Improving Learning for Children with Disabilities (ILCD)

It is NOW TIME! The DEADLINE is almost here!!! Pull your Continuous Improvement team together ASAP and look at your Data.
TIP DUE date is MAY 1st!!!!!!

What should teams be doing?

Review and evaluate all your data from this year
What is your data showing you?
Do you need to make changes next year?
Set aside plenty of time to get your information uploaded and added to the ILCD webpage (Half a day at least!)

REMEMBER – Make sure there is not any personal identifying information on the student data you share.

Resources to refer to as you review your data:
Implementation Resources – HERE!
TIP Guidance/Videos/Webinars – HERE!
ILCD Website – HERE!

For further information, please contact:
Darsha Pelland darsha.pelland@nebraska.gov
Micki Charf micki.charf@nebraska.gov
Abbey Cron abbey.cron@nebraska.gov

The end of THIRD QUARTER is upon us! Pull your Continuous Improvement team together NOW and look at your Data.
TIP DUE date is MAY 1st!!!!!!

What should teams be doing?
Your team should be reviewing your third-quarter data
If you have slipped behind, review all of your data for this year
Set up your FINAL team meeting for April

you can open ILCD and add your TIP information to the website at any time from now until May 1st!  Take some of the stress from the end of the year off of your plate!!

Resources to refer to as you review your data:
Implementation Resources – HERE!
TIP Guidance/Videos/Webinars – HERE!
ILCD Website – HERE!

For further information, please contact:
Darsha Pelland darsha.pelland@nebraska.gov
Micki Charf micki.charf@nebraska.gov
Abbey Cron abbey.cron@nebraska.gov

Hello February! It’s that time again to pull your Continuous Improvement team together and look at your Data.

What should teams be doing?

• Watch the January T.I.P. regional meeting – HERE!
• Review your implementation data and discuss the following suggestions:
  • Are there supports that you can provide your staff?
  • Allow opportunities for modeling different implementation strategies
  • Discuss offering low-stress opportunities to practice implementation strategies
  • Do you need to set up coaching sessions with the staff?
• If any changes need to be made to your TIP plan
  • Write up a rationale for the changes you have noticed in your data
  • Open ILCD and add information to the website that you have gathered thus far
  • Here is a link with meeting protocols, examples, and templates: Data Meeting Toolkit | IDC

Resources to refer to as you review your data:
Implementation Resources – HERE!
TIP Guidance/Videos/Webinars – HERE!
ILCD Website – HERE!

For further information, please contact:
Darsha Pelland darsha.pelland@nebraska.gov
Micki Charf micki.charf@nebraska.gov
Abbey Cron abbey.cron@nebraska.gov

Happy New Year! It is time to pull your Continuous Improvement team together and review your Data.

What should teams be doing?
Your team should be reviewing your first-semester data
Look at your implementation data
Does that data indicate you need some follow-up training or coaching?
Are there any changes you need to make to your TIP plan?
Write up a rationale for the changes you have noticed in your data
Open ILCD and add information to the website that you have gathered thus far

Links for you to refer to as you review this quarter’s data:
Implementation Resources – HERE!
TIP Guidance/Videos/Webinars – HERE!
ILCD Website – HERE!

For further information, please contact:
Darsha Pelland darsha.pelland@nebraska.gov
Micki Charf micki.charf@nebraska.gov
Abbey Cron abbey.cron@nebraska.gov

Can you believe it’s already December!!

What should teams be doing?
Dig into the data from your Fall/Winter assessments
Look at your Implementation Data
Are you embedding Implementation Strategies into your daily/weekly routines?
Are there adjustments that need to be made after your data dig?
Write up a rationale for the changes you have noticed in your data
Open ILCD and add information to the website that you have gathered thus far

Links for you to refer to as you review this quarter’s data:
Implementation Resources – HERE!
TIP Guidance/Videos/Webinars – HERE!
ILCD Website – HERE!

For further information, please contact:
Darsha Pelland darsha.pelland@nebraska.gov
Micki Charf micki.charf@nebraska.gov
Abbey Cron abbey.cron@nebraska.gov or
Kelly Wojcik kelly.wojcik@nebraska.gov

November is already here! This is the ideal time to pull your Continuous Improvement team together and look at your Data.

What should teams be doing?
Digging deeper into the data from your fall assessments
Now is the time to start Collecting your Implementation Data
Brainstorm ways to embed Implementation Strategies into your daily/weekly routines
Are there adjustments that need to be made after your data dig
Write up a rationale for the changes you have noticed in your data
Open ILCD and add information to the website that you have gathered thus far

Links for you to refer to as you review this quarter’s data:
Data Meeting Toolkit | IDC
Implementation Resources – HERE!
TIP Guidance/Videos/Webinars – HERE!
ILCD Website – HERE!

For further information, please contact:
Darsha Pelland darsha.pelland@nebraska.gov
Dr. Micki Charf micki.charf@nebraska.gov
Abbey Cron abbey.cron@nebraska.gov or
Kelly Wojcik kelly.wojcik@nebraska.gov

The end of the first quarter is the ideal time to pull your Continuous Improvement team together and look at your data from this quarter.  Here’s what the team should be doing:

• Start gathering your data from the Fall assessments.
• Study the Data and find your baseline.
• Talk about your projections for the Spring assessments. Where do you want your students to be in the spring?
• Open ILCD and add information to the website that you have gathered this fall.
• Watch the September webinar if you missed it.

Links for you to refer to as you review this quarter’s data:
Data Meeting Toolkit | IDC
Implementation Resources
TIP Guidance/Videos/Webinars
ILCD Website

For further information, please get in touch with
Darsha Pelland at: darsha.pelland@nebraska.gov
Micki Charf at: micki.charf@nebraska.gov
Abbey Cron at: abbey.cron@nebraska.gov

Welcome Back to School!!

How to find the reviews of the Targeted Improvement Plans (TIP) submitted on May 1, 2023, that are posted in ILCD 3.0.
Access the review for the TIP on the NDE portal – HERE!
Log into ILCD 3.0 and click on the Program Improvement Tab
Scroll down below the colored Continuous Improvement Process wheel to “Uploaded Documents for Targeted Improvement Plan”.
The most recent review will end with 2023.pdf.

The Targeted Improvement Plan is now a part of the NE Counts Determinations
If you are looking for help as you work through your TIP this year, go to the ILCD webpage
Everything you need is on the ILCD page – HERE!
*The link to the NDE Portal
*Videos for each section of the TIP
*TIP trainings from past years
*Monthly Tips from last year
*Navigating the Targeted Improvement Plan’s Guidance Document.

Here are some resources to refer to as you review your data:
Implementation Resources
TIP Guidance/Videos/Webinars
ILCD Website

For further information, please get in touch with
Darsha Pelland at: darsha.pelland@nebraska.gov
Micki Charf at: micki.charf@nebraska.gov
Abbey Cron at: abbey.cron@nebraska.gov

TIP DUE date is MAY 1st!!!

It is NOW TIME!  The DEADLINE is almost here!!  Pull your Continuous Improvement team together ASAP and look at your Data.

What should teams be doing?

• Review and evaluate all your data from this year
• What is your data showing you?
  • Do you need to make changes next year?
• Set aside plenty of time to get your information uploaded and added to the ILCD webpage (half a day at least!)
• If possible, have your team meeting on a Wednesday, so you can ask any questions that arise during our office hours.
• Open ILCD and add your TIP information to the website.
  Remember this is DUE MAY 1st!!!!

Office hours will be offered every Wednesday in April from 12:00 – 1:00 CST

• The purpose of the Office Hours is to allow districts an opportunity to call and ask questions they have about their submission or help problem-solve an issue they are having with their continuous improvement process.
• The Office Hours will not be recorded nor will any information be planned for discussion.  It is an impromptu meeting allowing for discussion of topics regarding continuous improvement to be raised by those who participate.

Office Hours Zoom link:  https://educationne.zoom.us/j/93669194332

Here are some resources to refer to as you review your data:
Implementation Resources
TIP Guidance/Videos/Webinars
ILCD Website

For further information, please get in touch with
Kelly Wojcik kelly.wojcik@nebraska.gov  or
Darsha Pelland at: darsha.pelland@nebraska.gov

It is October!! The end of the first quarter is here. This is the ideal time to pull your Continuous Improvement team together and look at your data from this quarter.

What should teams be doing?
Start gathering your data from the Fall assessments.
Study the Data and find your baseline.
Talk about your projections for the Spring assessments. Where do you want your students to be in the spring?
Open ILCD and add information to the website that you have gathered this fall.

Please visit the following links to refer to as you review this quarter’s data:
TIP Guidance/Videos/Webinars
ILCD Website

Please contact Darsha Pelland (darsha.pelland@nebraska.gov) for further information.