MTSS Update

  We are excited for all the great work on MTSS shifts this year! The following is a joint statement from the MTSS Coordinator and Educational Service Department meeting.  Please feel free to contact Dr. Sarah Mumm with any questions at all.

Today the MTSS Coordinators and Educational Service met for our monthly meeting.  The following is a summary of the work and discussions.  

• If MTSS staff would like job alike discussion and sharing time, please consider jointly signing up at the IgKnight Conference for 1 or 2 job alikes sessions in the morning.

• The MTSS Steering Committee, composed of all MTSS staff, will take place January 26th 9:30-2:50 at Meredith.  MTSS Interventionists, please enter your subs into AESOP for this meeting. 

• The team discussed the use of Tables and Curriculum Maps for Phonics.  Phonics is expected to be core instructions at all grades K-5.  If your grade level tables are not complete, be sure to reference the PBP tables.  On November 11th the Word Study and Grammar teams will be meeting to further plan the completion of all tables.

• The team shared ideas for writing tools, KDAB structures and the connections of related service supports.

• The student request forms were compared among schools in order to find the differences.  The team found that there is lots of consistency among the forms for the schools.  Please remember to not fill out this form if there has not already been some type of communication with parents.  These forms will continue to be compared on use and questions.

• The student request form is available, but we will formally share it more in the second semester.  

• We continue to collect edits for the MTSS handbook throughout this year.  

• Please remember that all tier two students that have been identified through our MTSS process should be getting more support or enhancement than tier one students.

• The team is looking at discrepancy in student learning among the four schools and academic rigor.

• The team reviewed any possible exemptions to push in only interventions. 

• The team is looking at needs expressed through the request forms and may shift interventionists as needed based on students needs. 

• The team planned the MTSS fidelity checks among the schools.  We look forward to seeing great MTSS Co-teaching practices!

Behavior Update K-5

 

Are you struggling with knowing how to address classroom or individual student behavior?  Did you know we have more control over a student’s environment rather than their actions?  By beginning with setting up our classrooms to prevent the behaviors we do not want to see, we can potentially reduce problematic behavior by at least 50%.  

Check out this Tier 1 Behavior Tool.  Simply click on the area you are concerned about and explore recommended strategies to prevent the behavior as well as potential next steps.  

You are not in this alone!  Please reach out to your Behavior Facilitator to help you navigate this tool and problem solve any behavior concerns you are noticing in your classroom.

KHS Personalized Learning Committee

The high-school-specific personalized learning committee met on Thursday, October 20th for their first meeting of the year. Committee membership includes the following staff:

 Jessica Bloomquist, Nathan Schroll, Jessica Parker, Kris Carson,

Heather  Spaetzel, Sally Wilson, Emily VanDelinder, Eric Baron, Alex

Turk, Nathan Schmitt, Shaz Sheikhali, Jen Serviss, James Horne,

Patrick Raleigh, Laura Garland

The team reviewed potential topics to drive their work. These included supporting the implementation of the revised learner profile, the use of proficiency tables, reviewing infrastructures to support personalization, and barriers related to student motivation and engagement. Additionally, the team discussed initiating a building inventory of personalized practices as a means of supporting evidence collection for PL Academy 3.0 and identifying strengths and opportunities. The need to reiterate Kaneland’s definition of personalized learning, as well as related terminology, was identified, as was the need to continue supporting teachers in the creation of proficiency tables. The team’s first action step involves planning the personalized practices inventory collection process. The plan will be finalized at the next committee meeting, which will be held on November 21st, during the IgKnight Conference. The inventory process will be shared with all staff once it is finalized. The team is committed to the work of continuing growth within student-driven, personalized learning practices at KHS. 

Holiday Cards for the Military

 Please see the website below from Faye regarding a website to help with sending holiday cards to the military.

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One of my tech groups shared THIS site for schools to send holiday cards to the military.