SIG Demonstration Project

Interagency Team Demonstration Project (Leilehua Complex)

The Leilehua demonstration effort focused upon model development and team building
demonstrating a successful model for School Resource Coordination Teams (partially funded by OSEP demonstration grant funds). This demonstration effort provided four supports to the development of School Resource Coordination Teams:

The ultimate goal of this effort is to support schools to improve and expand their capacity to provide comprehensive and integrated student supports that enable all students, including students with disabilities to learn.

Team Development and Strength-based Planning

The team development and strength-based planning support consists of providing training, follow-up and information support through a "critical friend" approach to:

Student-oriented teams to improve outcomes for students who have emotional and behavioral needs

School-wide improvement efforts and resource coordination

Complex-wide quality assurance teams

Outcomes: Assisted the Multi-Agency Team at Leilehua High School to sustain their efforts by:

Collecting data on student outcomes and family satisfaction with student's performance and Multi-agency team support

Developing a video with accompanying materials to showcase the multi-agency team approach. This video is available and ready for dissemination. An accompanying discussion guide is being developed in collaboration with various target audiences. Contact Jackie Rhuman,, 956-8102, rhuman@hawaii.edu.

Assisting Leilehua High School to create an infrastructure called a School Resource Coordination Team

Providing training, technical assistance and information support for the planning, facilitation and evaluation of the Quality Assurance Leilehua Team (QALT). This team of approximately 70 people meets quarterly to continue to improve the Leilehua complex using the six critical elements of CSSS as a framework for workgroups.

Next Step Recommendations:

To sustain and scale up the multi-team approach, we will be continuing to show the video at "Coffee Talks" sponsored throughout the state. The purpose of the "Coffee Talk" discussions will be to help secondary schools improve their supports for youth with high intensity needs and to implement a multi-agency team approach

To sustain the School Resource Coordination Team, we will continue to provide technical assistance

To sustain the QALT we will continue to provide support

To scale up the complex wide resource coordination and quality assurance efforts, provide support to other sites that are interested.

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Professional Development

Professional Development supports provided to the demonstration include: Student Services Coordinators Certificate Program, Capacity Building Institutes, Principal's Institute, Team classes, workshops, PACRIM conference and others. SIG anticipates continued and expanded professional development effort with the following:

Student Service Coordinators (SSCs)*

Families, educational staff and community members

Resource coordination teams

Outcome: Supported both state wide efforts and the Lelehua Complex with Professional development through:

Inclusion of families and community members in the complex-wide Quality Assurance (QALT) meetings

Provided information briefs

SIG Summary Report

Provide support for sustainability and then the sharing (scaling up) of these practices with interested sites.

Plan and conduct a Capacity Building Institute to be held on February 11th and 12th at the Sheraton Waikiki Hotel. For more information contact Jacki Rhuman, 956-8102, rhuman@hawaii.edu

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Collaboration Across School Improvement Initiatives

The collaboration of school improvement initiatives consists of working with the Comprehensive System of Student Supports (CSSS), Standards Implementation Design (SID), School-Based Behavioral Health (SBBH), Positive Behavior Supports (PBS), Literacy, and other initiatives to avoid fragmentation and support synergistic problem solving. Partnerships and collaborations are built with agencies, families and community members across all school improvement initiatives.

Outcomes:

Through the QALT quarterly meetings and workgroup meetings SIG has supported the collaboration of agencies, families and community members. Each workgroup (six total) strive for agency, family and community membership.

The QALT process includes all school improvement initiatives.

The SSC class instructors consist of DOE, Hawaii Families As Allies (HFAA) and UH Center on Disability Studies and the curriculum includes all school improvement initiatives.

The Principal's Institute was planned and implemented by a team of DOE and UH Center On Disability Studies and was collaboratively planned and conducted across school improvement initiatives.

Next Step Recommendations:

Partner with family organizations to increase the number of family members who attend the QALT meetings.

Work more deliberately with SBBH and PBS in the QALT complex wide meetings.

Partner with DOE, DOH, and Family Court to sustain multi-agency team efforts and share with other school sites.

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Documentation and Evaluation

A role of the SIG in this demonstration is to promote and support documentation and evaluation efforts. The SIG is completing a study of the multi-agency team approach, creating documentation of "What's Working" practices and evaluation studies on student outcomes and system responsiveness.

Outcome:

30 youth with high intensity needs and their families from Leilehua high school have been interviewed and data has been collected to ascertain student academic and behavioral outcomes and family satisfaction.

Compiled a "What's Working" in Leilehua Complex document, “What’s Working” Building on Our strengths.

Interviewed and surved SSCs to assess the impact of the SSCs' projects on improving student outcomes and system responsiveness to student needs.

Next Step Recommendations:

Disseminate results and provide technical assistance for schools interested in implementing this approach.

Provide support to continue with the mapping of student supports in the Leilehua complex

Provide follow up support for SSCs who participated in the SSC Certificate Program to assess the research-based practices they have introduced and/or sustained in their schools to improve the comprehensive system of student supports.

Interview and survey Principals and their school leadership, staff, families, students and partner agencies to assess their influence on improving student outcomes and system responsiveness to student needs.

The demonstration effort supports the overall next step recommendations for the SIG grant. These next steps lead toward identifying strength based "What's Working" practices. Data collection and evaluation of these practices will lead the State of Hawaii to build their own library of effective, evidence based practices. This will allow us to share these locally designed and tested practices with schools throughout the State and position Hawaii to share practices on a National Level.

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page updated: 08-Jun-2007

	State Improvement Grant (SIG)
	Demonstration Project

	Interagency Team Demonstration Project (Leilehua Complex) The Leilehua demonstration effort focused upon model development and team building demonstrating a successful model for School Resource Coordination Teams (partially funded by OSEP demonstration grant funds). This demonstration effort provided four supports to the development of School Resource Coordination Teams: Team development Professional development Collaboration of school improvement initiatives Documentation/evaluation The ultimate goal of this effort is to support schools to improve and expand their capacity to provide comprehensive and integrated student supports that enable all students, including students with disabilities to learn. Team Development and Strength-based Planning The team development and strength-based planning support consists of providing training, follow-up and information support through a "critical friend" approach to: Student-oriented teams to improve outcomes for students who have emotional and behavioral needs School-wide improvement efforts and resource coordination Complex-wide quality assurance teams Outcomes: Assisted the Multi-Agency Team at Leilehua High School to sustain their efforts by: Collecting data on student outcomes and family satisfaction with student's performance and Multi-agency team support Developing a video with accompanying materials to showcase the multi-agency team approach. This video is available and ready for dissemination. An accompanying discussion guide is being developed in collaboration with various target audiences. Contact Jackie Rhuman,, 956-8102, rhuman@hawaii.edu. Assisting Leilehua High School to create an infrastructure called a School Resource Coordination Team Providing training, technical assistance and information support for the planning, facilitation and evaluation of the Quality Assurance Leilehua Team (QALT). This team of approximately 70 people meets quarterly to continue to improve the Leilehua complex using the six critical elements of CSSS as a framework for workgroups. Next Step Recommendations: To sustain and scale up the multi-team approach, we will be continuing to show the video at "Coffee Talks" sponsored throughout the state. The purpose of the "Coffee Talk" discussions will be to help secondary schools improve their supports for youth with high intensity needs and to implement a multi-agency team approach To sustain the School Resource Coordination Team, we will continue to provide technical assistance To sustain the QALT we will continue to provide support To scale up the complex wide resource coordination and quality assurance efforts, provide support to other sites that are interested. [top] Professional Development Professional Development supports provided to the demonstration include: Student Services Coordinators Certificate Program, Capacity Building Institutes, Principal's Institute, Team classes, workshops, PACRIM conference and others. SIG anticipates continued and expanded professional development effort with the following: Student Service Coordinators (SSCs)* Families, educational staff and community members Educational leaders Resource coordination teams Outcome: Supported both state wide efforts and the Lelehua Complex with Professional development through: Inclusion of families and community members in the complex-wide Quality Assurance (QALT) meetings Provided information briefs Sponsored a Principal's Institute in partnership with the DOE to provide principals with an opportunity to learn about the conceptual framework for a comprehensive system of student supports (CSSS) and how to build an array of student supports and an infrastructure to continue the improvement process. Identified effective practices to be shared with interested schools through the “What’s Working” Building on our Strengths publication. Next Step Recommendations: Provide information sharing meetings for families with youth who have high intensity needs Provide support to Principals and Resource Coordinating Teams in building their school's capacity for providing a quality system of student supports SIG Summary Report Provide support for sustainability and then the sharing (scaling up) of these practices with interested sites. Plan and conduct a Capacity Building Institute to be held on February 11th and 12th at the Sheraton Waikiki Hotel. For more information contact Jacki Rhuman, 956-8102, rhuman@hawaii.edu [top] Collaboration Across School Improvement Initiatives The collaboration of school improvement initiatives consists of working with the Comprehensive System of Student Supports (CSSS), Standards Implementation Design (SID), School-Based Behavioral Health (SBBH), Positive Behavior Supports (PBS), Literacy, and other initiatives to avoid fragmentation and support synergistic problem solving. Partnerships and collaborations are built with agencies, families and community members across all school improvement initiatives. Outcomes: Through the QALT quarterly meetings and workgroup meetings SIG has supported the collaboration of agencies, families and community members. Each workgroup (six total) strive for agency, family and community membership. The QALT process includes all school improvement initiatives. The SSC class instructors consist of DOE, Hawaii Families As Allies (HFAA) and UH Center on Disability Studies and the curriculum includes all school improvement initiatives. The Principal's Institute was planned and implemented by a team of DOE and UH Center On Disability Studies and was collaboratively planned and conducted across school improvement initiatives. Next Step Recommendations: Partner with family organizations to increase the number of family members who attend the QALT meetings. Work more deliberately with SBBH and PBS in the QALT complex wide meetings. Partner with DOE, DOH, and Family Court to sustain multi-agency team efforts and share with other school sites. [top] Documentation and Evaluation A role of the SIG in this demonstration is to promote and support documentation and evaluation efforts. The SIG is completing a study of the multi-agency team approach, creating documentation of "What's Working" practices and evaluation studies on student outcomes and system responsiveness. Outcome: 30 youth with high intensity needs and their families from Leilehua high school have been interviewed and data has been collected to ascertain student academic and behavioral outcomes and family satisfaction. Compiled a "What's Working" in Leilehua Complex document, “What’s Working” Building on Our strengths. Interviewed and surved SSCs to assess the impact of the SSCs' projects on improving student outcomes and system responsiveness to student needs. Next Step Recommendations: Disseminate results and provide technical assistance for schools interested in implementing this approach. Provide support to continue with the mapping of student supports in the Leilehua complex Provide follow up support for SSCs who participated in the SSC Certificate Program to assess the research-based practices they have introduced and/or sustained in their schools to improve the comprehensive system of student supports. Interview and survey Principals and their school leadership, staff, families, students and partner agencies to assess their influence on improving student outcomes and system responsiveness to student needs. The demonstration effort supports the overall next step recommendations for the SIG grant. These next steps lead toward identifying strength based "What's Working" practices. Data collection and evaluation of these practices will lead the State of Hawaii to build their own library of effective, evidence based practices. This will allow us to share these locally designed and tested practices with schools throughout the State and position Hawaii to share practices on a National Level. [top]


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