Toolkit for Rebuilding Student Supports into
a Comprehensive System for
Addressing Barriers to Learning and Teaching

Section A

Brief documents clarifying the imperative for rebuilding and
providing a big picture for policy makers,
administrators, and other stakeholders

Rationale and Responses to Frequently Asked Questions about Rebuilding Student Supports School Improvement? . . . fully addressing barriers to learning and teaching is the next step! Access: http://smhp.psych.ucla.edu/pdfdocs/schoolimprovement.pdf Assuring No Child is Left Behind; Enhancing Our Learning Support System by Building a Comprehensive Approach that Closes the Achievement Gap and Ensures Every Student has an Equal Opportunity to Succeed at School Access: http://smhp.psych.ucla.edu/summit2002/assuringnochild.pdf Two related "White Papers" with a set of talking points that can be used for brief presentations to administrators, school boards, etc. Access: http://smhp.psych.ucla.edu/pdfdocs/Report/newdirectionsforschoolandcommunity.pdf So you Want Higher Achievement Scores? It's Time to Rethink Learning Supports. From the Journal of the National Association of State Boards of Education. Access: http://smhp.psych.ucla.edu/summit2002/schoolboard.pdf Developing a Comprehensive System to Address Barriers to Learning and Teaching: Keeping the Big Picture in Focus Access: http://smhp.psych.ucla.edu/pdfdocs/studentsupport/toolkit/keepinginmind.pdf Notes for Q & A These brief set of notes addresses five frequently asked questions that arise in discussing efforts to ensure schools have a Comprehensive Learning Supports System in place. Why is a Comprehensive Learning Supports System an imperative? What needs to be done to make such a component a reality? What does such a component need to look like at a school? What's the research-base for such a component? What will it cost? All five questions are addressed in two overlapping sets of notes: Why a Comprehensive Learning Supports System? Access: http://smhp.psych.ucla.edu/summit2002/q&a.pdf Why Address What's Missing in School Improvement Planning? Access: http://smhp.psych.ucla.edu/summit2002/Q&ASchoolImprove.pdf Four other brief documents embellish the answers: What will it Cost? - No New Dollars! Access: http://smhp.psych.ucla.edu/summit2002/whatwillitcost.pdf What's the Research-base for Moving Toward a Comprehensive System of Learning Supports? Access: http://smhp.psych.ucla.edu/summit2002/WhatstheEvidenceBase.pdf Data Related to the Need for New Directions for School Improvement Access: http://smhp.psych.ucla.edu/summit2002/data.pdf Data on the Plateau or Leveling Off Effect of Achievement Test Scores Access: http://smhp.psych.ucla.edu/summit2002/plateau.pdf Examples of Policy Formulations at school, district, county, and state levels Access: http://smhp.psych.ucla.edu/pdfdocs/studentsupport/toolkit/aida.pdf Frameworks for Systemic Transformation of Student and Learning Supports Access: http://smhp.psych.ucla.edu/pdfdocs/systemic/frameworksforsystemictransformation.pdf Toward Next Steps in School Improvement: Addressing Barriers to Learning and Teaching Access: http://smhp.psych.ucla.edu/pdfdocs/systemic/towardnextstep.pdf Prototypes of Guidelines and Standards Prototype Guidelines for a Learning Supports Component In considering policy, this concise outline of guidelines covering the nature and scope of a learning supports component can be helpful. Access: http://smhp.psych.ucla.edu/pdfdocs/studentsupportguidelines.pdf There is a supporting document outlining the rationale and research behind each of the guidelines. Access: http://smhp.psych.ucla.edu/summit2002/guidelinessupportdoc.pdf Overview of Standards and Accountability to Encompass a Learning Supports Component Establishing standards is another facet of ensuring high levels of attention and support for development of comprehensive, multifaceted approaches to address barriers to learning and teaching. To illustrate a starting point in developing such a set of standards, included in this resource are: the prototype guidelines for a student support component a set of standards with quality indicators the Quality Student Support Criteria and Rubrics from the Hawai`i Department of Education's document entitled: Standards Implementation Design System Also included is an expanded framework for school accountability to account for a learning supports component. Access: http://smhp.psych.ucla.edu/pdfdocs/studentsupport/toolkit/aidc.pdf A Prototype for a School District Proposal Access: http://smhp.psych.ucla.edu/pdfdocs/studentsupport/toolkit/aidj.pdf Books on the topic from the Center's Co-Directors **************************************** The School Leader's Guide to Student Learning Supports: New Directions for Addressing Barriers to Learning The Implementation Guide to Student Learning Supports: New Directions for Addressing Barriers to Learning Back to main tool kit page

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