Implementing a Meaningful Integrated Individual Learning Plan ILP

Implementing a Meaningful, Integrated Individual Learning Plan (ILP) How to implement an ILP system in your school that serves all students and meets state expectations. 1

Agenda • Overview of the History of ILP and Implementation • Why the ILP? • ILP Adoption Toolkits • Where are you in the process? Vendor selection and resources • Statewide ILP Professional Learning Group • Next steps 2

Overview of the ILP Individual Learning Plan (ILP) – a planning and monitoring tool that customizes and directs students’ goals and development. School districts are responsible for developing a student ILP process that helps students identify and meet their goals in three domains: academic, career, and personal/social. The Secondary School Regulations require: 1. ILPs for all students grades 6 -12, beginning no later than entry into 6 th grade 2. ILPs to be reviewed no less than 2 x/school year and during key transition periods 3. ILPs to coordinate with other plans as appropriate: IEPs, Section 504 Plan, Personal Literacy Plan, intervention plans, transition plans, and English learner services. 3

ILP – Why Now? Both Secondary School Regulations & Prepare. RI Action Plan identify the ILP as a backbone for facilitating relevance and readiness for each student. ILP Timeline: • Spring 2017: Working Committee developed four Recommendations: 1. 2. 3. 4. Develop/Coordinate a menu of turn-key Individual Learning Plan options Create a simple process Financially support professional development Release regular best practice report • Summer 2017: Prepare. RI Ambassador & Request for Proposals • Fall 2017: Committee Review of Proposals • Spring 2018: Release of Menu and Toolkit 4

ILP Adoption Timeline By Academic Year 2020 -2021, all schools have adopted a vetted option from the menu (including proposed local models). ILP Timeline Rationale: • Runway for budgeting and implementation • Aligned with Secondary Regulations expectation of class of 2021 • Aligned with Prepare. RI 3 -Year Action Plan State Supports: • RI ILP Adoption Toolkit • Individual Learning Plan Professional Learning Group 5

Why the ILP How it will help enhance your students' connections to school 6

ILP Program Benefits • The ILP can be the backbone for facilitating relevance and readiness for each student. • Having a fully implemented ILP Program provides the basis for a comprehensive counseling program that reaches all students. • Research shows better engagement and motivation when students engage in career planning activities before entering high school. (Rennie Center for Education Policy) • ILP programs improves communication and engagement between parents and students as well as parents and educators. Parents become more involved in their children’s academic and career planning. 7

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Thoughts? What connection do you see between the ILP and what the students shared in the video? 9

ILP Terms Individualized Learning Plan Program • A comprehensive, pro-active program that implements the ILP Scope & Sequence in a way that reaches all students through a curriculum that aligns with the American School Counseling Association’s standards and includes Academic, Social/Emotional and Career Exploration. The student takes an active role in developing a plan to achieve his/her academic, career and personal goals with support from counselors, teachers, and parents. Individualized learning Plan • This is a summary of student's progress through the ILP program. The ILP plan provides the documentation of students’ interests, needs, supports, course selections (including access to college-level programming), transition placements and other learning experiences both in and out of school. It is a dynamic tool that maps academic plans and reflects each student’s unique set of interests, needs, academic and career goals, and graduation requirements. 10

ILP Adoption Toolkit 11 Toolkit Section Resource Intent of Section A ILP Framework Original Guidance for Secondary Regulations Requirements Section B ILP Vendor Overviews One-page overviews of each of the vendors of the menu Section C ILP Scope & Sequence and Curriculum Model Rhode Island Model Scope & Sequence developed by Prepare. RI Ambassador, with alignment to tools from each vendor Section D ILP District Adoption Success Plan Tool to share adoption plans or propose local model, will help source best and common practice report Section E ILP Draft Rubric for School Use Tool to use in building to help determine the best ILP System & Curriculum vendor partner

Toolkit: Scope and Sequence 12

Toolkit: Model Curriculum 13

Vendor Selection – Where are you in the process? Have not started reviewing vendor options Learned about options, but have not decided Chosen a Vendor 14

Example Spotlight: The ILP in Providence Schools • Ann Cedergren, School Counseling in Providence • Served as a Tech Advisor along with Supervisor. • PPSD rated each platform being vetted in 4 specific domains: Curriculum & Resources, Functionality, Training & Professional Development, and Implementation. • There are 7 middle schools and 14 high schools in Providence, a team comprised of district level administration and The Office of Research, Planning & Accountability has been planning for the impending rollout of the new ILP experience reconstructing the process to increase student engagement and participation with the ILP. • Ann is partnering with RIDE to assist the Providence team in bridging communication regarding resources available and help offer workshops and supports to colleagues and families. 15

Vendor Partners NAVIANCE: Sean Kruglak, sean. kruglak@hobsons. com RICHER PICTURE: David Niguidula, David@richerpicture. com XAP: Simone Swett, sswett@xap. com XELLO: Ginny Weitner, ginnyw@xello. world SAVE THE DATE: NOVEMBER 2, 2018 16 PLATFORM VENDOR SESSION- MORE INFORMATION TO FOLLOW

ILP Professional Learning Group School teams will come together to customize, design, implement and evaluate the ILP process for their school or district to meet the needs of their local student population ILP PLG participants will: • Develop plans to address obstacles, • Share best practices, • Identify a platform to utilize for the ILP or develop a plan for implementing the use of the chosen platform, • Work with cohort that is at a similar stage of implementation, • Move from high level concepts to detailed implementation plans, and • Utilize toolkit to help develop an ILP program. 17

Contact Information www. prepare-ri. org or www. ride. ri. gov/schoolcounseling Ann Cedergren: ann. cedergren@ppsd. org Cali Cornell: cali. cornell@ride. ri. gov Stacy Haines-Mayne: stacy_haines-mayne@ewg. k 12. ri. us Onna Mechanic-Holland: onna. holland@ride. ri. gov Nicole Smith: nicole. smith@ride. ri. gov 18