RAND, SELWeb & What to Expect Upcoming Assessments: RAND, SELWeb & What to Expect Looking at the RAND research "cycle" from beginning to end with year 1 as the example. (Collection, Analysis, Formative Feedback, Action!) Take a look at what is currently available to you and how we can support your use of the reports, including the online dashboard. SELweb: Why do we use it? What can it help us work on? How do we engage in the process? What happens next?    EAST ROOM Good session for leaders in school and out-of-school time who are interested in understanding the RAND process and its importance to the success of the initiative  Give notecatchers out as people come in Do Now will take five minutes, allow some time to settle in Kick off at 10:20am

RAND, SELWeb & What to Expect Agenda: Looking at the RAND research cycle (Collection, Analysis, Formative Feedback, Action!) Take a look at what is currently available to you and how we can support your use of the reports, including the online dashboard. SELweb: Why do we use it? What can it help us work on? How do we engage in the process? What happens next? What’s next? + Closing   Take a look at the session, note that in about 20-30 minutes I’ll be doing a demo of the dashboard and if you’d like to follow along, you’re welcome to get your tech out right now and prepare to follow along with that Three minutes tops

Welcome Truly, we live with mysteries too marvelous to be understood. How grass can be nourishing in the mouths of the lambs. How rivers and stones are forever in allegiance with gravity while we ourselves dream of rising. How two hands touch and the bonds will never be broken. How people come, from delight or the scars of damage, to the comfort of a poem. Let me keep my distance, always, from those who think they have the answers. Let me keep company always with those who say “Look!” and laugh in astonishment, and bow their heads. *SKIPPED DURING SESSION* Turn and introduce yourself to your neighbor, say thanks for being here Give a guess at why I chose this to open this particular session Wrap around 10:30

RAND: Collection, Analysis, Formative Feedback, Action! In your packet, you’ll see a graphic that represents the various pieces of RAND’s research and what it means to the overall initiative

Example of Action after Formative Feedback “Plan, enact, and monitor cross-site PLCs.” “Incorporate staff needs into year 2 PD planning.” “Strategize ways to align OST training with that of school in year 2, given the unique OST structure in Boston.” In year 2, schedule cross-site PLCs early. Share the schedule and objectives. We’ve now had two! One of the top two topics staff listed a need for additional PD was strategies to adapt SEL practices for students from different cultures or students with different learning needs. We have two PD opportunities coming up: Case Study of SEL and Dyslexia on Feb 1st at District Hall, and a Tier 1 Training for Restorative Practices. School and OST staff are also both invited to a variety of PD led by BPS on integrating. CLSP/SEL Work in progress on combined PD but we’ve worked it into today and the coaches and I have been working together to help this progress.

RAND: Collection, Analysis, Formative Feedback, Action! Each year will look more or less like year 2 10:35

What RAND research is currently available to sites? Interviews Observations done by RAND researchers using the Weikart Center’s SELPQA Observation Tool Surveys for school staff and OST staff SELweb student-report items and student SEL task items Next page in your packet is a one pager about what Spring 2019 data collection looks like Take a moment with that and turn to an elbow partner and share, thirty seconds each, what stands out to you 10:40

Why are we using it in this initiative? How do we use the results? SELweb What is it? How was it created? Why are we using it in this initiative? How do we use the results? This will either be in small groups in a jig saw Give each person three minutes to read their part, three minutes for each group to share out end around 11 oclock Then a large group share: what did you learn? Reminder if you still have questions to keep writing them down

What RAND research is currently available to sites? School & OST Site 6pg. Formative Feedback Summaries School SELweb reports Grade level SELweb reports OST SELweb reports with groups n>10 OST grade level SELweb reports with groups n>10 Online Dashboard! Community Formative Feedback Report All made up of: Interviews Observations done by RAND researchers using the Weikart Center’s SELPQA Observation Tool Surveys for school staff and OST staff SELweb student-report items and student SEL task items 11:05am example of the 6 page report, the SELweb report, and a bit.ly link and a log in to your very own online dashboard. I’m going to take 10-15 minutes right now to log onto the online dashboard, so if you’d like to follow along, please do.

RAND Online Dashboard *UNABLE TO REVIEW DUE TO WIFI ISSUES* Go over the different tabs See the possibilities See clearly the different data sources See where you are compared to Boston schools and where Boston is compared to other PSELI communities Try to wrap this up before 11:25am

What’s Next? Calendars Contacts & Questions 11:20-11:40 Carla

Wonder Wall Time and Optimistic Closure Be Here, Now Take Charge of Your Learning Engage with an Innovative Mindset Connect & Collaborate Leave with Clear Action & Next Steps 11:40am Turn to the “After the session” section of your notecatcher Turn and thank the partner you’ve been sitting next to for holding one of these norms for you. Which one feels most important right now? Thank them for that one without any further explanation. Then, complete the notecatcher. Lunch will be next, then role alike time, then partnership time.