Trailblazing and Pioneer Initiatives

Alabama

• ALABAMA STATE DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION MOVES TOWARD A COMPREHENSIVE SYSTEM OF LEARNING SUPPORTS
  Department Releases: New Learning Supports Design Plan and First Districts to Participate in Roll-Out
  
• Design plan -- A COMPREHENSIVE SYSTEM OF LEARNING SUPPORTS
  
• The Alabama State Department of Education’s Learning Supports Initiative: A Compendium of Practice & Findings (2018)
  
• First Outcome Data (2014)
  
• Progress Update (2015)
  
• Brief commentary & Update (2016)
• Principals Path to Leadership: COMPENDIUM OF EFFECTIVE PRACTICES 
  (from NASSP  -- National Association of Secondary School Principals)
  
  
• See the UCLA News Release


• Summary Notes:Cohort 1-- June, 2014


• Athens City Schools Superintendent Comments 2016  


• Butler County Schools Strategic Plan -- 2014-2015 through 2018-2019  


• Calhoun County Schools -- Feb. 2014
  >News article on Saks schools
  
  
• Chickasaw City Schools -- Feb. 2014


• Dotham City Schools --  2013


• Etowah County Schools -- Feb. 2014


• Lauderdale County Schools -- Feb. 2014


• Macon County Schools -- March 2015
Note about readings


• Perry County Schools -- Feb. 2014


• Shelby County Schools
  >District At Risk Action Plan --  2014
  >Press Statement -- Oct. 2014
  >Moving Forward --  2015
  >Power Point Presentation --  2016
  
  
• Tuscaloosa City Schools -- Nov. 2014


• Presentation at AASA conference -- Feb. 2014


• Comprehensive system of learning supports in Alabama --  as highlighted in Ballotpedia 2014


• Scholastic article on the Work 2016  


• 2016 SUMMER MEGACONFERENCE  


• 2017 SUMMER MEGACONFERENCE  

• Developing Our Youth: Fulfilling a Promise, Investing in Iowa's Future - Enhancing Iowa's Systems of Supports for Learning and Development

• Brief Summary

• Excerpts from the Executive Summary of an American Institutes for Research (AIR) evaluation that gathered data related to Iowa's first implementation steps.

• Learning Supports: AEA Coordinator's Role

• Learning Supports: Guide for Continuum Mapping

• Learning Supports: Accountability Framework

• Excerpts from the District Self Study Guide
  • Learning supports are coordinated to support the Iowa Core Curriculum
  • Continuum Mapping Tool and Resource Mapping Tool

• Excerpts from the Iowa CORE Curriculum: Self Study & Implementation Plan Handbook
  • Learning Supports are Coordinated to Support the Iowa Core Curriculum
  • Appendix A: Continuum Mapping Tool
  • To view the complete Self Study & Implementation Plan Handbook, click here
    
    Illinois
    • Comprehensive System of Learning Supports
      • Description
      • Website
      • Power point

    Louisiana

  • Comprehensive Learning Supporta System  Brochure
    

    Hawaii {while there are remnants still there, this is mainly important from a background and historical perspective)

    • About the Comprehensive Student Support System (CSSS)
    • Comprehensive Student Support Services -- a whole child approach, HI Dept. of Education
    • Legislation
    • 2012 System Impact Summit
    • Hawaii -- Comprehensive Student Support System (CSSS) -2012 (working Draft)
    • 2015 --Waimalu Elementary School CSSS Brochure
    
    
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    Interested in learning more,
    contact: Linda Taylor at: ltaylor@ucla.edu

    

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