Project 6D

1. Project 6D Implement a Wraparound Zone

2. The ABC’s of Project 6D • Progress to Date • Looking Ahead • Wraparound Zone Fundamentals Content Overview

3. Initiative Goal To build district and school capacity to systematically address students’ non-academic barriers to learning. Climate & Culture These systems relate to 4 Priority Improvement Areas: DISTRICT SYSTEMS ID & Address Student Needs Community Coalition

4. Priority Improvement Areas Climate & Culture Each participating school creates a climate and culture that promotes positive social, emotional, physical and intellectual health and growth for students, resulting in a new standard of practice understood and practiced by every member of the school community. DISTRICT SYSTEMS ID & Address Student Needs Community Coalition

5. Priority Improvement Areas Climate & Culture Each participating school implements a proactive system that identifies student needs in key academic and non-academic areas, and connects them to both universal supports and targeted interventions. DISTRICT SYSTEMS ID & Address Student Needs Community Coalition

6. Priority Improvement Areas Each participating district integrates a range of resources from both within the schools and the larger community to form a robust coalition of organizations and agencies that convenes on a regular basis. The range of services includes prevention, enrichment, early intervention, and intensive/crisis response services. Climate & Culture DISTRICT SYSTEMS ID & Address Student Needs Community Coalition

7. Priority Improvement Areas Climate & Culture Each participating district develops district-level systems to support the communication, collaboration, evaluation & continuous improvement of the Wraparound Zone Initiative. DISTRICT SYSTEMS ID & Address Student Needs Community Coalition

8. Unpacking the Priority Improvement Areas Climate & Culture Example Models: • Ensure safety • Effectively manage behavior • Teach and model strong social-emotional skills • Establish positive relationships with families and the community • Cultivate a climate of high expectations and positive regard between leadership, staff and students

9. Unpacking the Priority Improvement Areas ID & Address Student Needs Example Model: • Assess the well-being of all students • Effectively implement policies or programs to address the universal needs of the student body • Establish a structure/system to create, monitor and adapt success plans for students requiring targeted assistance • Provide the necessary training and support to ensure that staff: • Identify cues that a student needs additional assistance • Respond appropriately to those cues • Are looped into the student success plan when applicable With additional connections to… MTSS

10. Unpacking the Priority Improvement Areas Community Coalition Example Models: Rhode Island Shared Youth Vision: Collaborative Case Management • Establish and coordinate partnerships to address student needs that cannot be met with internal resources • Monitor the effectiveness of those partnerships and make changes where necessary • Convene internal and external partners/stakeholders to share information, collectively problem-solve and collaborate on improvement efforts

11. Unpacking the Priority Improvement Areas DISTRICT SYSTEMS Example Models: Fewer comparable examples to point to • Set overall vision, values and expectations and allocate necessary resources • Regularly monitor the schools’ progress and provide meaningful feedback and support • Facilitate cross-school communication & collaboration • Implement, monitor and adapt district-wide policies, practices and programs with input from schools .

12. Key Distinctions Wraparound SERVICES Wraparound ZONES Developing SYSTEMS Implementing PROGRAMS Focusing exclusively on SCHOOL-LEVEL Change Making DISTRICT-WIDE Progress

13. General Information • Funding: $16K MA ESE funds per school, per year + district RTTT funds or another local funding sources (up to approximate total of $99K per school per year) • Eligibility: Commissioner’s Districts, Level 3 & 2 Districts • Duration: Two years (for 2nd cohort) • Personnel: District & school-level wraparound coordinators (or comparable staff serving those functions)

14. Cohort 1: 21 Participating Schools in 5 Districts • Fall River (Doran Elementary, Viveiros Elementary & Kuss Middle) • Holyoke (Peck Full Service Community School & Morgan Elementary) • Lawrence (Arlington Elementary, Arlington Middle & Humanities and Leadership Development High) • Springfield (Brookings, Brightwood, Gerena, Homer Street, White Street & Zanetti Elementary) • Worcester (Chandler Magnet, Goddard Elementary, Woodland Academy, University Park Campus, Union Hill & Chandler Elementary) • In addition, Lynn applied for & was awarded a planning grant to implement next year

15. Key Players: Technical Assistance Technical Assistance Providers: The School & Main Institute • District TA Sessions: 1x per month; designed to address district-specific needs around planning and implementation • Coordinator Meetings & Calls: 1x per month; the district & school-level coordinators convene to review challenges, highlight issues/ideas, and provide mutual support. • Peer Learning Exchanges: 3x per year; cross-district sharing of promising practices and discussion of key, wraparound-related issues

16. Key Players: TA Calendar Coordinator Calls Peer Learning Exchange Coordinator Meetings

17. Key Players: Additional Assistance • www.masswaz.org: public website with notes from cross-district sessions, content-specific resources and a “help desk” where participants can submit questions and receive fast responses from SMI & ESE • ESE WAZ Coordinator: available for in-person or phone assistance about any planning, strategy or logistical issue • Initiative Evaluator: American Institutes for Research providing formative and summative information about WAZ planning, implementation, impact and sustainability

18. Identifying & Addressing Student Needs • Climate & Culture • Community Coalition • District Systems of Support Progress: Strategic Planning What You’d Like to See (Vision) What You’re Currently Seeing Priority Improvement Areas (aka Four Functions)

19. Progress: Strategic Planning Follow-Up Worksheets for the Priority Improvement Areas

20. Sampling of Potential Outcome Metrics • Process-Related Benchmarks (e.g., # of new MOUs signed with community partners, # of students being referred to services, etc.) • Climate & Culture Changes (e.g., % of students that report feeling connected to at least one caring adult at school, % of teachers that feel the school has a safe and supportive climate, etc.) • Student Behavior Data (e.g., attendance rates, # of discipline referrals, student engagement benchmarks, etc.) • Student Performance Data (e.g., CPI & SGP scores, MCAS data, credit completion rates, graduation rates, etc.)

21. Steps Moving Ahead • Monitoring visits in January/February • Monthly district TA sessions • Monthly coordinator meetings & calls • Peer Learning Exchanges on 2/7 & 5/24 • Evaluation data collection & quarterly feedback • Renewal applications due in May

22. Future Questions • Adding a 2nd cohort • Ensuring sustainability • Future implications for ESE-sponsored work