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A total of 31 awards were given and 192 people attended the banquet.

These are the recipients from our SST Region 16 area

Fall 2014

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The R.A. Horn Outstanding Achievement Award Recipient from the SST Region 16 area is Annie Alarid

Inside this issue:

KRA: Ohio’s

New Kinder-

garten Readi-

ness Assess-

ment

2

ELA/EC-CAS 3

Teaching Social

-Emotional

Skills in Early

Childhood

4

District News/

Guiding Hand

School/Gallia

5

Ohio Universi-

ty-Save the

Date

6

SST 16 Staff

Directory 7

sst16.org

STATE SUPPORT TEAM

REGION 16

740-797-0150

21 BIRGE DRIVE

CHAUNCEY, OH 45719

SST 16 SERVING:

ATHENS, GALLIA,

HOCKING, JACKSON,

MEIGS, PERRY, VINTON

AND WASHINGTON

COUNTIES

Robin didn’t start out teaching; her first 4 year degree was in interior designing from Miami University. There always seemed to be something missing in her life though. A close friend of hers asked Robin to volunteer in her special education classroom. From day one, Robin showed that she was a natural teacher. It took Robin years of substitute teaching and volunteering to get up the gumption to go back to school, but in 2003 Robin completed the Master’s program from Muskingum University and has since become one of the best teachers Fort Frye

Schools has ever had. In her multi-categorical classroom, Robin works dili-gently to help her students thrive both academically and socially. Even though she has eight students in her class, she has five different reading groups hap-pening at a given time. Instruction is differentiated to every level and while she is working with an individu-al or small group, other students are attentively work-ing on their own activities. Robin is constantly planning new activities and learning about different ways to best work with her students. Robin incorporates daily life skills and social skills within her

academic lessons. When a new student moved in from out of state only knowing 18 sight words and his transfer IEP goal was to have him know 25 sight words. Within 6 months in Robin’s class, the student increased his sight words identification from18 to 122. He is now independently reading books, motivational

signs hanging in the classroom and trying hard to continue to develop his amazing reading skills.

The Franklin B Walter Outstanding Educator Award Recipient from the SST Region 16 area is Robin Hensley

Annie graduated this year from Beacon School as one of the most independent students to ever walk through the school program. Annie has grown both in her independence and academic achievement this school year. Annie is a hard worker and a pleasure to work with. Annie is kind and helpful to anyone she meets leaving an

impression on everyone she works with. Annie is also a great leader and advocate for her peers in her community. Annie is patient, well-mannered and can do any job that she puts

her mind to. Annie is never afraid to try and do it by herself.

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Page 2 Ohio’s Kindergarten Readiness Assessment

Kindergarten Readiness Assessment Stephanie Lee, Early Learning Consultant

Kindergarten is an exciting time for young children and the educators who teach them.

Their developing skills allow them to express themselves and demonstrate an array of

emerging skills. Attention to the importance of early education in the lives of children is

growing rapidly as we learn more and more about the competencies of young children.

The Kindergarten Readiness Assessment (KRA) is one example of the increased

attention on early childhood education. It is a component of the broader Ready for Kin-

dergarten: Ohio's Early Childhood Comprehensive Assessment System. The KRA is a kin-

dergarten readiness tool that allows teachers to measure each child’s school readiness

across multiple domains. Ohio’s Early Learning and Development Standards (birth to kin-

dergarten entry) are the basis for this new assessment.

There are six domains assessed on the KRA. These domains include social foundations,

mathematics, science, social studies, language and literacy, and physical well-being and mo-

tor development.

The State Support Team 16 has provided a total of 4 hybrid deliveries of the KRA since

this past spring when the full training was launched. We also hosted ODE Train the Train-

er sessions last April. Over 140 teachers and support staff have been KRA-trained at the

Athens-Meigs ESC. We will continue to help arrange for teachers to receive this training

as new kindergarten teachers come on board.

For more information on the KRA, please contact the SST 16 at 740-797-0150.

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Page 3 State Support Team 16 Early Learning and School Readiness

Ohio’s New Early Learning Assessment (ELA) and the

Early Childhood Comprehensive Assessment System (EC-CAS)

This fall, Early Learning Con-

sultants at SST16 have provid-

ed 9 trainings on the new Ear-

ly Learning Assessment (ELA)

across the region. The Early

Learning Assessment is a part

of the Early Childhood Com-

prehensive Assessment Sys-

tem, which also includes the

Kindergarten Readiness As-

sessment (KRA). For the cur-

rent school year, programs

serving state funded students

(Early Childhood Education

and Special Education) are re-

quired to assess students us-

ing the ELA tool.

The ELA is a formative assessment that assesses 6 learning domains using observations

and performance tasks. Domains are Social Foundations, Language and Literacy, Mathe-

matics, Science, Social Studies, and Physical Well-being and Motor Development. This

school year, during the phase-in, only 4 domains will be assessed: Social Foundations,

Language and Literacy, Mathematics, and Physical Well-being & Motor Development.

The Early Childhood Comprehensive Assessment System is a series of formative assess-

ments and a data-capture and reporting system. The purpose of the EC-CAS is to sup-

port children’s development and academic achievement to improve early learning, and to

measure the progress of children in all essential domains of school readiness.

The EC-CAS is a single state-wide Comprehensive Assessment System with built-in ac-

commodations for ALL students. It is aligned with the Birth to K Entry Standards in

Ohio, the Head Start Early Learning Framework, Common Core State Standards, and

with the Early Child Outcomes required for IDEA reporting in Ohio.

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Page 4 State Support Team 16 Early Learning and School Readiness

Teaching Social-Emotional Skills in Early Childhood Classrooms

After reviewing spring surveys from Early Childhood teachers and administrators, and de-

termining the greatest expressed needs for training, SST16 is offering a professional devel-

opment PD & Study titled “Teaching Social-Emotional Skills in Early Childhood Classrooms”. There will be a Face to Face “kick-off” Meeting

on October 6, 2014 from 8:30 to 3:30 at our SST16 office at 21 Birge Drive, Chauncey. Our

target audience is preschool to 2nd grade teach-ers, including teachers, assistants, Head Start, and child care providers. This PD is approved for 10 SUTQ hours. It is provided at no cost to

participants, and those who complete the course will have the option to obtain 3 graduate semester credit hours from University of Rio Grande at

a reduced rate.

This training consists of two parts; a face to face meeting and an online compo-

nent. Participants who are doing the online course work MUST AT-TEND the face to face meeting on October 6, 2014. Participants may

choose to attend only the face to face meeting for 6 contact hours.

If a child doesn’t know to read, we teach. If a child doesn’t know how to swim, we teach.

If a child doesn’t know how to multiply, we teach. If a child doesn’t know how to drive, we teach

If a child doesn’t know how to behave, we ________________.

With all the requirements in schools today we often think we don’t have time to ad-dress social-emotional schools, but the reality is we don’t have time to not teach so-

cial emotional skills. By creating a supportive environment that encourages positive behavior and constructive interactions between children, we are providing children

with the skills to succeed in school and in life.

Participants will develop techniques for teaching routines and procedures that sup-port positive social behaviors, a variety of ways to ease transitions, and explore a

number of teaching strategies that help create a supportive classroom climate.

To register, contact Jo Ann at the SST by phone at 740-797-0150, or by e-mail at 91_jastack@seovec.org

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Rene’ Farley, one of the preschool teachers at Guiding Hand School, creat-ed a bright and bold display of alphabet & shapes in her classroom to assist a visually impaired student, but all the children in her classroom are drawn to the large colorful letters and shapes. This is one of the many ways that Rene’ inspires her students, through fun and appealing classroom displays, to learn critical pre-math and pre-literacy skills.

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This is a picture of a child engaging in a lesson at Guiding Hand School; Gallia County Board of DD,

through the use of a Mimeo Board. The MimioTeach interactive system is a great way to provide adap-

tive instructional lessons. It can be placed on a wall or dry-erase board, and is attached using magnets.

The system is then attached to a projector and computer. A stylus pen is calibrated using ultrasound and

infrared to identify its location. The location of the stylus is determined, and then the stylus acts as a

"mouse", allowing the user to manipulate the contents of their computer as it is displayed on the dry

erase board. The combination of ultrasound and infrared can scale from small whiteboards to very large

ones. The Mimeo Board is currently in use, with great success, at Guiding Hand School. What a fun way

for children to actively engage in learning!

Rene’ Farley Makes Learning Alphabet and Shapes Fun for Preschoolers at Guiding Hand School

A Mimeo Board in Use by a First Grader at Guiding Hand School in Gallia County

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The INSIGHT is a free publication of the State Support Team Region 16 (SST 16). Comments and inquiries are welcome. The activity

which is the subject of this report was supported in whole or in part by the U.S. Department of Education or the Ohio Department of

Education, and no official endorsement by U.S. Department of Education or the Ohio Department of Education should be inferred. Fiscal

Agent: Athens Meigs ESC. The fiscal agent does no discriminate on the basis of race, color, national origin, sex, religion, age, or disability

in the employment or in the provision of services.

Name Position Email CTRL+Click to follow link Phone

Heather Wolfe SST 16 Director 91_hwolfe@seovec.org (740)-797-0150

FAX (740)-797-0154

Lisa Bonner Regional Special Educa-

tion Consultant 91_lbonner@seovec.org

(740) 797-0150 FAX (740) 797-0154

Debbie Brewer Regional Special

Education Consultant 91_dbrewer@seovec.org

(740) 797-0150 FAX (740) 797-0154

Debra Buck Regional Special

Education Contact Person (SPeC)

91_dbuck@seovec.org (740) 797-0150

FAX (740) 797-0154

Jackie Casey OIP Consultant 91_jcasey@seovec.org (740) 797-0150

FAX (740) 797-0154

Dee Dee Dransfield KAP (Kathie”s Autism Project) Consultant

91_ddransfield@seovec.org (740) 797-0150

FAX (740) 797-0154

Beth Duffy Regional Special

Education Consultant 91_bduffy@seovec.org

(740) 797-0150 FAX (740) 797-0154

Carol Hare Early Learning and

School Readiness Con-sultant

91_chare@seovec.org (740) 797-0150

FAX (740) 797-0154

Linda Jones PAC Consultant 91_ljones@seovec.org (740) 797-0150

FAX (740) 797-0154

Linda King Early Learning and

School Readiness Coordinator

91_lking@seovec.org (740) 797-0150

FAX (740) 797-0154

Stephanie Lee Early Learning and Literacy Specialist

lee.846@osu.edu. (740) 973-4761

Nancy Ruth Regional OIP Consultant

(part-time) 91_nruth@seovec.org 740-525-2321

Julie Howell

Jo Ann Stack

Regional Support Staff

Regional Support Staff

91_jhowell@seovec.org

91_jastack@seovec.org

(740)797-0150 FAX (740) 797-0154

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