TASN Coordination

Download 2018 Kansas MTSS Symposium Agenda Here

Tuesday September 4 Pre-Conference Materials

Pre-Conference Agenda

1. Fostering Collective Efficacy: The Power of Teams in Schools

• Handout
• Book: Collective Efficacy: How Educators' Beliefs Impact Student Learning

2. Mindset Before Methods: The "Why" Before The What and How of Intentional Instruction

Wednesday September 5 Conference Materials

Conference Block A: 8:30am - 10:00am

• A1: Prevention and Early Intervention Strategies for Reducing Absenteeism
• A2: School Climate: Leading with Collective Efficacy
• A3: Daily Reading Routines: Increasing Automaticity
• A4: Teaching Social Skills as a Tier 2 Intervention
• A5: Number Talks: Building Computational Fluency in Grades K-2
• A6: Using Decodable and Leveled Readers Appropriately
• A7: Transforming Your School Through Social and Emotional Learning
• A8: Word Problem Progressions - Grades K-2
• A9: Ensuring Your School Becomes a 'No-Chill Zone': Literate Student Engagement in EVERY Classroom, EVERY Lesson, EVERY Day!
• A10: The Difference Between Bad Behavior and Developmental Trauma
• A11: Universal Practices for Supporting All Children's Social Emotional Competence and Addressing Challenging Behavior
• A12: Secondary Math and ELA Teacher Panel
• A13: Implementing MTSS the Correct Way...but also the Wildcat Way!
• A14: Getting to the Heart of What we are Teaching
• A15: Learning Trajectories for Teachers and PD: The Learning and Teaching with Learning Trajectories Tool

Conference Block B: 10:15am - 11:45am

• B1: MTSS for Behavior Part 1: How Well are Tier 1 Strategies Being Implemented
• B2: Boundaries, Consequences, and Accountability
• B3: Daily Reading Routines: Increasing Automaticity
• B4: Considerations and Strategies for Preventing and Responding to Students with Escalating Behavior
• B5: It's Not Too Late: How to Raise Reading Scores at the Secondary Level
• B6: Instructional Strategies to Support Algebraic Understanding
• B7: Transforming Your School Through Social and Emotional Learning
• B8: Word Problem Progressions - Grades 3-5
• B9 Understanding Balanced Literacy and Systematic Literacy Instruction and Why Does it Matter?
• B10: School Climate: Collective Efficacy for Teachers
• B11: Dyslexia: What We Know from Science
• B12: Schema Based Instruction
• B13: Panel Discussion - Mental Health and Prevention: Zones of Regulation and Wellness Room
• B14: Embedding Systemic Instruction into Every Day Experiences
• B15: The Building Blocks of Early Mathematics

Conference Block C: 1:00pm - 2:30pm

• C1: MTSS for Behavior Part 2: How Well are Tier 2 and 3 Strategies being Implemented
• C2: Collaborative Leadership: 6 Influences That Matter Most
• C3: Ensuring Your School Becomes a 'No-Chill Zone': Literate Student Engagement in EVERY Classroom, EVERY Lesson, EVERY Day!
• C4: What Does it Feel Like to Struggle?
• C5: The Kansans Can Integrated Learning Process
• C6: Middle School Generalizations: Avoiding Rules that Expire
• C7: SEL Strategies for Fueling Achievement Through Relationships and Climate
• C8: Helping a Student Overcome Negative Belief Systems
• C9: Number Talks: Building Computation Fluency in Grades 3-5
• C10: Vocabulary Routines and Teaching Morphology
• C11: A Comparison of SLD Identification Methods: Cognitive Tests vs. Instructional Response
• C12: Implementation of Behavior and Social Emotional Interventions in Elementary Schools
• C13: Helpful Hints to Improve Core Reading Instruction
• C14: Powering it up with Peers: Peer-Mediated Interventions
• C15: The Building Blocks of Early Mathematics

Conference Block D: 2:45PM - 4:15PM

• D1: Managing Classroom Behavior: Effective Teacher Practices to Maximize Student Success
• D2: Collaborative Leadership: 6 Influences That Matter Most
• D3: Improving Adolescent Literacy- the Critical Role of Vocabulary and Academic Language Across the Grades and Content Areas Grades 6-12
• D4: Understanding the How and Why of Sound Walls
• D5: Number Talks: Fractions, Decimals, and Percentages for Grades 3-8
• D6: Middle School Generalizations: Avoiding Rules that Expire
• D7: Making Sense of Middle School Math - Grades 6-8
• D8: What Does a Trauma Informed Approach Look Like?
• D9: Dyslexia: What We Know from Science
• D10: SEL Strategies for Fueling Achievement Through Relationships and Climate
• D11: Removing Silos and Breaking Down Barriers to Improve Outcomes for all Students
• D12: Implementing Social Emotional Learning in Secondary Settings
• D13: Failure is Not an Option: Using Progress Monitoring Data to Adjust Instruction
• D14: Help, What do I do About this Child's Behavior? How do We Individualize at Tiers 1 and 2 to Prevent or Reduce Challenging Behavior?
• D15: Implementing MTSS in Preschool Settings: Lessons Learned

Thursday September 6 Conference Materials

Conference Block E: 8:30am - 10:00am

• E1: Word Problem Progressions - Grades K-2
• E2: Providing Evidence-Based Reading Instruction for Elementary Readers
  • Handout for session E2
• E3: What if Happiness is a Skill
• E4: Collective Efficacy K-5: Creating a School Culture of 'Public Practice' with Actionable Feedback to ALL Teachers
• E5: Formative Assessments
• E6: Teaching Social Skills as a Tier 2 Intervention
• E7: Number Talks: Building Computation Fluency in Grades 3-5
• E8: Spelling Instruction That Sticks
• E9: Prevention and Early Intervention Strategies for Reducing Absenteeism
• E10: Whole School Agreement
• E11: If not ISS, then What?
• E12: Putting the MTSS Pieces Together with a Walk-To-Intervention Model
• E13: How does MTSS work in a Secondary Setting? From the Administrative Perspective
• E14: Kansas MTSS and Preschool...Where it All Begins
• E15: Learning Trajectories for Teaching and PD: The Learning and Teaching with Learning Trajectories Tool
• E16: Powering it up with Peers: Peer-Mediated Interventions

Conference Block F: 10:15am - 11:45am

• F1: World Problem Progressions - Grades 3-5
• F2: Understanding the How and Why of Sound Walls
• F3: What Does a Trauma Informed Approached Look Like?
• F4: Collective Efficacy 6-12: Creating a School Culture of "Public Practice" with Actionable Feedback to ALL Teachers
• F5: Supporting Algebraic Reasoning for Middle Grades
• F6: MTSS for Behavior Part 2: How Well are Tier 2 and 3 Strategies Being Implemented
• F7: Number Talks: Fractions, Decimals, and Percentages
• F8: A New Method for Teaching High Frequency Words
• F9: Managing Classroom Behavior: Effective Teacher Practices to Maximize Student Success
• F10: Providing Evidence-Based Reading Instruction for Secondary Readers
  • Handout
• F11: Q&A Session on Building Transformative SEL Programs
• F12: The Secrets to Our Success: Kansas MTSS Implementation at the Elementary Level
• F13: MTSS Math Q&A
• F14: Building Early Literacy through Phonological Awareness
• F15: The Surprising Importance of Early Math
• F16: Help, What do I do about this Child's Behavior? How do we Individualize at Tiers 1 and 2 to Prevent or Reduce Challenging Behavior?