) Differentiated Instruction Assessment: Universal screening of students (MAZE, MCAP) Classroom benchmark assessments (Acuity) Common formative assessments (Acuity) Classroom Interventions: Peer Assisted Learning Strategies (PALS) for reading MAP Attack - specific GLE instruction Student Supports: WEB (6th grade transition program) Transfer Student Induction Process Parent/guardian contacts

Behavior School-wide: Behavioral expectations defined (GRR Matrix) Behavioral expectations taught (GRR 101,Transfer Student Induction Process) Continuum of consequences for appropriate behavior (Tiger Paws, GRR incentives, recognition programs) Continuum of consequences for problem behavior (discipline procedure flowchart, Fred Jones, BIST) Continuous active supervision and monitoring across all school settings (Hallway Sweeps, Olweus BPP) Continuous monitoring, collection, and use of data for decision-making (SWIS, Tier 1 Team) Classroom: Expectations/rules identified, taught, and acknowledged Routines identified, taught, and acknowledged High rates of positive feedback 4:1 Active supervision Respectful redirect/error correction Multiple opportunities to respond Activity sequence/offer choice Academic success/task difficulty

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Tier 2 - Strategic: For some students, more intense, high efficiency, rapid response

Academic Classroom Intervention: Read 180 program

Small Group Interventions: Question Generation Strategy, Mental Imagery, Error Correction, Repeated Reading, Quick Reads, Fry Phrases, Ed Mark Reading, Gist Strategy, Intentional Non-learner group Student Supports: Counselor contact Parent contacted by teachers, counselors, administration Mandatory Study Hall (after school) After school tutoring (A+ Tutors, classroom teachers) Academic recovery (during special events) Problem Solving Team Check & Connect

Behavior Discipline Procedures: Office Referral Form (major problem behaviors) Minor Referral Form (student sent to buddy room) Parent contacted by teachers, counselors, administration Recovery Room

Problem Solving Process: Student nomination process Tier 2 Team Data decision rule (3 Major ODRs, 6 Minor ODRs) Problem Solving Team

Student Supports: Check-in, Check out Check & Connect Social Skills Group Instruction

Tier 3 - Intensive: For individual students, assessment-based, high intensity

Academic

Systems 44 Reading Intervention Corrective Reading Problem Solving Team Check & Connect

Behavior

Functional Behavioral Assessment District Behavior Specialist Behavior Improvement Plans Problem Solving Team Check & Connect

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Transfer Student Induction Model

Purpose:• Ensure that every student is known by at

least one trusted adult in our building.

• Support Tier 1 PBS structures.

• Early intervention based on student data.

Hubbuch, C., Stucker, K. (2011). Transfer Student Induction Model, Excelsior Springs Middle School, Missouri.

Hubbuch, C., Stucker, K. (2011). Transfer Student Induction Model, Excelsior Springs Middle School, Missouri.


Transfer Student Induction Model

• Step 1 – Parent Connection• Step 2 – Student Connection• Step 3 – Screening for Interventions• Step 4 – Small Group Instruction• Step 5 – Progress Monitoring


Focus of the Tier 2 PBS Team

• Analyze data of major and minor referrals.

• Determine students who meet the data decision rule for a Tier 2 intervention.

• Review student intervention planning guides to determine appropriate intervention.


Focus of the Tier 2 PBS Team

• Implement the Behavior Education Program (BEP), otherwise known as Check-in, Check out.

• Reviews the implementation of Check & Connect.

• Implement and analyze the results of social skills group during ELT.


Intervention Planning Guide

Data Collection: • Grades, attendance, tardies, problem

behaviors reported by teacher and frequency of the behaviors.

• Information is collected by the Behavior interventionist (Recovery Room teacher).


Intervention Planning Guide

Problem Solving Team:• Administration, Behavior interventionist,

Tier 2 & 3 team members

• The intervention planning guide helps determine the primary and secondary concerns.

• An intervention is selected based on their behavior needs in the setting.


Check-in, Check out

• This intervention increases the frequency of contingent feedback from the teacher(s) and supervisor.

• This intervention is capable of providing behavioral support to a moderate-sized group of at-risk students (10-30 students).

Crone, D., Horner, R., & Hawken, L. (2010). Responding to problem

behavior in schools: The behavior education program.

Crone, D., Horner, R., & Hawken, L. (2010). Responding to problem

behavior in schools: The behavior education program.


Check-in, Check out

• This requires low effort from teachers.

• CiCo is managed by our behavior interventionist.

• CiCo involves a daily and weekly cycle.


Check-in, Check out

• Student checks in with the behavior interventionist and receives their Daily Progress Report (DPR).

• The student carries the DPR throughout the day and hands the form to teachers each period.

• The student retrieves the DPR from their teacher and receives feedback related to expected social behaviors.Excelsior Springs Middle School ▪ Visit ms.essd40.com for more information

Check-in, Check out

• The Tier 2 Team meets to review the data to modify the plan or begin the phase out process.

• Our behavior interventionist logs CiCo data into the SWIS database.


Check-in, Check out

Main ideas:• Positive adult interactions• Monitor progress


Social Skills Success Groups

• This is a small group intervention that meets during our ELT block, two or four days each week.

• Data decision rules or nominations from teachers determine eligibility.

• Baseline data is collected. Students are grouped by social skills needed.


Social Skills Success Groups

• Counselors facilitate the groups.

• DPR Data is collected to monitor progress toward identified social skills.


Check & Connect

Evelo, D., Sinclair, M., Hurley, C., Christenson, S., & Thurlow, M. (1996). Keeping kids in school: Using check and connect for dropout prevention.Evelo, D., Sinclair, M., Hurley, C., Christenson, S., & Thurlow, M. (1996). Keeping kids in school: Using check and connect for dropout prevention.

Four Components• Mentor• Systematic monitoring• Timely and individualized intervention• Enhancing home-school communication

and home support for learning


Check & Connect

Core Elements• Relationships• Problem solving• Individualized, data-based intervention• Affiliation with school and learning• Persistence-plus• Focus on alterable indicators of disengagement• Following students and families


Contact Information

Chris Hubbuch, [email protected] @Hubbuch_ESMS

Keelie Stucker, Assistant [email protected] @Keeliez2000

Excelsior Springs Middle School(816) 630-9230http://ms.essd40.com/

Link to our PBS Resourceshttp://tinyurl.com/ESMS-PBS

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