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RAP Teams: How Do We Get Where We Want/Need to Go? Calhoun ISD Ann Walton Beth Brophy Tim Voskuil

Agenda Welcome and Introductions Part 1: Building the Team and Structure Who should be on the team? Integrated workshops Part 2: Getting the Team There Our facilitation process Team outputs Part 3: Getting YOUR ISD and Teams There Next steps Share out Resources for Data 2

Why Are We Doing This? Because Simon says! https: //www. youtube. com/watch? v=u 4 Zo. JKF_Vu. A 11: 02 People don’t buy what you do, people buy WHY you do it Why: We believe all students can succeed in and after school and there’s GOT to be a better way of doing things How: Through integrated and more efficient systems What: CIMS/DI, General/Special Education, Data Analysis 3

Do You Need More Incentive? ESEA and IDEA Continued focus on compliance (FAPE) Increased focus on RESULTS Graduation/Dropout Student Achievement Post-Secondary Outcomes 4

How Did We Get Here? Why did we get started? Disconnected systems (CIMS and DI) Disconnected teams Lack of useful RAP Team output for School Improvement How did we get started? It all started in the copy room… 5

Who Should Be On The Team? Dependent upon your Strand Report data and required activities As much overlap with District Improvement Team as possible Facilitates collaboration and communication Ensures special education representation on School/ District Improvement Teams Don’t want two separate teams (RAP and DI Teams) 6

Who Should Be On The Team? ISD School Improvement Consultants Special Education Supervisor/Director Teacher Consultants and/or Transition Coordinators Teachers Building Administrators Curriculum “Directors” Pupil Accounting 7

Now What? Need to integrate District Improvement Planning with the CIMS process Ensure RAP/DI Team outputs are inputs into School and/or District Improvement Planning** process Need a process/structure/system to do so 8

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Our Facilitation Process… How I facilitate in Calhoun Start thinking about your workaround at your ISD/ESA, given you don’t have a “me” Who you can talk to What structures/processes can be set up How you can help districts get more valuable data 11

Our Facilitation Process… Conduct “pre-meetings” with each district Review Strand Report data Identify strengths and weaknesses Options to work through RAP Team Process: CIMS/DI Workshop - or Individual district RAP meeting Obtain and prepare data for workshops or RAP meetings CIMS Indicator Data Resources More current data and trend data 12

Our Facilitation Process… Initial disconnect with Results Transmittals in CIMS We developed “Transmittal Addendum” to: Develop gap statement and causes for gaps (root cause hypotheses) Develop objectives, strategies, and activity descriptions Submit completed Transmittal Addendum to District/School Improvement Teams Email Transmittal Addendum to Tim RAP Team “Transmittal Addendums” are in same format as District/School Improvement Plans 13

Benefits We Have Found Identified District Improvement Team membersss Special education representation and participation Teams working on plans multiple times/year DI Plan is not being completed in isolation 1 week prior to deadline Sharing of best practices across county Increased communication between districts and schools about relevant strategies 14

Getting YOUR Team There Think about what we’ve talked about and how this might look in your ISD/ESA… People I can talk to at my ISD/ESA: School/District Improvement Consultants General Education Directors and Staff Other? Next steps I can take: Add onto existing structures? Modify/collaborate on developing new structures? Share out 15

Resources For Data How do we get valuable data than what’s in the Strand Report? CIMS Indicator Data Resources document If I can’t get the data, who do I need to talk to? Do you know where each Indicator data comes from? Who’s checking the data prior to submission? DATA TEST!!! 16

Thank You • Questions? • Comments? Our Contact Information: • Ann Walton – waltona@calhounisd. org • Beth Brophy – brophye@calhounisd. org • Tim Voskuil – voskuilt@calhounisd. org 17