Keep Your Motor Runnin’

Ontario 8C School DistrictPresented by Derek Herzberg, Linda Hofmann, Betsy Davis,

Heidi Greer and Julie Bainbridge

Who We Are• 2700 students in Ontario School District K-12• 5 Elementary Schools; 10 Kindergarten Classrooms• 43% White; 53% Hispanic; 2% Asian• 19% Migrant• Between 5%-32% ESL depending upon the school• 60%-94% Free/Reduced Lunch depending upon the

school• 100% worth the effort

What We Have

• $2 Million per year of Federal Compensatory Grants

• 2 Elementary Schools in the 6th year of a 6 year grant

• 1 of 5 districts in the state to receive a Response to Intervention (RtI) grant in it’s first year through TTSD (Tigard-Tualatin School District)

• Effective Behavioral Instructional Support Systems grant from ODE

• Positive Behavior Supports grant in consortium with Malheur ESD

The answers you get depend upon the questions

you ask. - Thomas Kuhn

TIER I:Research-Based

Core Instruction & Screeningfor ALL students

TIER II:Strategic Intervention &

Progress Monitoring

TIER III:Intensive Intervention &

Progress Monitoring

~80% of Students

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~5%

3-Tiered Continuum (Walker, 1996)

The Multi-Tiered Model:

80% of Students

15%

5%

You Get What You Get and You Don’t Throw a Fit…

1st Year

Houghton Mifflin

(core program)

M.R.=F,F, .5

Al=E, .5, .5

Tools for Implementation•Grade Level Meetings

•Instructional Assistants•Reading Coach

•DIBELS•Oregon Reading First Center

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2nd Year

Houghton Mifflin (core program)

Read Well (Intervention Program)

M.R.=E,E, .5

Al=E, .5, .5

C=E

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Ontario 8C School District Kindergarten Mid-Year Instructional Recommendations (DIBELS)

3rd Year

Houghton Mifflin (core)

Read Well (Intervention)

ERI (Intervention)

Language for Learning

M.R.=F, F, F

Al=F, F

C=.5

P=.5

Ai=.5, .5

Tools for Implementation•Positive Behavioral Supports

•Effective Behavioral Instructional Support

•ESL Teachers

21%

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Ontario 8C School District Kindergarten Mid-Year Instructional Recommendations (DIBELS)

Positive Behavioral Supports

• Matrix in place

• Reward systems in place

• Instructional Assistant Training

• Bus Driver Training

• All five elementary schools send representatives to the state PBS conference

• Using data to help make decisions

EBIS Decision Rules• Level 1 Support (all students): 30-60 minutes

ERI in addition to core program• Level 2 Support (strategic): add 30 minutes LFL• Level 3 Support (intensive): replace ERI with

RMC for 60 minutes/day for those not passing 3 consecutive in-program assessments

• DIBELS 2x monthly• Monitor and revise intervention support

programs

CSI Map (Core, Supplemental, Intensive)

Benchmark

Whole Group HM w/CE

Small Group ERI

LFL

Strategic

Whole Group HM w/CE

Small Group ERI x2

LFL

Intensive

Whole Group HM w/CE

Small Group ERI x2

RMC x2

LFL

21%

66%

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Ontario 8C School District Kindergarten Mid-Year Instructional Recommendations (DIBELS)

4th Year

Houghton Mifflin w/ Core Enhancements (core)

Read Well (Intervention)

ERI (Intervention)

Language for Learning

Reading Mastery (Intervention)

M.R.=F, F, F

Al=F, F

C=.5

P=.5

Ai=.5, .5

Tools for Implementation•Response to Intervention

•3 Tiered Model•School Counselors

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Ontario 8C School District Kindergarten Mid-Year Instructional Recommendations (DIBELS)

5th Year

Houghton Mifflin w/ Core Enhancements (core)

Read Well (Intervention)

ERI (Intervention)

Language for Learning

Reading Mastery (Intervention)

M.R.=F, F, F

Al=F, F

C=F

P=F

Ai=F, F

Tools for Implementation•Effective Behavior and

Instructional Support Systems•Early Release Friday 1X Month

Avoiding the Bumps in the Road

•Unity of purpose and vision

•District and building leadership support is critical

•100% staff buy–in

•Program fidelity

•Data-based decision making

Staying the Course

Ontario 8-C School District Continuous Improvement Plan reflects our commitment to stay the course with the improvements that we have implemented over the past five years. We believe that this is truly the way to assist all students to reach their highest potential.

Don’t Go Off the Deep End!

•Celebrate the little successes along the way•Be realistic about expectations•Be patient in awaiting results

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Ontario 8C School District Kindergarten Mid-Year Instructional Recommendations (DIBELS)