REACh Responsive Education for All Children

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REAChResponsive Education for All Children

• The Responsive Education for All Children (REACh)
  initiative is funded by IDEA Discretionary and
  Department of Education State Personal
  Preparation Grant funds. The initiative helps
  Wisconsin schools establish and sustain the
  capacity to reduce barriers to learning and
  enable all students to experience school success.
  The initiative provides professional development,
  technical assistance and expert school-level
  support for implementing the Early Ongoing
  Collaboration and Assistance (EOCA) framework and
  increase the use, variety and quality of evidence
  based educational options made available to all
  students. For more information go to
  http//www.eocaschools.org/
• When citing these materials, reference Wisconsin
  Department of Public Instruction, Responsive
  Education for All Children (REACh) with
  presentation title.

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Supporting School Implementation of the EOCA
Framework as a Means for Addressing
Disproportionality
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Challenges for Districts Schools

• What options do we offer struggling learners
  aside from special education?
• How do we involve families in the education of
  struggling learners?
• How do we increase the capacity of teachers and
  staff in order to meet the diverse needs of
  todays learners?

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REAChThe Vision and Mission

• to help Wisconsin schools establish and sustain
  the capacity to make systemic improvement needed
  to reduce barriers to learning and enable all
  students to experience meaningful academic success

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Federal and State Linkages

• NCLB
• IDEA
• New WI Promise
• State Performance Plan for Students with
  Disabilities
• State Personnel Development Grant

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Anticipated Outcomes

• Improved achievement
• Reduced achievement gaps
• Reduced social emotional and behavior concerns
• Reduced special education referrals
• Reduced disproportionate special education
  identification
• Increased graduation rates
• Increased capacity to address needs of students
  at risk for failure
• Increased meaningful family involvement

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• The EOCA Framework for Student and System Success
  is based upon a data-driven, continuous
  improvement model. The framework is organized at
  four levels
• Vision
• Context
• Process
• Content

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Guiding Assumptions

• Early indicators of future problems are
  identifiable
• Most factors relating to academic and behavioral
  concerns can be influenced
• Failure can be avoided with prevention, stopped
  with effective intervention
• Monitoring student response to instruction and
  intervention is a key to success
• Shared vision honors our hopes, dreams and
  aspirations for students
• Change takes time

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Vision Schools provide high quality options to
enhance the success of all students
Early Ongoing Collaboration and Assistance (EOCA)
EIS RtI Model
Prevention Intervention
Screening Progress Monitoring
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Context Involvement of all stakeholders
Enhancement addressed in all contexts
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Process How data is used to guide continuous
improvement
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Vision (what responsive schools look like),
Context (who/where), Process (how), and Content
(what components responsive schools implement).
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EOCA Framework Components

• Shared vision and commitment (Prevention Focus)
• Administrative leadership and support
• Environment of collaboration
• Resource mapping
• Collaborative procedure for responding to
  individual needs
• Evidence-based prevention and intervention
• Student progress monitoring system
• Data-based decision-making
• Professional development and support
• Family and community involvement

Building Capacity
Adopting processes
Making Informed Decisions
Ensuring Sustainability
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REACh OffersTechnical Assistance, Professional
Development, and Resources
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Role of the REACh Mentor

• To provide on-site technical assistance to
  Wisconsin school districts receiving REACh grants
• To offer support and guidance helping district
  and participating school teams implement the EOCA
  framework at the system, building, classroom, and
  individual student levels
• To provide expertise to district and
  participating schools as they work to achieve
  REACh goals and expected outcomes

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Why Mentor Support for Schools Implementing the
REACh Initiative?
Source Joyce, B. Showers, B. (1988). Student
achievement through staff development. Longman,
New York.
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Essential Mentor Functions

• Provide expert knowledge of the EOCA Framework
  for Student and System Success
• Guide districts and participating schools as they
  design, implement, and evaluate a multi-tier
  early intervening services and response to
  intervention model
• Assist districts and participating schools in
  establishing/enhancing an environment of
  collaboration including a collaborative
  problem-solving process for responding to
  individual student needs

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Essential Mentor Functions

• Attend district and building leadership and/or
  collaborative problem-solving meetings as
  appropriate
• Provide districts and participating schools with
  the knowledge and skills necessary to implement
  the 10 framework components
• Assist districts and participating schools as
  they utilize a data-driven school improvement
  model for instructional decision making and
  action planning
• Provide resources and/or professional development
  to support implementation of the EOCA Framework
  and REACh action plan

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High Quality Professional Development and
Resources

• Attend REACh events including trainings,
  networking meetings, and an annual showcase
• Access to Regional Centers which provide ongoing
  technical assistance and professional development
  opportunities
• Access to guides and toolkits developed through
  the initiative to support implementation of REACh
  activities and the EOCA Framework

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REAChFor More Information

• Grants and General Information
• Paula Volpiansky, DPI
• REACh Initiative Director
• paula.volpiansky_at_dpi.state.wi.us
• 608-267-3725
• http//www.dpi.wi.gov/reach/

• Professional Development and Publications
• Michelle Ring, CESA 1
• REACh Mentor Technical Assistance Coordination
• mring_at_cesa1.k12.wi.us
• 262-787-9569
• http//www.eocaschools.org