1. Kalamazoo Public Schools MiBLSi, A District-Wide Initiative 03-04 to present Cindy Green Patricia Steinert-Otto Linda Campbell Dorr Catherman

2. CHALLENGES –Middle city, urban, diverse, high needs population –Integration with: other initiatives – NDK, CTAC, PLC, Rdg First magnet programs –Time For Professional Development Substitutes

3. CHALLENGES –Helping everyone to understand –Change is hard for some people –Believing that all children can learn –Collaborating to problem solve –Changing job roles

4. NEW SKILLS NEEDED Shared leadership Collaboration Problem solving Team work

5. STRENGTHS –Administrative support –Highly skilled, motivated ancillary staff providing: Coaching, encouragement Training Feedback, evaluation –The Kalamazoo Promise –District Leadership Team

7. KPS - MiBLSi Pre-MiBLSi – SMILE grant to one elementary school (01-02) Cohort 1 – one elementary school (03-04) Cohort 2 – four elementary schools (04-05) Cohort 3 – five elementary schools (05-06) Middle School initiative – for 2 middle schools Cohort 4 – 2 elementary schools and another middle school (06-07) High School initiative – just beginning now What’s left to add?

8. What are we doing in KPS? Learning communities Sharing information Inservices Collaborating as a universal educational system Seeking information Collaborating

9. KPS - MiBLSi Coaches –Psychologists; District coach –Reading First Literacy coaches; Reading First coordinators Training –MiBLSi training by cohort –Reading First training –Teacher Reading Academies –Non Reading First schools Evaluation –DIBELS and SWIS summaries –SETs, Phases of Implementation assessment

10. SYSTEMS PRACTICES DATA Supporting Staff Behavior Supporting Student Behavior OUTCOMES Supporting Social Competence, Academic Achievement and Safety Supporting Decision Making School-wide Support

11. Decisions Based on Data Benchmark Data Behavior Team – weekly Grade Level Reading - monthly

12. Fourth Grade Box Plots

13. Teacher X

14. Next Steps What is going on in your classroom to ensure that end of year progress is going to be made? What support do you need to ensure that end of year progress is going to be made?

15. Behavior Team Monday Morning Meetings –review the last week’s SWIS data –review year to date SWIS data/compare to goals –develop mini behavior plans monthly incentive miscellaneous

16. Grade Level Meetings Monthly meetings focus on reading Analysis of Progress Monitoring data –includes attendance, behavior, family events and plans to improve Evaluate interventions Make changes

17. Building PBS Team Meet weekly Team decisions based on data Review matrix Monthly school assemblies Lunch/recess -difficulties

18. New ways to document interventions from Edison Elementary 1.Using the DIBELS Individual Student Performance Profiles 2.An Individual Intervention Plan (in process)

19. Fifth Grade ORF

20. We are PURRR-fect Kalamazoo Promise Seventy-five new students in K - 5 Eleven new classroom teachers Six 1 st year teachers Rebuilding the culture

21. Kindergarten PSF

22. Kindergarten NWF

23. First Grade NWF

24. Third Grade ORF

25. Pillars of Success District-Wide CHAMPS SWIS Team Implementation Checklist Principals and coaches The “Randy Sprick” effect Central administration support Lincoln CHAMPS model & district rollout

26. SWIS

27. CHAMPS 1 st Grade Teacher

28. CHAMPS 3 rd Grade Teacher

29. Innovation and Change Bus behavior intervention Referrals higher at the end of the day The use of a behavior room (in-school suspension) Resource allocation and redefining roles Change job descriptions for ancillary staff

30. Innovation and Change (cont.) The BEP at a middle school Kalamazoo Wraps, another initiative supporting PBS in the schools Training and retraining Celebrations –Principals EOY Celebration! –Coaches meetings –Ancillary staff gatherings

31. Cohort 4 2 elementary schools just started in January with MiBLSi training Behavioral momentum Coaches and trainers (internal and external) are more and more knowledgeable and effective

32. High Schools Data in place – SWIS integrity H.S. Leadership team meetings Visit to Illinois PBS High Schools Dedicated external coach providing support with internal coaching PD plan for team training beginning in May and just before school starts next year

33. KPS MiBLSi future goals Data (e.g., SWIS, DIBELS) in all schools consistently used for school-wide, group and individual decision making –Merge with main database (Student Plus) –SWIS and the BEP –SWIS facilitator within district Systems in place in all schools implementing MiBLSi; Sustainability

34. KPS MiBLSi future goals (cont.) Additional classroom management emphasis Decrease student suspension and expulsion RtI procedures finalized and used throughout district Improve student achievement for all students

35. KPS MiBLSi Initiative Patricia Steinert-Otto Steinert-OttoPL@kalamazoo.k12.mi.us Linda Campbell CampbellLM@kalamazoo.k12.mi.us Dorr Catherman CathermanGD@kalamazoo.k12.mi.us Cindy Green greenc@kalamazoo.k12.mi.us