DPI Update

NEW Grant Funding Award from USDE!

• School Climate Transformation Grant

• One of 14 states funded

• Approximately $2.6 million over 5 years

• Continued focus on PBIS, emphasis on high schools

• Expansion to include SBIRT component

• “Value-added” longitudinal TSS evaluation

PLEASE….Say YES to the YRBS!

• CDC selects random sample of schools

• Substitute schools are not allowed

• Need all selected schools to participate

• Typically 1 or 2 classrooms

• Questions and concerns can be directed to Dr. Kate McCoy on the SSPW team: katherine.mccoy@dpi.wi.gov

Collaborative Mental Health Grants

• $3.25 million available for one year

• 138 applications were reviewed

• $7,831,270 in requests

• 52 awards were made

Responding to the Field

•Concern: Limited or no access to grant writers• DPI will host a grant writer’s workshop prior to next round

•Questions about allowable costs• Enhancing current guidance for allowable activities, such as:

• Transportation• Telehealth

•Access to grant application scoring rubrics• Available through pupil records request

Top Areas for Designating Funds

•Mental Health Navigator

•Social Emotional Learning

•Trauma

•Referral Pathway Development

•Screening

AODA Student Mini-Grants

• 30th year of funding!

• Competitive

• Up to $1000 per school

• Focus on AODA and youth risk behaviors

• Student-led activities

• https://dpi.wi.gov/sspw/aoda/mini-grant

• Applications due October 12

21st Century Community Learning Grants

• 5-year grant

• Link to competitive application materials:

https://dpi.wi.gov/sspw/clc/grant-information

• New grant materials to be released in early November

• Application deadline will be February 1, 2019

• Grant workshops to be held December 4 (Wausau), December 5

(Madison), and December 7 (webinar)

• New programs funded based on minimum average daily

attendance – tiered funding structure

Resources & Publications UPDATES

• School’s Role in Preventing Child Abuse and Neglect guide

• Student Records and Confidentiality guide

• Mandated Reporting training module

NEW Resources & Publications

• Reporting Threats of Violence training module

Social and Emotional Learning

• Monthly Webinar Series

• SEL alignment tools• Evidence based programs, ASCA mindsets

• Online safety and SEL

• SEL e-mail list

• Online learning modules – coming soon!• https://dpi.wi.gov/sspw/mental-health/social-emotional-learning

WISH Center Training Opportunities

• Youth Mental Health First Aid

• Trauma Sensitive Schools

• Screening, Brief Intervention, and Referral to Treatment(SBIRT)

• Social and Emotional Learning

• Suicide Prevention

Compassion Resilience Online Toolkit

• www.compassionresiliencetoolkit.org

• Staff wellness

• Compassion fatigue

• Compassion resilience

Founded by PACER’s National Bullying Prevention Center in 2006http://www.pacer.org/bullying/nbpm/

October 10th is….

World Mental Health Day is an invitation to:

• ENVISION a world where mental health is a priority for all people

• BUILD awareness and advocate against social stigma

• IGNITE the discussion on best practices for promoting mental health in the school, home, and workplace

• CELEBRATE those who have or are overcoming mental health challenges

• EMPOWER those who live in silence for fear of being discovered, misunderstood, or deprived of essential care

Regional Special Education Network (RSN)

• New Name

• Statewide Coordinator – Deb Wall

• New RSN Directors

CESA #3 – Lisa Aalgaard

CESA #4 – Tracey Hogden

CESA #5 – Theresa Stolpa

CESA #7 - Becky Spengler

CESA #8 - Brenda Jozwiak-Boldig

Equity in IDEA: Changes in WI Criteria for Racial Disproportionality in Special Education

• USDE postponed the compliance date for implementing the significant

disproportionality regulations by two years

• Based on extensive stakeholder input, Wisconsin will use methodology, consistent for

the most part with final regulations, beginning in April 2019:

Methodology: weighted risk ratioRisk ratio threshold: 2.0 Cell size: 10/30 Reasonable progress: Yes (>0.25/yr for two prior consecutive years)Multi-year analysis: Yes (3)

• Wisconsin will see an increase in the total number of local education agencies

identified (~40 to ~50) significant increase in the total number of local education

agencies required to reserve 15% of Part B funds under IDEA for CCEIS (~10 to ~50)

Joint Federal Notification

DPI is building an educational landscape that can help us achieve our state goal of cutting achievement gaps in half within six years

DPI has made a commitment to improving our internal systems, statewide partnerships, and other supports for your local efforts to address equity issues…

… including “joint federal notification” for the Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA) and Individual with Disabilities in Education Act (IDEA):

1) LEA determinations under IDEA (December 2018 in SAFE)2) school-level identifications, if any, under ESSA (December 2018 in SAFE)3) Racial disproportionality, if any, under IDEA (Spring 2019 in SAFE)

Next Steps for Identified Schools and Districts*

1. After the joint federal notification packet is released in December, consider setting up a 30-minute technical assistance phone consultation with DPI.

2. The joint notification initiates a planning period for your district or school --Use your current (i.e., Educator Effectiveness), or start a new, continuous improvement process, and be sure your process includes the required needs assessment that identifies root causes, a plan that specifically addresses them, stakeholder engagement (ESSA), and a review your resources for any inequities (ESSA).

3. Evidence of planning is due October 2019 in WISEgrants

* Some LEA determinations will affect MOE

Where Can I Go for Help?

TA Network for Improvement

• Optional, free/low cost supports to help you through the continuous improvement process

• Available in each CESA• Multiple project collaboration• Aligned with DPI’s continuous improvement framework focused on a

singular, coherent improvement process• Priority access for identified LEAs/schools

Where Can I Go for Help?

Leading for Learning Series

DPI, Professional Organizations, and CESAs are aligning efforts to organize a professional learning series, beginning in the ‘19-’20 school year:

• Kick off summit June, 26-28, 2019, at the Concourse Hotel in Madison. Combination of THREE former conferences (Innovations in Equity, Summit for Data-Informed Leadership, and Quality Educator).

• Four additional Leading for Learning events (formerly WOW), simultaneously hosted at each CESA.

Thank You!