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FCPS Back to School Updates 2013
Please take this EF assessment. You can use the QR code or type the link into a browser. http://tinyurl.com/ku57p9g
Objectives
• To identify essential behaviors needed for academic success in school
• To discuss existing standards and expectations that support these essential behaviors
• To share strategies for teaching and reinforcing these behaviors
• To demonstrate the relationship between critical and creative thinking and relationships with executive functioning skills
What behaviors do students need to exhibit to have academic success?
Allows individuals to self-regulate behavior
Executive Function
…a set of mental processes that helps connect past experience with present action
The Marshmallow Test
Executive Functions
• Inhibition• Shift• Emotional Control• Initiation• Working Memory• Planning and Organization• Organization of Materials• Self-Monitoring
Standards and Executive Functions
Inhibition“Ability to stop one’s behavior at the
appropriate time, including stopping actions and thoughts.”
Shift
“The ability to move freely from one situation to another and to think flexibly in order to respond appropriately to the situation.”
Emotional Control
“The ability to modulate emotional responses by brining rationale thought to bear on feelings.”
Initiation
“The ability to begin a task or activity and to independently generate ideas, responses, or problem-solving strategies.”
Working Memory
“The capacity to hold information in mind for the purpose of completing a task.”
Planning and Organization
“The ability to manage current and future oriented task demands.”
Organization of Materials
“The ability to impose order on work, plan, and storage spaces.”
Self Monitoring
“The ability to monitor one’s own performance and to measure it against some standard of what is needed or expected.”
Connections to Existing FCPS Work• EF is about Mindset….. the skills can be learned and effort is key!• EF skills are the foundation for Rigor... without them, students will struggle to access material that requires them to persist and deal with frustration and setbacks!• EF requires positive Relationships … teachers must
understand where students are and how to scaffold supports!• EF supports Critical and Creative Thinking• EF reminds us of the work of Eric Jensen and Teaching with Poverty in Mind.
Jensen’s Emotional Keyboard
Unstuck and On Target!
Unstuck and On Target! is an Intervention Approach Targeting
Executive Functions for High-Functioning Students
Ages 8–11
Paul H. Brooks Publishing Company
Unstuck and On Target! is an Executive Function Curriculum to Improve Flexibility for Children
with Autism Spectrum Disorders.
Helping Students to . . .
• Effectively and Calmly Mange Unexpected Events• Cope with Disappointment and Frustration• Keep an Open Mind• Navigate Disagreements with Friends• Set and Achieve Goals• Learn How to Compromise• Create a Plan B when Plan A Doesn’t Work
How is Executive Function Impaired
in Autism Spectrum Disorder?
UNSTUCK AND ON TARGET! KEY VOCABULARY
Eagle View Elementary School
* Data Indicates Student Improvements *
• Rule Abidance• Getting Unstuck• Handling the
Unexpected• Classroom
Participation• Social Reciprocity• Transitioning
• Nonverbal Reasoning
• Flexibility• Shifting• Planning• Organization• Ability to
Compromise
Eagle View Elementary School
A Team Approach to Student Success!
Mountain View High School
• Pre-Assessment Results• How did we integrate EF into the school? • How are we integrating EF into the classroom?
• 2009 began discussing• 2010 became Staff development topic– Teach vocab to staff
• 2011 began implementing with students and parents– Identified team, one member from each department
• 2012 began discussing in classroom– Posters, we value this, allowed for student discussion
• 2013 lessons to systematically teach EF skills
Integrating EF into the School
Integrating EF into the School
• Individual discussions with students and parents• George Mason Study and Collaboration• Teachers developed lessons that delineated how EF
impacts performance in their classes• Now developing lessons that teach the skills and
imbed EF into the culture of the classroom on a daily basis
• Low Tech Tools:
o Portable supplies and multiple locations
o Launching pad
o Accordion binder
o Weekly “clean sweep”
o Prioritizing strategies
o Calendars/Planners
o Schedules
Supporting Executive Functioning Skills with
Technology
o Microsoft Office
o Graphic Organizing Software
o Alphasmarts/Neos
o Email
o Google Tools
o Blackboard
Supporting Executive Functioning Skills with
Technology
o Digital Recorders
o Livescribe Pen - Records audio and notes synchronously
o iPads and other platforms
Supporting Executive Functioning Skills with
Technology
Supporting Executive Functioning Skills with Technology
Todd Johnson, Fairfax County Public Schools, Fairfax VA USA; Anya Evmenova and Peggy King-Sears, George Mason University, Fairfax VA USA
Supporting Executive Functioning Skills with Technology
Supporting Executive Functioning Skills with Technology
Supporting Executive Functioning Skills with Technology
Supporting Executive Functioning Skills with Technology
Contact Information
Mike Bloom, Program ManagerBehavior Intervention Services
msbloom@fcps.edu
Maura Burke, Coordinator Early Childhood and Grant Management
mdburke@fcps.edu
Pete Garvey, History and Social Studies ChairMountain View High School
pgarvey@fcps.edu
Lisa Givens, Specialist Assistive Technology Services,
ldgivens@fcps.edu
Tim McElroy, Emotional Disabilities TeacherMountain View High School
tsmcelroy@fcps.edu
Marcy Miller, Coordinator School Counseling and College Success Program
mgmiller@fcps.edu
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