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SYSTEMS CHANGE THROUGH COACHING. Project OUTCOMES. Build Capacity to educate s tudents with ASD in the LRE Improve Outcomes: Access to Higher Education Employment Independent Living Community Involvement. Feedback Loops . START Project MI-TOP MRS.
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Project OUTCOMES • Build Capacity to educate students with ASD in the LRE • Improve Outcomes: • Access to Higher Education • Employment • Independent Living • Community Involvement
Feedback Loops START Project MI-TOP MRS Providing feedback and dataon implementation efforts RCN District Team ISD/DISTRICT TEAM BUILDING TEAM Support Loops Providing supports for effective practices implemented with fidelity BUILDING STAFF & STUDENTS Adapted from Michigan Implementation Network (MIN) www. cenmi.org/min
Training Foundation • Foundations in ASD and Effective Practices • Guiding Principles and the Teaming Process • Looking at Adults with ASD Differently • “Stop It” and Other Behavioral Strategies • Re-Thinking the Glass House Rule (Asperger’s) • Peer to Peer and Other Natural Supports • Discovery and the IEP
Why Change? • We are agents of change or agents of the status quo. • Status quo doesn’t get us from here to where KIDS need to be. • Jacque Thompson, MAASE 2007
Why a Coaching Model? • Improve Capacity for ALL Staff to Educate / Prepare Students with ASD for their Future • Improve resource allocation / efficiency • Move from Crisis to Frontloading
Multi-Tiered Model of Support Few Intensive TIER 3 Some Targeted TIER 2 UniversalTIER 1 All
START’s Model for Coaching:The Structure for Systems Change Effective Practices Leadership Initiative (EPLI)
EPLI is Designed to…. • BUILD local district CAPACITY to educate students with ASD • Improve IMPLEMENTATION of effective practices for students with ASD in order to improve OUTCOMES • Increase use of TEAM and PROBLEM-SOLVING processes • Increase EFFECTIVENESS of professional development opportunities
HOW do we deliver EPLI? • Trainer/Coaches • Deliver content information through training • Recruit and train building coaches • Coach Leaders • Serve in a coach / consultant role • Coordinate district / ISD coaching activities • Work collaboratively with Trainer/Coaches • Building-Level Coaching Activities
Coaching requires you toCHANGE YOUR FOCUS • from crisis to CAPACITY BUILDING • from an expert model to one of teaming / collaboration / problem solving • From old to NEW thinking about supporting students with ASD: • START Principles / Mantras / Data
START’s COACHING MODEL STRUCTURED yet FLEXIBLE
CONGRATUATIONS ! ! You’re in the CLUB YOU are Accountable for Coaching…..
Implementing a Coaching Model Organizational STRUCTURE / ACTIVITIES Coaching SKILLS
Developing YOURCoaching Model Develop an ISD / District Map
CCEC EEK TP EC L OV FST EE HS R Sch EK HW SJ MS Sct MS HS HS MS El El MS / HS EXAMPLE:CCRESA Model of Service: Building CapacitySupport Team and Building Coaches W GW
Develop a Picture of YOUR District • Buildings • # students in the building • Current Implementation Tier
Identifying Needs of the BuildingIMPLEMENTATION TIER Tier 3: Lack of information New Staff 1st Student with ASD Tier 2: Frequent flyers to PD Lack of implementation TIER 1: --Teaming structure in place --Team(s) trained --Teams meeting regularly --Implementation of effective practices --Ongoing PD
Developing your COACHING MODEL Step 1: Develop an ASD Picture of your District / ISD Step 2: Develop Your Coach Leaders / Building Coaches
Who are Coach Leaders? In multiple buildings Tends to be Ancillary Staff: School Psychologist School Social Worker Speech and Language Therapist ASD Teacher Consultants Occupational Therapist
Who are Building Coaches? Primarily assigned to one building Tends to be: Special Education Teacher General Education Teacher Building Speech and Language Therapist School Counselor Principal
Control the Controllables ACTIVITY
GETTING CRITICAL MASS • DESIGN BEHAVIOR: • Closest to the CUSTOMER • Advocate change when it benefits the customer • DEFAULT BEHAVIOR: • Protecting SELF • DEFIANT BEHAVIOR: • Furthest from the customer • Protecting STATUS QUO
CELEBRATION OF PROGRESS • TEAM Award • Individual Award