Toolkit for Rebuilding Student Supports into
a Comprehensive System for
Addressing Barriers to Learning and Teaching
Section B
Designing and Planning a Unified and Comprehensive System of Learning Supports
Initial Capacity Building
Notes on Capacity Building in Stages for Rebuilding Supports for Learning:
- Key aids for capacity building are organized with respect to three stages:
Access: https://smhp.psych.ucla.edu/summit2002/NewDirectionsSomeResources.pdf
- Stage I: Understanding Some Basics and Tools for Enhancing Readiness and Momentum;
- Stage II: Initial Capacity Building;
- Stage III: Development & Sustainability
- Social Marketing and Public Relations
- Social Marketing as a Spiraling Facet of Program and Systemic Change
- Beginning Steps in Personnel Development Related to Establishing a Comprehensive System of Learning Supports
- Job descriptions -- Examples of job descriptions for learning support component leadership are provided for both an administrative and staff lead for a learning supports component.
- At a School Site
- At the State Level
- Example for a Learning Support Coordinator from the Tucson USD
- Example for a Learning Support Coordinator from the Stillwater School District (MN)
- Notes About the Learning Supports Facilitator Position
- Notes about Reframing the Roles and Functions of Student Support Staff in terms of Levels of Competence and Professional Development
- Formative Evaluation Tools
- Benchmark Tool for Assessing Readiness for Systemic Change
- Benchmark Checklist for Monitoring and Reviewing Progress in Developing a Comprehensive System to Address Barriers to Learning and Teaching
- Monitoring Progress in Developing a Comprehensive System to Address Barriers to Learning and Teaching -- Topical Guide for Self-Evaluation
- Using and Blending Federal Funding Streams
- Presentation Handouts/Slides on: Enhancing School Improvement: Addressing Barriers to Learning and Reducing the Achievement Gap
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