EARLY WARNING MODULE
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Click on “Data” (at top) icon to access dashboard
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On the Early Warning home dashboard, what percentage of your students and/or schools are
considered to be:
☐high risk
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☐ medium risk
☐low risk
Identify the top priority areas of concern for a school within Academics (click on Academics to view
charts):
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Ascertain the highest priority areas of concern for a school within Attendance (click on Attendance to
view charts): ________________________________________________________________________________________________
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Determine the top priority areas of concern for Behaviors (click on Behaviors to view charts):
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What are the 3 Warning Signs for your district or school (Warning Signs are located on right on main dashboard)?
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To view lists of students within a school that can be filtered by risk level, click on the Risk Prediction Tool.
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Use Advanced Filter to zoom and filter by grade level, demographics, etc…
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What grade levels within your school display the most students with the highest risk?
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In the chart below the Risk Predictor, you will see a list of student names that can be filtered.
Click on a student name to view the individual students. Try the following:
1. Sort students by “Risk Level” (click on the words in the chart: At Risk Level).
2. View student profiles to know exactly how EVERY student is performing (Click on one student’s name).
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INDIVIDUAL STUDENT PROFILE ACTIVITY
Select one student from #2 above and complete the following information:
Academic Domain
1. What is the risk level for this student’s Academic Indicator for all & core courses? __________ And _____________
2. Which areas in the academic domain are of concern for this student (risk color index: pink=high,
yellow=moderate, green=okay)? ______________________________________________________________________________________
Attendance Domain
1. What is the risk level for first 30 days? _________________________ For total attendance? ______________________________
2. Did the student also have an issue with being tardy? _______________________________________
Behaviors’ Domain
1. What is the risk level of behavioral incidences for this student? ______________________________________________________
2. Which behavior areas are considered to be a high concern for this student? _________________________________________
Warning Signs
What are the top three areas of greatest concern for this student?
a. _________________________________
b. _________________________________
c. _________________________________
How to Help
What are the specific recommendations of action provided to assist this student would you utilize?
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SYSTEM-WIDE CHANGE
Next Steps for District and/or School Administrators
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Preview the 3 biggest questions facing your organization (return to the homepage and click Insights at top of the
dashboard).
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Explore each question for an overview of understanding quick wins to implement today and game changers to
implement over the next several months.
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Identify your district and/or school’s highest priority areas and create an action plan for implementing quick
wins and game changers to start making system-wide changes.
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Questions to consider:
o How will we make this plan operational?
o What are the short-term, incremental steps to implement each action, strategy and intervention?
o What job-embedded professional learning will support the prioritized need areas?
o How will we provide support? What support will we need and from whom?
o How frequently and with what method will progress checks occur?
Prioritized
Needs
Example
Remedial
Courses- high
percentage of
students are
taking remedial
courses
Prioritized
Needs
Actions, Strategies,
Interventions
Resources Needed
Cost
Quick Win-RTI
and MTSS related
Professional
Learning for staff
Online PD from Center for
Response to Intervention at
American Institute Research
Free
Game ChangerCreate an
Interventions
Manual
Various manuals to preview
Free
Actions,
Strategies,
Interventions
Timeline
Sept. through Feb.
http://www.rti4success.org/
http://www.scoe.net/services/m
ultimedia/rti/rti_manual.pdf
Resources Needed
Cost
Owners
District P.L.
Director, School
Administrator,
Instructional
Specialists
Entire Staff
Timeline
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Owners
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ROLE PLAY CONVERSATIONS
As district leaders, you will be sharing this information with other district leaders, as well as, with principals. Within
your group, identify a person that would share this information and a receiver of the information. The Presenter will
have 7 minutes of uninterrupted time to provide the information, the receiver will then have 5 minutes to clarify, and
the listener(s) will end with 5 minutes on reflection/feedback.
o Roles: Presenter, Receiver, and Listener/Note-taker
o Presenter (District Voice)- Using page 3 of the graphic organizer, share the information that you found from
Early Warning and discuss your expectations of how to proceed with this information.
o Receiver (School)– Listen to the information as a principal and ask questions as it relates to the expectations
for your staff
o Listener/Note-taker(s)- Listen and provide constructive feedback to make adjustments for real
conversations back in the district
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REFLECTIONS
Reflect on your current practice of using data in your district. How will your current practices be altered now that you
have the Early Warning System platform?
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