Online

CoP: Coaching

Amy and Pattie are the creators of the Checklist for High-Quality Coaching (Brussow, Gaumer Erickson, Noonan, Jenson, & Villa, 2013). This measure is completed by an outside observer to evaluate the quality of coaching sessions. The observer ensures that coaching sessions include research-based coaching components within the domains of structure, content, and communication.

CoP: MTSS

Integrated MTSS frameworks: Supporting students’ social, emotional, behavioral, & academic growth

This session answers four key questions about I-MTSS:

  1. Why consider Integrated Multi-Tiered Systems of Support (I-MTSS)?
  2. What is I-MTSS?
  3. How do we adjust I-MTSS for the current context?
  4. Where do I learn more?

GPRA Presentation

Jennifer Coffey presented the results of the most recent Program Measure/GPRA review.  As a reminder our contractor, CIPP, reviews projects’ program measures if they are in year 2 or later in their project implementation.

Jennifer shared the overall SPDG Program results. Your Project Officer will share your individual results.

Work Group: SEL

Purpose: Begin exploring the topic of collaboration and alignment for MTSS-SEL.

Learning Targets: (1) Ability to describe why SEL is necessary for academic achievement. (2) Ability to name the key skills SEL will provide students. (2) Understand the reason for and use of the Initiative Inventory.

Directors' Webinar: February 2022

Unified Champion Schools

Speakers: Andrea Cahn, Jennifer Cartland

Special Olympics Unified Champion Schools is a strategy to promote social inclusion, providing students, educators and families with the tools, skills and dispositions to create schools of acceptance and positive school climate. Evidence and evaluation shows that SOUCS  is a contributing factor to student success, and positive academic and social emotional outcomes. This session will explore how the impact can extend to family wellbeing.