Support for Georgia’s Whole Child Initiative

Submitted by aeh06f on Tue, 07/18/2023 - 09:00 AM

This RC6 project provides needs assessment, data analysis, and evaluation support to the GaDOE’s Office of Whole Child Supports as they address non-academic barriers to student learning. RC6 support includes reporting on the progress of schools involved in a state wraparound services pilot program. In 2018-19, the GaDOE began a pilot initiative to help CSI/TSI/Promise schools implement wraparound services (and funded a half-time Wraparound Specialist in each of the 16 Regional Education Service Agencies or RESAs to provide this support).

Support for the Georgia Dyslexia Pilot Initiative

Submitted by aeh06f on Tue, 07/18/2023 - 08:55 AM

The RC6 is supporting the GaDOE in their implementation of a three-year pilot with seven districts who are conducting K-3 screening and intervention for students with reading problems such as dyslexia. The pilot will inform the GaDOE support needed for a 2024 mandate for all districts to provide early intervention for reading problems. Applying Multi-Tiered Systems of Support (MTSS) processes for identifying and providing evidence-based supports to students with early reading difficulties was a Georgia state priority as outlined in SB 48, passed in 2019.

Aligned Services: Re-imagining the South Carolina Office of School Transformation Supports

Submitted by aeh06f on Tue, 07/18/2023 - 08:44 AM

The RC6 is building capacity within the South Carolina Department of Education (SCDE) Office of School Transformation (OST) to align support by improving lines of collaboration across program offices and improving key support systems (e.g., deployment of Transformation Coaches) to districts and schools. The RC6 is providing technical assistance to enhance the capacity of SCDE to use an integrated, comprehensive model of tiered systems of support across SCDE departments to schools.

Strengthening the South Carolina Multi-Tiered System of Support

Submitted by aeh06f on Mon, 07/17/2023 - 05:09 PM

This RC6 project, initiated in Year 1, supports the South Carolina Department of Education (SCDE) in improving district and school implementation of a Multi-Tiered System of Support (MTSS) process in order to improve student achievement, social-emotional development, and student behavior. When state law, ACT 213, went into effect, the majority of LEAs in the state requested a waiver from the requirement to use a universal reading screener in Grades K-3.

Support for Alternative Learning Programs and Schools in North Carolina

Submitted by aeh06f on Mon, 07/10/2023 - 02:49 PM

The purpose of this RC6 project is to develop a statewide Alternative Learning Programs and Schools (ALPS) Community of Practice (CoP) network in North Carolina. The aim is to encourage collaboration and problem solving towards using evidence-based strategies specific to the alternative setting.