1. The Web Based Teaching Tool
An Introduction
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2. The Web Based Teaching Tool
Overview
This presentation will explain:
What the Web Based Teaching Tool (WBTT) is
The history of WBTT
How WBTT is used in schools
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3. The Web Based Teaching Tool
What is the WBTT?
WBTT is used by primary teachers to support their students who may be at risk for future school difficulties
WBTT can be accessed anywhere via the Internet
WBTT is funded by the Ontario Ministry of Education for use in all publicly funded schools in Ontario
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4. The Web Based Teaching Tool
WBTT History
In 1999 the LDAO began the Promoting Early Intervention (PEI) Initiative in response to the McCain-Mustard Early Years Report.
The report recommended closer attention be paid to the crucial early years.
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5. The Web Based Teaching Tool
WBTT History
14 focus groups were conducted with School Boards across Ontario. It was determined that there is:
A wide range of practice in Boards regarding screening
No standardized approach to screening young students
No guarantee that screening leads to intervention with flagged students
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6. The Web Based Teaching Tool
WBTT History
Other Information Considered by PEI:
Kindergarten students arrive with various degrees of readiness.
Learning difficulties may result from many factors, including English as a second language, socio-economic circumstances, vision and hearing impairments.
Over time, struggling students may begin to present as learning disabled, leading to inappropriate identifications.
“Identification without intervention can be more detrimental than the absence of identification.” - Dan Offord (Centre for Studies of Children at Risk, McMaster University).
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7. The Web Based Teaching Tool
WBTT History
The PEI working groups determined that educators need a system to help teachers to differentiate between those students with long-term learning problems and those who require extra support in order to catch up to their peers and created The Web Based Teaching Tool.
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8. The Web Based Teaching Tool
… is based on a Dynamic Screening and Intervention Model.
The process is a circular one: a student’s abilities are examined, interventions target the child’s areas of need, and the student is continually tracked to measure progress. This cycle continues as long as necessary.
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9. The Web Based Teaching Tool
The Dynamic Screening and Intervention Model
screening
and/or tracking
flagging
intervention
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10. The Web Based Teaching Tool
Features
Empirically validated screening tools to identify students (K-3) at risk for future school failure
Evidence-based interventions including skill- specific lesson plans, teaching strategies and behaviour management techniques
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11. The Web Based Teaching Tool
Features
User-friendly and ongoing tracking framework
Teacher orientation and ongoing support, idea sharing and access to specialists
The highest level of security available online
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12. The Web Based Teaching Tool
The WBTT Process
Step One: Screening
Teachers screen all students with easy to use, valid and predictive screening tools to measure school readiness and phonological awareness.
Please note: A numeracy screen is currently in development.
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13. The Web Based Teaching Tool
The WBTT Process
Step Two: Flagging
The results of the screens are used to flag students who are at risk for learning difficulties.
This is a non-categorical flagging, and not an identification or diagnosis.
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14. The Web Based Teaching Tool
The WBTT Process
Step Three: Intervention + Tracking
Observation checklists help to further determine where a flagged student’s strengths and needs lie and allow teachers to track student response to interventions.
The observation checklists may be used differently by individual teachers.
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The WBTT Process
Step Three cont.: Intervention + Tracking
Using the screening results, tracking and classroom observations, teachers search for strategies in the WBTT Interventions database.
These strategies range from full-class lesson plans to take-home ideas for parents.
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16. The Web Based Teaching Tool
The Quick Tour of the WBTT
The Login Page: Individual user names and passwords ensure privacy of information; each teacher has exclusive access to the data they enter.
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17. The Web Based Teaching Tool
The Quick Tour of the WBTT
The Home Page: From the Main Task Page, teachers can choose a variety of functions.
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18. The Web Based Teaching Tool
The Quick Tour of the WBTT
The Student Page: Teachers create class lists and select students from the Class List dropdown menu.
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19. The Web Based Teaching Tool
The Quick Tour of the WBTT
The Screenings Page: Screens for each student are displayed and scored based on grade.
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20. The Web Based Teaching Tool
The Quick Tour of the WBTT
The Results Page: Auto generated reports for each screen can be printed and stored for future reference.
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21. The Web Based Teaching Tool
The Quick Tour of the WBTT
The Interventions Page: The Interventions Database contains strategies for classroom and home use.
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22. The Web Based Teaching Tool
The Quick Tour of the WBTT
Interventions: Each search will produce a list of strategies. Each entry can be printed and/or added to a student’s growth plan.
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23. The Web Based Teaching Tool
The Quick Tour of the WBTT
An Observation Checklist: Observation Checklists are divided into subject strands and are printable.
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24. The Web Based Teaching Tool
Why Use the Web Based Teaching Tool?
Facilitates early, non-categorical identification of and support for students “at risk”
Flagged students are continuously supported through the use and tracking of interventions
Benefits all children in the class
Promotes parent communication and involvement
Aids in classroom assessment, evaluation and reporting
Validates teacher concerns and expedites identification (if necessary)
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25. The Web Based Teaching Tool
Contact Us
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