Keep Your Motor Runnin Ontario 8 C School

Keep Your Motor Runnin’ Ontario 8 C School District Presented 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 6 th year of a 6 year grant • 1 of 5 districts in the state to receive a Response to Intervention (Rt. I) 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 III: Intensive Intervention & Progress Monitoring The Multi-Tiered Model: ~5% ~15% TIER II: Strategic Intervention & Progress Monitoring TIER I: Research-Based Core Instruction & Screening for ALL students ~80% of Students 3 -Tiered Continuum (Walker, 1996)

You Get What You Get and You Don’t Throw a Fit… 80% of Students 15% 5%

1 st Year Houghton Mifflin (core program) M. R. =F, F, . 5 Al=E, . 5 Tools for Implementation • Grade Level Meetings • Instructional Assistants • Reading Coach • DIBELS • Oregon Reading First Center

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

2 nd Year Houghton Mifflin (core program) Read Well (Intervention Program) M. R. =E, E, . 5 Al=E, . 5 C=E

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

3 rd Tools for Implementation • Positive Behavioral Supports • Effective Behavioral Instructional Support • ESL Teachers 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

Ontario 8 C 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 2 x monthly • Monitor and revise intervention support programs

CSI Map (Core, Supplemental, Intensive) Benchmark Strategic Intensive Whole Group HM w/CE Small Group ERI x 2 LFL RMC x 2 LFL

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

4 th Year Houghton Mifflin w/ Core Enhancements (core) Tools for Implementation • Response to Intervention • 3 Tiered Model • School Counselors 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

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

5 th Year Houghton Mifflin w/ Core Enhancements (core) Tools for Implementation • Effective Behavior and Instructional Support Systems • Early Release Friday 1 X Month 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

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

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