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Building Bridges, Not Walls The Alternative Education Program in Anne Arundel County Public Schools Kathy Lane Director of Alternative Education Virginia L. Dolan, Ed.D., NCSP PBIS and CDM Facilitator

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Strategic Plan AACPS Tiered Intervention Framework

By the end of the 2011/2012 school year, all high schools will meet the graduation rate of 98% (for each NCLB student group) established by the Maryland State Department of Education. –Baseline: June 2006 – 86% graduation rate By the end of the 2011/2012 school year, all high schools will have reached a dropout rate of less than 3% (for each NCLB student group) established by the Maryland State Department of Education. –Baseline: June 2006 – 1.98% drop out rate Academic Achievement AACPS Tiered Intervention Framework Goal 1

Graduation Rates AACPS Tiered Intervention Framework Since the inception of the Division of Alternative Education Programs (2004–05): 2004–052008– % 90.6% 98% target

Drop Out Rates AACPS Tiered Intervention Framework 2003–042008– % 2.79% 10% 13 th in the State 6 th in the State 2011–12 target of 1.98% For all students

support of Superintendent Gains on Target AACPS Tiered Intervention Framework All Stakeholders Central Office School Based Community Agency Coordinated effort of

Data PBIS Logic Model AACPS Tiered Intervention Framework Analyze Support Students and Families Programs Develop

ElementaryMiddle SchoolHigh School Universal Targeted Intensive Resource Mapping Interventions

Evening High Schools Targeted Intensive 5 total sites Meade Evening HS graduated 100% of eligible 12 th graders. Annapolis Evening HS opened in January 2008 to 85 students. 184 currently enrolled ElementaryMiddle SchoolHigh School Interventions Universal Interventions

Twilight Schools Targeted Intensive Evening High Schools ElementaryMiddle SchoolHigh School Interventions 289 Students enrolled 107 Classes 86% Pass rate Universal Interventions

Dual Credit/ Dual Enrollment Targeted Intensive Twilight Schools Evening High Schools ElementaryMiddle SchoolHigh School Interventions Universal Interventions Anne Arundel County Public Schools + Anne Arundel Community College

Job Corps Targeted Intensive Twilight Schools Dual Credit/Dual Enrollment Evening High Schools ElementaryMiddle SchoolHigh School Interventions Universal Interventions Woodlands Job Corps Meade, North County & Glen Burnie High Schools

Summer School Targeted Intensive Summer School Twilight Schools Dual Credit/Dual Enrollment Job Corps Evening High Schools ElementaryMiddle SchoolHigh School Interventions Universal Interventions 1034 Students Grades 6–12 98% Pass Rate

Twilight Schools Dual Credit/Dual Enrollment Job Corps Summer School Teen Parent Program Evening High Schools Targeted Intensive Summer School ElementaryMiddle SchoolHigh School Interventions Universal Interventions 100% Graduation rate 10 graduates this year

By the end of the school year, there will be a 20% reduction in the number of secondary students receiving one or more referrals, suspensions, and expulsions, for each NCLB group. –Baseline: June 2006:13,521 referrals 6,259 suspensions 326 expulsions Data Source – Educational Data Warehouse Safe & Supportive Learning Environment AACPS Tiered Intervention Framework Goal 2

Twilight Schools Dual Credit/Dual Enrollment Job Corps Summer School Teen Parent Program Evening High Schools Targeted Intensive Summer School ElementaryMiddle SchoolHigh School Interventions Universal Interventions

Twilight Schools PBIS Dual Credit/Dual Enrollment Job Corps Summer School Teen Parent Program Evening High Schools Targeted Intensive Summer School ElementaryMiddle SchoolHigh School Interventions Universal Interventions Referrals at PBIS Schools Elementary schools— 31% reduction Middle schools — 3% reduction High Schools — 10% reduction Suspensions at PBIS Schools Elementary — 23% decrease Middle schools — 27% decrease High schools — 50% decrease

Twilight Schools PBIS Dual Credit/Dual Enrollment Job Corps Summer School Teen Parent Program Evening High Schools Targeted Intensive Summer School PBIS+ ElementaryMiddle SchoolHigh School Interventions Universal Interventions Partnership with Johns Hopkins, Sheppard Pratt Health Systems, and MSDE to train school-based staff to develop evidence-based programs to support students in their home school environment

Twilight Schools PBIS Dual Credit/Dual Enrollment Job Corps Summer School Teen Parent Program J. Albert Adams Academy Mary E. Moss Academy Evening Middle Schools Evening High Schools Targeted Intensive Summer School PBIS+ ElementaryMiddle SchoolHigh School Interventions Universal Interventions J. Albert Adams 120 Middle School students Mary E. Moss 80 9 th and 10 th graders

Twilight Schools PBIS Dual Credit/Dual Enrollment Job Corps Summer School Teen Parent Program Alternative One Program J. Albert Adams Academy Mary E. Moss Academy Evening Middle Schools Evening High Schools Alternative One Program Targeted Intensive Summer School PBIS+ ElementaryMiddle SchoolHigh School Interventions Universal Interventions North County & Meade HS Meade & Bates MS 72% increase in attendance 31% increase in classes passed 75% decrease in referrals

Twilight Schools PBIS Dual Credit/Dual Enrollment Summer School Teen Parent Program Alternative One Program Decision Making Rooms J. Albert Adams Academy Mary E. Moss Academy Evening Middle Schools Evening High Schools Alternative One Program Decision Making Rooms Targeted Intensive Summer School PBIS+ ElementaryMiddle SchoolHigh School Interventions Universal Interventions Increase in instructional time Structured, supervised environment where referred students receive behavior and academic support.

Twilight Schools PBIS Dual Credit/Dual Enrollment Summer School Teen Parent Program Alternative One Program Decision Making Rooms J. Albert Adams Academy Mary E. Moss Academy Evening Middle Schools Evening High Schools Alternative One Program Decision Making Rooms Targeted Intensive Summer School ElementaryMiddle SchoolHigh School Interventions Universal Interventions Social skills instruction, supervised time out, crisis intervention PBIS+ Learning Labs

Twilight Schools PBIS Dual Credit/Dual Enrollment Job Corps Summer School Teen Parent Program Alternative One Program Decision Making Rooms J. Albert Adams Academy Mary E. Moss Academy Evening Middle Schools Evening High Schools Alternative One Program Decision Making Rooms Targeted Intensive Summer School ElementaryMiddle SchoolHigh School Interventions Universal Interventions Students with disabilities meet the terms of discipline sanctions Learning Labs PBIS+

Twilight Schools PBIS Dual Credit/Dual Enrollment Job Corps Summer School Teen Parent Program Alternative One Program Decision Making Rooms J. Albert Adams Academy Mary E. Moss Academy Evening Middle Schools Elluminate Virtual Learning Community Evening High Schools Alternative One Program Decision Making Rooms Targeted Intensive Summer School PBIS+ ElementaryMiddle SchoolHigh School Interventions Universal Interventions Students on Home/Hospital teaching Virtual learning community that supports AACPS’ curriculum Learning Labs

Twilight Schools PBIS Dual Credit/Dual Enrollment Job Corps Summer School Teen Parent Program Alternative One Program Decision Making Rooms J. Albert Adams Academy Mary E. Moss Academy Evening Middle Schools Elluminate Virtual Learning Community CAT Centers Exploratory Programs Evening High Schools Alternative One Program Decision Making Rooms Targeted Intensive Summer School PBIS+ ElementaryMiddle SchoolHigh School Interventions Universal Interventions Drop out prevention targeting overage 8 th graders CAT South Bates and Annapolis MS CAT-North Meade and MacArthur MS Learning Labs

Twilight Schools PBIS Dual Credit/Dual Enrollment Job Corps Summer School Teen Parent Program Alternative One Program Decision Making Rooms J. Albert Adams Academy Mary E. Moss Academy Evening Middle Schools Elluminate Virtual Learning Community CAT Centers Exploratory Programs Evening High Schools Alternative One Program Decision Making Rooms Targeted Intensive Summer School PBIS+ ElementaryMiddle SchoolHigh School Interventions Universal Interventions Learning Labs

Have significant barriers to learning? Make choices that interfere with a safe learning environment? Require individualized interventions outside the home school? AACPS Tiered Intervention Framework What about students who…

Collaboration AACPS Tiered Intervention Framework AACPS AA County child serving agencies

Interagency-targeted interventions will result in a 10% reduction in the number of out-of-home school placements by 2011–2012 –Baseline: Sept. 2006:2098 students educated in out-of-home-school placements AACPS Tiered Intervention Framework Safe & Supportive Learning Environment Goal 2

PBIS Targeted Intensive ElementaryMiddle SchoolHigh School Interventions Universal Interventions Twilight Schools Dual Credit/Dual Enrollment Job Corps Summer School Teen Parent Program Alternative One Program Decision Making Rooms J. Albert Adams Academy Mary E. Moss Academy Evening Middle Schools Elluminate Virtual Learning Community CAT Centers Exploratory Programs Evening High Schools Alternative One Program Decision Making Rooms Summer School PBIS+ Learning Labs Robert Pascal Youth Services

PBIS Community Resource Initiative Targeted Intensive ElementaryMiddle SchoolHigh School Interventions Universal Interventions Twilight Schools Dual Credit/Dual Enrollment Job Corps Summer School Teen Parent Program Alternative One Program Decision Making Rooms J. Albert Adams Academy Mary E. Moss Academy Evening Middle Schools Elluminate Virtual Learning Community CAT Centers Exploratory Programs Evening High Schools Alternative One Program Decision Making Rooms Summer School PBIS+ Learning Labs Robert Pascal Youth Services Systems of Care Framework Interagency Targeted Intervention 19% Reduction in out of home school placement

PBIS Community Resource Initiative Targeted Intensive ElementaryMiddle SchoolHigh School Interventions Universal Interventions Twilight Schools Dual Credit/Dual Enrollment Job Corps Summer School Teen Parent Program Alternative One Program Decision Making Rooms J. Albert Adams Academy Mary E. Moss Academy Evening Middle Schools Pathways Drug Treatment Facility Elluminate Virtual Learning Community CAT Centers Exploratory Programs Evening High Schools Alternative One Program Decision Making Rooms Summer School PBIS+ Learning Labs Robert Pascal Youth Services Educational services to students receiving substance abuse treatment

PBIS Targeted Intensive ElementaryMiddle SchoolHigh School Interventions Universal Interventions Twilight Schools Dual Credit/Dual Enrollment Job Corps Summer School Teen Parent Program Alternative One Program Decision Making Rooms J. Albert Adams Academy Mary E. Moss Academy Evening Middle Schools Pathways Drug Treatment Facility Elluminate Virtual Learning Community Villa Maria Expanded School-based Mental Health Services CAT Centers Exploratory Programs Evening High Schools Alternative One Program Decision Making Rooms Villa Maria Expanded School-based Mental Health Services Summer School PBIS+ Learning Labs Robert Pascal Youth Services Community Resource Initiative Expanded School Based Mental Health Services in 47 schools in 5 out of 12 Feeder Systems Licensed, clinical social workers in Annapolis, Chesapeake, North County, Glen Burnie, and Meade Clusters

PBIS Targeted Intensive ElementaryMiddle SchoolHigh School Interventions Universal Interventions Twilight Schools Dual Credit/Dual Enrollment Job Corps Summer School Teen Parent Program Alternative One Program Decision Making Rooms J. Albert Adams Academy Mary E. Moss Academy Evening Middle Schools Pathways Drug Treatment Facility Elluminate Virtual Learning Community Villa Maria Expanded School- based Mental Health Services CAT Centers Exploratory Programs Evening High Schools Alternative One Program Decision Making Rooms Villa Maria Expanded School-based Mental Health Services Summer School PBIS+ Learning Labs Robert Pascal Youth Services Children’s Guild Expanded School-based Mental Health Services in the Annapolis and South County Feeder Systems Community Resource Initiative

Targeted Intensive ? ? ElementaryMiddle SchoolHigh School Interventions Universal Interventions Community Resource Initiative Twilight Schools Dual Credit/Dual Enrollment Job Corps Summer School Teen Parent Program Alternative One Program Decision Making Rooms J. Albert Adams Academy Mary E. Moss Academy Evening Middle Schools Pathways Drug Treatment Facility Elluminate Virtual Learning Community Villa Maria Expanded School- based Mental Health Services CAT Centers Exploratory Programs Evening High Schools Alternative One Program Decision Making Rooms Villa Maria Expanded School- based Mental Health Services Summer School PBIS+ Learning Labs Robert Pascal Youth Services Children’s Guild PBIS

Twilight Schools PBIS Dual Credit/Dual Enrollment Job Corps Summer School Teen Parent Program Alternative One Program Decision Making Rooms J. Albert Adams Academy Mary E. Moss Academy Evening Middle Schools Pathways Drug Treatment Facility Elluminate Virtual Learning Community Villa Maria Expanded School- based Mental Health Services CAT Centers Exploratory Programs Evening High Schools Alternative One Program Decision Making Rooms Villa Maria Expanded School- based Mental Health Services Targeted Intensive Summer School PBIS+ ElementaryMiddle SchoolHigh School Interventions Universal Interventions Learning Labs Robert Pascal Youth Services Community Resource Initiative

Twilight Schools PBIS Dual Credit/Dual Enrollment Job Corps Summer School Teen Parent Program Alternative One Program Decision Making Rooms J. Albert Adams Academy Mary E. Moss Academy Evening Middle Schools Pathways Drug Treatment Facility Elluminate Virtual Learning Community CAT Centers Exploratory Programs Evening High Schools Alternative One Program Decision Making Rooms Targeted Intensive Summer School PBIS+ ElementaryMiddle SchoolHigh School Interventions Universal Interventions Learning Labs Robert Pascal Youth Services Monarch Academy Public Charter School Villa Maria Expanded School- based Mental Health Services Expeditionary Learning for Students K–8 Community Resource Initiative

Are removed from school for disciplinary problems? –280 students this year Students from public housing communities –Safety & child welfare issues AACPS Tiered Intervention Framework What about students who…

Twilight Schools PBIS Dual Credit/Dual Enrollment Job Corps Summer School Teen Parent Program Alternative One Program Decision Making Rooms J. Albert Adams Academy Mary E. Moss Academy Evening Middle Schools Pathways Drug Treatment Facility Elluminate Virtual Learning Community CAT Centers Exploratory Programs Evening High Schools Alternative One Program Decision Making Rooms Targeted Intensive Summer School PBIS+ ElementaryMiddle SchoolHigh School Interventions Universal Interventions Learning Labs Robert Pascal Youth Services Monarch Academy Public Charter School Villa Maria Expanded School- based Mental Health Services Community Resource Initiative

Twilight Schools PBIS Dual Credit/Dual Enrollment Job Corps Summer School Teen Parent Program Alternative One Program Decision Making Rooms J. Albert Adams Academy Mary E. Moss Academy Evening Middle Schools Pathways Drug Treatment Facility Elluminate Virtual Learning Community CAT Centers Exploratory Programs Evening High Schools Alternative One Program Decision Making Rooms Targeted Intensive Summer School PBIS+ ElementaryMiddle SchoolHigh School Interventions Universal Interventions Learning Labs Robert Pascal Youth Services Monarch Academy Public Charter School ACE Program at Bridges ACE Program at the Boy’s & Girls Club Villa Maria Expanded School- based Mental Health Services Community Resource Initiative ACE– Alternative Center for Education Alternative to Suspension Educational Services Counseling & Conflict Resolution

Twilight Schools PBIS Dual Credit/Dual Enrollment Job Corps Summer School Teen Parent Program Alternative One Program Decision Making Rooms J. Albert Adams Academy Mary E. Moss Academy Evening Middle Schools Pathways Drug Treatment Facility Elluminate Virtual Learning Community CAT Centers Exploratory Programs Evening High Schools Alternative One Program Decision Making Rooms Targeted Intensive Summer School PBIS+ ElementaryMiddle SchoolHigh School Interventions Universal Interventions Learning Labs Robert Pascal Youth Services Monarch Academy Public Charter School Villa Maria Expanded School- based Mental Health Services Middle College High School at Sojourner Douglas College ACE Program at Bridges ACE Program at the Boy’s & Girls Club Community Resource Initiative Dropout Prevention and Intervention Postsecondary Pathway

Coordinated, community-based services Culturally Competent Family-driven Child-centered AACPS Tiered Intervention Framework “System of Care” Initiative: Wrap Around Service Delivery Model Shared Vision

Twilight Schools PBIS Dual Credit/Dual Enrollment Job Corps Summer School Teen Parent Program Alternative One Program Decision Making Rooms J. Albert Adams Academy Mary E. Moss Academy Evening Middle Schools Pathways Drug Treatment Facility Elluminate Virtual Learning Community CAT Centers Exploratory Programs Evening High Schools Alternative One Program Decision Making Rooms Targeted Intensive Summer School PBIS+ ElementaryMiddle SchoolHigh School Interventions Universal Interventions Learning Labs Robert Pascal Youth Services Monarch Academy Public Charter School Villa Maria Expanded School- based Mental Health Services Community Resource Initiative Middle College High School at Sojourner Douglas College ACE Program at Bridges ACE Program at the Boy’s & Girls Club

Twilight Schools PBIS Dual Credit/Dual Enrollment Job Corps Summer School Teen Parent Program Alternative One Program Decision Making Rooms J. Albert Adams Academy Mary E. Moss Academy Evening Middle Schools Pathways Drug Treatment Facility Elluminate Virtual Learning Community CAT Centers Exploratory Programs Evening High Schools Alternative One Program Decision Making Rooms Targeted Intensive Summer School PBIS+ ElementaryMiddle SchoolHigh School Interventions Universal Interventions Learning Labs Robert Pascal Youth Services Monarch Academy Public Charter School Walter Reed Villa Maria Expanded School- based Mental Health Services Community Resource Initiative Middle College High School at Sojourner Douglas College ACE Program at Bridges ACE Program at the Boy’s & Girls Club Partnership with all Fort Meade Schools K–12 System Navigator facilitates access to services

Over 3,000 students annually experience barriers to learning …addressed through alternative education options in AACPS AACPS Tiered Intervention Framework

10 Teen Mothers 85 Evening High School Students

If we build them a bridge…

they will get over it.

PBIS Virginia L. Dolan, Ed.D., NCSP PBIS Facilitator

Intensive, Individually Designed Interventions Address individual needs of student Assessment-based High Intensity Intensive, Individually Designed Interventions Strategies to address needs of individual students with intensive needs Function-based assessments Intense, durable strategies Targeted, Group Interventions Small, needs-based groups for at risk students who do not respond to universal strategies High efficiency Rapid response Targeted, Group Interventions Small, needs-based groups for at- risk students who do not respond to universal strategies High efficiency/ Rapid response Function-based logic Core Curriculum and Differentiated Instruction All students Preventive, proactive School-wide or classroom systems for ALL students Core Curriculum and Universal Interventions All settings, all students Preventive, proactive School-wide or classroom systems for ALL students and staff Academic SystemsBehavioral Systems 1-5% 5-10% 80-90% Maryland’s Tiered Instructional and Positive Behavioral Interventions and Supports (PBIS) Framework

Impact on Achievement Cost Benefit Analysis AACPS saved 387 days of instruction 495 administrative days through implementation of PBIS

Increase in percentage of students scoring proficient or advanced PBIS Grade 3 ReadingMath Grade 5 ReadingMath Grade 8 ReadingMath AACPS Non-PBIS 2003–2008

MD State PBIS Recognition Awards Gold Silver 13% 80% Bronze 7%

Harman Elementary School The PBIS program has been an integral part of increasing academic performance of all students. Distinguished Title I School Award for Outstanding Efforts and Progress in Increasing Academic Achievement of Title I Students.

Intensive, Individually Designed Interventions Address individual needs of student Assessment-based High Intensity Intensive, Individually Designed Interventions Strategies to address needs of individual students with intensive needs Function-based assessments Intense, durable strategies Targeted, Group Interventions Small, needs-based groups for at risk students who do not respond to universal strategies High efficiency Rapid response Targeted, Group Interventions Small, needs-based groups for at- risk students who do not respond to universal strategies High efficiency/ Rapid response Function-based logic Core Curriculum and Differentiated Instruction All students Preventive, proactive School-wide or classroom systems for ALL students Core Curriculum and Universal Interventions All settings, all students Preventive, proactive School-wide or classroom systems for ALL students and staff Academic SystemsBehavioral Systems 1-5% 5-10% 80-90% Maryland’s Tiered Instructional and Positive Behavioral Interventions and Supports (PBIS) Framework

Collaborative Decision Making CDM

UNIVERSAL All Students (80-90%) TARGETED Some Students (5-7%) INTENSIVE Few Students (3-5%) MIT StIT Group Interventions Universal Screening Informal Consultation & Parent contact Differentiated instruction Core curriculum & PBIS ACADEMICS BEHAVIOR Continuous movement and monitoring of data

Working smarter not harder… Student Intervention Team (StIT) Multi-disciplinary Intervention Team (MIT) EMT KidTalk IDT RST SST IC Team AIS Plan Student Support Plan Behavior Intervention Plan Student Intervention Plan (StIP) CDM

Problem Identification & Analysis SUCCESS Intervention Design & Implementation Intervention Evaluation Limited Success Problem-Solving Process

AACPS - All Schools Non-CDM Schools CDM Schools # Students Referred for Sp Ed Testing # Students that Qualified as Sp Ed % of Qualifying Referrals 55%48%71% 2-year Cost/Benefit Analysis

Based on estimates, the average initial evaluation for suspicion of a specific learning disability takes at least: 34 hours 30 Hours of Staff time 14 hours for meetings (3.5 hours for IEP-A and IEP-B for administrator, regular ed teacher, special ed teacher, and school psychologist) 7 hours for Educational Assessment (reviews, observations, formal and informal testing, and report writing) 9 hours for psychological assessment (reviews, observations, formal and informal testing, and report writing) 4 Hours of Student Time outside the classroom

2-year Cost/Benefit Analysis Based on this data, by improving the appropriateness of Sp Ed referrals, over the two school years, CDM schools saved: 11,580 hours (1,544 school days) of staff time that could instead be dedicated to providing instruction and intervention 1,544 hours (206 school days) of instructional time for students

Collaborative Decision Making CDM

Building Bridges, Not Walls Questions