Col. Wm. Casey Elementary School

220 GEN. JOHN ADAIR DRIVECOLUMBIA, KY 42728270-384-3367

www. adair.kyschoolls.us/cwcePatty Jones, Principal- patty.jones@adair.kyschools.us

Laura Murrell, Asst. Principal – laura.murrell@adair.kyschools

KY ASSOC. OF SCHOOL COUNCILS CONFERENCE

LOUISVILLE, KYSEPTEMBER 22, 2010

Presenters: Patty Jones, Principal Laura Murrell, Asst. PrincipalPam Phipps, Media. Spec. Christie Paxton, Tech.

Spec.Julie Brockman, K Teacher Dana Harvey,

Intervention Spec.Tamara Keen, Intervention Spec.

OUR MISSION IS TO BE A SCHOOL WHERE ALL CHILDREN CAN LEARN, WILL LEARN, AND LOVE TO LEARN!

ABOUT US: Col. Wm. Casey is located in Columbia, KY Our enrollment is 451 students in grades

Pre-2nd grade. Our staff consists of 34 certified members,

21 classified staff, 3 custodians, and 6 cafeteria workers.

We share a Family Resource Center with the school into which we feed.

Our Free and Reduced Lunch rate is 66%. 10% of our population is Hispanic, 2%

African American and 2% other. We are in a predominantly rural setting. We are housed in a building that is over 50

years old and is in need of replacement. Lindsey Wilson College is located in

Columbia and very active in our school. We are located in the middle of Lake

Cumberland and Green River Lake along the Cumberland Parkway

ACCOUNTABILITY We made a drastic change to our core

reading program along with reading and math intervention strategies about four years ago.

We have seen significant improvement to the KCCT data from the intermediate school into which we feed over the past few years.

While we have not received an “index” since 2008 our data on other assessments have continued to move upward.

The percent of Proficient and Distinguished in reading and math increased by 3-5% in the past year and we expect that trend to continue as well.

We are also seeing the impact that improving reading skills has on science and social studies data.

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WHAT WE USE:READING COMPONENTS Core Reading Program

SRA Reading Mastery Reading Intervention Programs

Earobics Study Dog Orchard Reading Education City Teacher Created Centers Hooked on Phonics Accelerated Reader

Reading Assessment/Progress Monitoring DIBELS STAR Early Literacy STAR Reading GRADE

MATH COMPONENTS Core Math Program

K: Scott Foresman-Envisions Math 1st and 2nd: Wright Group-Growing

w/Mathematics Math Intervention Programs

Orchard Math Education City Touch Math/Money Accelerated Math

Math Assessment/Progress Monitoring STAR Math DIBELS easyCBM Math GMADE

The keys to making it all work together:

CORE INSTRUCTION UNIVERSAL SCREENING AND ASSESSMENT COMMUNICATION COLLABORATION SMALL GROUP INSTRUCTION/CENTERS SCHEDULING AND MANAGEMENT INTERVENTION PROGRESS MONITORING RTI PLAN

READING CORE INSTRUCTION

Our school uses the SRA Reading Mastery program as our core instruction in reading. We began using this program in our special education settings and then in the early stages of our RTI plan. We witnessed such success that we adopted it district-wide as our core reading program and have never had any regrets.

We have seen success with our small group SRA Reading Mastery instruction

READING CORE INSTRUCTION ROUTINE

PLACEMENT TESTS GROUPING SCHEDULING DELIVERY FORMAT ADAPTATIONS/ENRICHMNENT CHECKOUTS FAST CYCLING

MATH CORE INSTRUCTION Our core math program for 1st and 2nd grade

is Wright Group: Growing with Mathematics. It utilizes a spiraling approach to instruction.

Our kindergarten uses a newer program, Scott-Foresman: Envision. They feel that this program has a better order of concepts and is not only more developmentally appropriate but also more challenging.

We have found great success using TouchMath as the primary math intervention program at our school.

READING UNIVERSAL SCREENING AND PROGRESS MONITORING TOOLS

DIBELS STAR EARLY LITERACY STAR READING SRA CHECKOUTS GRADE(Group Reading Assessment and Diagnostic Evaluation)

LEARNING CHECKS ASSESSMENT BINDERS

MATH UNIVERSAL SCREENERS AND PROGRESS MONITORING

easy CBM Math

STAR Math GMADE(Group Math

Assessment and Diagnostic Evaluation

Accelerated Math

COMMUNICATION

COMMUNICATION

P & T BINDERS NEWSLETTERS PHONE CALLS EMAIL CONFERENCES PARENT INVOLVEMENT STUDENT

PROGRESSCOMMUNICATION

COLLABORATION

COLLABORATION

RTI INTERVENTION ASSISTANT TITLE 1 INTERVENTION SPECIALISTS COMPUTER LAB INTERVENTION RESOURCE TEACHERS PRIMARY TALENT POOL SPEECH AND LANGUAGE SPECIAL EDUCATION CAMP CASEY AFTERSCHOOL

PROGRAM

INTERVENTION

INTERVENTION TIERED INTERVENTION CLASSROOM INTERVENTION CENTERS TECHNOLOGY INTERVENTION

Brainpop, Jr. Studydog Education City Earobics Orchard Math/Reading Accelerated Math

ONE ON ONE INTERVENTION SMALL GROUP INTERVENTION

TouchMath/Money

INTERVENTION MATERIALS

READING INTERVENTION RESOURCES

INTERVENTION MATERIALS

MATH INTERVENTIO

N RESOURCES

CENTERS

Our school invested in a large amount of reading and math centers resources. These are available to all staff both during and after school to used to individualize instruction in reading and math.

CENTERS MAKE LEARNING FUN!!!

CENTERS

Why we do centers…

When we do centers…

How we do centers…

Sample centers….

SCHEDULING AND MANAGEMENT

Tips for Center Management Create centers that can be used for

more than one week. Create centers that can be checked

by the student. Create centers that are easily stored. Create centers that are hands on by

having accountability. Have a center chart that is easily

managed.

RTI PLAN

1. UNIVERSAL SCREENING2. ANALYSIS3. TIERED INTERVENTION4. PROGRESS MONITORING5. 3 POINT ASSESSMENTS6. ADJUSTMENT7. UNIVERSAL SCREENING8. REPEAT PROCESS

What RTI means to teachers and students:

“When we refer a child for special education it is truly for something

that the child is not able to master, not for

something we have not provided for the child”

Accountability and RTI All universal screening and school-wide

progress monitoring data is recorded and shared with all.

Students are recognized monthly for progress in reading and math.

Asst. Principal and Curriculum Specialist monitor individual progress monitoring and checkpoints.

Teachers know that someone is going to be looking for that data and documentation of intervention practices.

How RTI has affected referrals:

CONCLUSIONS The major key to our school

is working together. Students and teachers are

accountable for instruction and learning.

Everyone in our building considers it their responsibility to see that students succeed.

We do not use state of the art resources, but strive to get state of the art results.

We live our mission- to be a school where everyone loves to learn and learns to love.

Contact info: Tamara Keen, Intervention Specialist

tamara.keen@adair.kyschools.us Dana Harvey, Intervention Specialist

dana.harvey@adair.kyschools.us Pam Phipps, Media Specialist

pam.phipps@adair.kyschools.us Christie Paxton, Technology Resource Teacher

christie.paxton@adair.kyschools.us Julie Brockman, Kindergarten Teacher

julie.brockman@adair.kyschools.us Laura Murrell , Asst. Principal laura.murrell@adair.kyschools.us Patty Jones, Principal

patty.jones@adair.kyschools.us