Project 6DImplement a Wraparound Zone
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Content Overview
Wraparound Zone Fundamentals
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To build district and school capacity to systematically address students’ non-academic barriers to learning.
Initiative Goal
These systems relate to 4 Priority Improvement Areas:
DISTRICT SYSTEMS
Climate & Culture
ID & Address Student Needs
Community Coalition
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Priority Improvement Areas
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
Climate & Culture
ID & Address Student Needs
Community Coalition
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Priority Improvement Areas
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
Climate & Culture
ID & Address Student Needs
Community Coalition
Wraparound Fundamentals
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Priority Improvement AreasEach 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.
DISTRICT SYSTEMS
Climate & Culture
ID & Address Student Needs
Community Coalition
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Priority Improvement Areas
Each participating district develops district-level systems to support the communication,
collaboration, evaluation & continuous improvement of the
Wraparound Zone Initiative. DISTRICT SYSTEMS
Climate & Culture
ID & Address Student Needs
Community Coalition
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Unpacking the Priority Improvement Areas
Example Models: Climate & Culture
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
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Example Model:
With additional connections to…
MTSS
ID & Address Student Needs
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
Unpacking the Priority Improvement Areas
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Example Models:
Rhode Island Shared Youth Vision:Collaborative Case Management
Community Coalition
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
Unpacking the Priority Improvement Areas
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Example Models:Fewer comparable examples to point to
DISTRICT SYSTEMS
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
Unpacking the Priority Improvement Areas
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Wraparound ZONES
Key Distinctions
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Wraparound SERVICES
Developing SYSTEMS Implementing PROGRAMS
Focusing exclusively on SCHOOL-LEVEL Change
Making DISTRICT-WIDE Progress
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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)
General Information
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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
Cohort 1: 21 Participating Schools in 5 Districts
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Key Players: Technical Assistance
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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
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Key Players: TA Calendar
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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
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Identifying & Addressing Student
Needs
Climate & Culture
Community Coalition
District Systems of Support
What You’re Currently Seeing
What You’d Like to See(Vision)
Priority Improvement Areas(aka Four Functions)
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Strategies
Policies, practices & programs to achieve your Vision
VISION
What you want to see (described in worksheet #1)
Early Evidence of Change
Evidence that the strategy has been implemented with fidelity
Technical Benchmarks
Implementation milestones (high-level to-do list)
Follow-Up Worksheets for the
Priority Improvement Areas
Outcomes
Interim and long-term outcomes that you expect to result from the strategies that you utilized
Progress: Strategic Planning
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Sampling of Potential Outcome Metrics
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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.)
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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
Steps Moving Ahead
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Adding a 2nd cohort
Ensuring sustainability
Future implications for ESE-sponsored work
Future Questions
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