Utilizing SAEBRS Data Liz Dent Elementary School Counselor

Utilizing SAEBRS Data Liz Dent Elementary School Counselor Humboldt Community School District Iowa School Counselor Association Conference November 4, 2019

What is SAEBRS? ➔ Social, Academic, Emotional Behavior Risk Screener through Fast. Bridge ➔ Likert scale questions about students ➔ Completed by classroom/homeroom teacher 3 x per year - 2 -3 minutes per student

Why use SAEBRS? ➔ ➔ Efficient Teachers already familiar with the system Data is easily accessible Data is comprehensive (for a screener)

How do I get my SAEBRS data? ➔ Log in as District Manager ➔ Choose “Reporting” tab ➔ Scroll down to “Student Data Download” and click “View Report”

Um. . . what? ➔ A gigantic spreadsheet that goes on forever!

What data do I need? ➔ Delete ALL columns except: ◆ First Name ◆ Last Name ◆ Grade ◆ Fall/Winter/Spring (whatever window you need) SAEBRS Teacher SEBA SAEBRS Items Correct ◆ Fall/Winter/Spring (whatever window you need) SAEBRS Teacher SEBA SAEBRS Social Items Correct ◆ Fall/Winter/Spring (whatever window you need) SAEBRS Teacher SEBA SAEBRS Academic Items Correct ◆ Fall/Winter/Spring (whatever window you need) SAEBRS Teacher SEBA SAEBRS Emotional Items Correct ➔ You will get this

Sorting Data ➔ Rename data headings so they’re easier to read (Composite, Social, Academic, Emotional) ➔ Sort data by grade, then by last name ◆ Highlight all columns ◆ Choose Data --- Sort Range -- click “Data has header row” box --- sort by “Grade” --- choose Add another sort column --- then by “Last Name” ➔ Gives you this

Benchmarks

Benchmarks ➔ Choose SAEBRS assessment ➔ Choose any grade level (the benchmarks are the same) ➔ Click Submit

Benchmarks

Labelling benchmarks ➔ Label below composite benchmark red, and at or above benchmark green. ➔ It will look like this.

Divide the data by grades ➔ Categorizing the data by grades makes creating intervention groups easier and more efficient ➔ You end up with this

I know who is “at risk”. . . now what? ➔ Create small groups ◆ Compile list of students who fall below the composite benchmark score ◆ Look at each domain (social, academic, and emotional) - what domain is furthest from the benchmark? ◆ Group students under the lowest domain score to see group needs (academic, social, or emotional) ➔ My groups first serve students that are furthest from benchmark ➔ Considerations ◆ Space - I take 5 students per grade level at lunch ◆ Behaviors - some kids cannot be in a small group together, so I may switch students around to optimize our available time

What is the effect? ➔ ➔ 2 days of groups per week per grade level 2 rounds of groups for fall and winter data 40 student spots per grade level per year 5 grade levels (K-4) means 200 students in small group each year ◆ Some students go through more than 1 time ◆ If not enough “at risk” students classified, I still take lowest scoring students to create groups to utilize the lunch bunch time in each grade level ➔ I do still allow for some teacher and parent requests for small group inclusion - but this gives me the option to let a teacher know I have high needs if necessary

How can I see more about a student’s needs? ➔ ➔ Log in as a specialist - choose the student’s classroom Choose Reporting tab Choose Individual Skills Report For Assessment, choose SAEBRS Teacher, and the screening window you want (fall, winter, spring)

Each report looks like this:

A high-scoring student would look like this:

How do student reports help me? ➔ Utilize student reports to see where students in a group may have specific similar struggles ➔ Utilize student reports when working with a student individually

How can SAEBRS be used for Universal supports? ➔ Give TIME to classroom teachers (we use professional development time) ➔ They can pull up their classroom of students ➔ Questions to ask ◆ Overall, do I have a lot of academic, social, or emotional needs? ◆ What topics could I bring up to my class to help? (morning meetings, journal prompts, etc) ◆ What type of environment does my class need? (If class struggles with worry/anxiety overall, need very predictable environment)

Questions? ➔ Feel free to email me with questions, or if you would like a copy of the presentation ➔ Liz Dent, Elementary School Counselor at Humboldt Community School District ➔ ldent@humboldt. k 12. ia. us