To empower our educational partners so that children’s lives are enhanced, now and in the future.
Central Rivers AEA School Improvement Team partners with schools and districts in the continuous school improvement process, providing support based upon your current needs, to increase student achievement and well-being by addressing the five conceptual areas within the MTSS (Multi-Tiered System of Supports) framework: Assessment and Data-Based Decision Making, Universal Instruction, Supplemental-Intensive Tiers, Leadership, and Infrastructure.
Self-Assessment of MTSS Implementation (SAMI)
If you’re interested in learning more about the health of your MTSS system, your school improvement consultant can support your building leadership team in a needs assessment process called the Self-Assessment of MTSS Implementation (SAMI).
| Why engage? | To (re)examine existing building practices within the conceptual areas of Iowa’s Differentiated Accountability system: Assessment and Data-based Decision Making, Universal Instruction, Supplemental-Intensive Tiers, Leadership, and Infrastructure. |
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| What will we learn? | Participants will come away with an understanding of the five Differentiated Accountability conceptual areas, the health of MTSS within their building, and the actions they will implement to strengthen their system. |
The Central Rivers AEA School Improvement Team supports schools in each of the conceptual areas in the following ways:
Leadership
| Why engage? | To support leadership teams in building capacity by acquiring and applying complex knowledge and solving complex problems regarding MTSS implementation. |
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| What will we learn? | Participants will learn to create the context, action plans, and support structures to enable optimal MTSS implementation to lead and support the work. |
Assessment and Data-based Decision-Making
| Why engage? | To determine if student learning and programming is effective |
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| What will we learn? | Participants will build an understanding of a comprehensive, balanced, and aligned assessment system and why data should be used to make decisions across and within the building’s MTSS |
Assessment Resources and Support
Universal Tier
| Why engage? | To answer questions about instruction: Is the Universal Tier sufficient, and if not, what needs to be addressed? |
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| What will we learn? | Participants will develop an understanding of what is meant by Universal Tier and examine its effectiveness to determine areas of needs. |
Supplemental-Intensive Tiers
| Why engage? | To evaluate and refine the system level intervention structure used to identify learner needs within a building’s MTSS framework. |
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| What will we learn? | Participants will develop an understanding of what is meant by Supplemental-Intensive Tiers and examine its effectiveness of the building’s current intervention plan to determine the needs at the system and learner level. |
Infrastructure
| Why engage? | To examine when and how systems provide professional development, allocate resources, establish effective schedules, ensure evaluation, and develop community and family relationships. |
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| What will we learn? | Participants will learn how to sustain and balance each component of infrastructure in order to maintain a healthy MTSS system. |
| Region | Name | Role |
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| All Agency | Jody Albertson | Team Rep School Improvement Co-Lead |
| All Agency | Kay Schmalen | Director of Professional Learning School Improvement Co-Lead |
| All Agency | Kelly Gallagher | School Improvement Consultant |
| Region 1 | Amy Moine | School Improvement Consultant |
| Region 2 | Dustin Reese | School Improvement Consultant |
| Region 2 | Tina Halverson | School Improvement Consultant |
| Region 4 | Kirstey Ewald | School Improvement Consultant |
| Region 5 | Bill Soesbe | School Improvement Consultant |
| Region 6 | Bradi Johnson | School Improvement Consultant |
| Region 7 | Dana Harskamp | School Improvement Consultant |
| Region 8 | Joe Kremer | School Improvement Consultant |
| Region 9 | Kim Hurley | School Improvement Consultant |
| Region 10 | Kara Shannon | School Improvement Consultant |
| Region 11 | Janelle Pirkl | School Improvement Consultant |