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Onalaska High School

Learn about the implementation of a multi-level system of support at Onalaska High School. Discover the challenges faced, the use of an early warning system, the TAPS group, and intervention development and evaluation.

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Onalaska High School

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  1. Onalaska High School High School Implementation of a Multi-Level System of Support

  2. Who we are… • Suburban high school with 874 students • 23.5% economically disadvantaged • 9.6% students with disabilities • 1.6% limited English Proficiency • 84.8% white, not Hispanic • PLC School District since 2008 • 7th school year • 13 Square miles

  3. Who we are… • Take it to 25 • School Vision

  4. Challenges at the secondary level • What are the challenges of RtI at the secondary level? • Use of a Wordle • The challenges we have identified… • Reading / Math skill development versus career exploration • Low skill levels in several areas • Need for a strong system • Need to intervene for skill deficiency AND credit/grade deficiency “High School staffs are independent contractors that share a common parking lot.”

  5. Today’s discussion • Today’s discussion will focus on three parts • Use of an Early Warning System • Use of a TAPS team to drive PLC work • Intervention development and evaluation

  6. Wisconsin’s Vision for RtI http://www.wisconsinrticenter.org/assets/files/rti-guiding-doc.pdf

  7. Everything in a system Early Warning System Intervention development and evaluation TAPS Group

  8. Where it started… • First Implemented • Professional Learning Communities • Pyramid of Interventions • Came back to a focus on Universal Instruction • Led to changes in… • Professional Calendar • Student Schedules • Types of PD and Collaboration • School Culture • And… • A Focus on Freshmen

  9. Early Warning System • 2012 Data Retreat • Use of a Venn Diagram to look at students from low socio-economic, below grade-level in MAP assessment, and failed one or more classes • Humbled by realization

  10. Early Warning System • Need to dispute what we all “know” • “adaptive change” • Need to evaluate interventions • Manage data from multiple areas of student achievement and demographics

  11. Early Warning System • Exploration of other systems • Found out what features we wanted in an EWS • Most were focused on graduation versus our vision • Hard to manipulate or limited amount of data sets • Wanted to own it

  12. Early Warning System • Started by using Microsoft Excel • Quick upload of data • Store a lot of data • Easy to use in terms of conditional formatting, hiding cells, etc. • Limitations • Difficulty to pull out specific information about specific students • Coupled with Microsoft Access • ONLY view specific students and specific data • Refutes what we “all know” at times

  13. Early Warning System • Demonstration of EWS use • Sample Questions • Did Reading 9 students have greater growth as measured by MAP compared to similar students not enrolled in Reading? • E-math question • Audience Question

  14. TAPS • Consists of three counselors, principal, associate principal, school nurse, at-risk teacher, English Language teacher, school psychologist and School Resource Officer • Meets weekly

  15. TAPS • Progression over a 7 year period • From Admiring problems….. • To a focus on identifying interventions for individual students with an expectation of action… • Randomness of selecting students • Dependent on adults to id versus a system • Felt like gossip too often • To a focus on celebrating and identifying interventions for groups of students… • System comes first, then the adults • EXAMPLE - Attendance

  16. Percent of freshmen with no failing grades at the end of Q1 Year 2 Year 6 Year 1 Year 3 Year 4 Year 5 Year 7

  17. TAPS • Brainstorm without the constraints of logistics • Example – Lifetime PE Course with counselor support • TAPS group owns the vision and communicates to PLC Groups • Understanding how the EWS works with TAPS • Example: English 10 discussion • Action Steps

  18. Interventions • Point of emphasis – MUST start with improving tier one / universal instruction • - Example – US History Vocabulary • - PLC Work • Learning from Mike Mattos • Development of an intervention grid by admin PLC and TAPS team

  19. Interventions • Intervention Grid + 0 -

  20. Privilege system • Structured Study Hall • Tiers 1 and 2 • Commons • 340 period

  21. Resource Period • Modified Block Schedule • 8 periods (47 minutes) Monday, Tuesday and Friday • 4 periods (85 minutes) on Wednesday and Thursday - Resource Period – 40 minutes

  22. Resource Period • Honors Areas • Scheduled by area of greatest need • Enrichment • 340

  23. Intervention Grid and List

  24. Everything in a system Early Warning System Intervention development and evaluation TAPS Group

  25. Contact Information • Jared Schaffner, Principal • schja2@onalaskaschools.com • Anna Curtis, Associate Principal • curan@onalaskaschools.com 608-779-5760

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