miblsi cenmi org Helping Students Become Better Readers

miblsi. cenmi. org Helping Students Become Better Readers with Social Skills Necessary for Success Steve Goodman sgoodman@oaisd. org Funded through OSEP State Personnel Development Grant and Michigan Department of Education- Office of Special Education

Two Categories of Work • Access to Effective Practices – Ensuring that students (staff) have access to effective practices in an integrated behavior and reading Multi-Tiered System of Supports – Practices are selected based on: Need, Fit, Resource Availability, Evidence, Readiness for Replication, Capacity to Implement • Support for the Practices – Ensuring that the interventions are implemented correctly with the “right people”, at the “right time”, in the “right amounts” (Implementation Fidelity)

Inputs Develop Organizational Structures Develop Staff Competencies Outcomes Schools effectively implementation Rt. I Practices Feedback Loops Outcomes Successful Student Outcomes

Across State Who is supported? Multiple District/Building Teams Multiple schools w/in intermediate district Multiple schools w/in local district All students Building Staff Students Provides guidance, visibility, funding, political support for Mi. BLSi Provides coaching for District Teams and technical assistance for Building Teams Provides guidance, visibility, funding, political support Provides guidance and manages implementation Provides effective practices to support students Improved behavior and reading Regional Technical Assistance ISD Leadership Team LEA District Leadership Team Building All staff Leadership Team Michigan Department of Education/Mi. BLSi Leadership How is support provided? Mi. BLSi Statewide Structure of support

Successful Student Outcomes Program/Initiative (set of practices that are implemented with Fidelity) Staff competency to support students/families with the selected practices Implementation Drivers Adapted from Fixsen & Blase, 2008 Organizational capacity to support staff in implementing practices with fidelity Ability to provide direction/vision of process 5

Leadership • Building Leadership Teams – Coordinate and mage the implementation process at the building level • District Level Leadership – Provide direction/vision for the practices and allocation of resources to enable the Capacity and Competency drivers to be in place.

Building Leadership Content on Mi. BLSi Website miblsi. cenmi. org

Organizational Capacity • Information (guides, manuals) • Resources – Tools, forms, materials • Evaluation – Screening of students – Progress monitoring – Fidelity of implementation

Staff Competency • Training – Specific sessions with formal activities designed for skill development • Coaching – Ensuring transfer from training to practice – On-site skill development, enhancing the skills through prompting and reinforcement • Technical Assistance – An expert with specific technical/content knowledge provides information to address an identified need with customized solutions.