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Improving Learning for Children with Disabilities (ILCD)

In partnership with the Collaboration for Effective Educator Development, Accountability and Reform (CEEDAR), the Council for Exceptional Children has developed and published a set of High Leverage Practices (HLPs) for special educators and teacher candidates.

High Leverage Practices

TARGETED IMPROVEMENT PLAN (TIP) - INSTRUCTION VIDEOS

Getting Started - Logging into ILCD 3.0

Getting Started - Logging Into ILCD 3.0 - With Audio Descriptions

Navigation Tips and Tricks

Navigation Tips and Tricks - With Audio Descriptions

Covid -19

Covid -19 - With Audio Descriptions

TSI/ATSI Information

TSI/ATSI Information - With Audio Descriptions

Submitting the TIP

Submitting the TIP - With Audio Descriptions

Identify the Connections

Uploading Plans and Data - With Audio Descriptions

Uploading Plans and Data

Data Summary - With Audio Descriptions

Data Summary

Strengths - With Audio Descriptions

Strengths

Challenges - With Audio Descriptions

Challenges

Describing the Infrastructure - With Audio Descriptions

Describing the Infrastructure

Focus for Improvement

Focus for Improvement - With Audio Descriptions

Goal and Targets

Goal and Targets - With Audio Descriptions

Student-Centered Evidence-Based Practice

Student-Centered Evidence-Based Practice - With Audio Descriptions

Professional Development and Supporting Staff

Professional Development and Supporting Staff - With Audio Descriptions

Measuring Implementation

Measuring Implementation - With Audio Descriptions

Describe Implementation

Describe Implementation - With Audio Descriptions

Evaluation Adjustments

Evaluation Adjustments - With Audio Descriptions

Regional T.I.P. Trainings

Evidence-Based Strategies Series: Guiding the Targeted Improvement Plan Process

Webinar series focuses on evidence-based strategies for teaching

Webinar Series – Visit the NeMTSS Framework Webpage – Here!

The Nebraska MTSS team is excited to announce a new webinar series aimed at enhancing the use of evidence-based strategies in classrooms across Nebraska, with a focus on providing Tier 1 Core supports within a multi-tiered system of support (MTSS) framework.

The four-part webinar series includes 10 pre-recorded videos that outline evidence-based strategies for teaching to help schools and districts achieve the goals set forth in their Targeted Improvement Plans (TIPs). In addition to defining the strategies, the videos examine ways to systematically roll out the strategies to staff and put them into practice.

NeMTSS Regional Support Leads will share information on high-quality instruction, staff development, student outcomes and more – content that is directly aligned with the coherence work occurring within the Nebraska Department of Education.

Webinars in the “Evidence-Based Strategies Series: Guiding the Targeted Improvement Plan Process” will be released on the NeMTSS Framework website in four parts from December 2022 through March 2023. Registration is not required to view the pre-recorded videos.

Who are the webinars for?

The webinars will be useful for district- and school-level leadership teams, as well as other educators, seeking to better understand and find guidance on continuous improvement processes to use with educational support staff and teacher teams.

Leadership teams are encouraged to continue working with their NeMTSS Regional Support Lead to create an implementation strategy that best uses the information presented in the webinars.

Journey to Improvement - The Targeted Improvement Plan Monthly Tips & Pointers

April, 2024

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.

Open ILCD and add your TIP information to the website.
Hit the SUBMIT button when you are finished!!

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

March, 2024

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

February, 2024

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

January, 2024

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

December 2023

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 2023

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

October 2023

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

September 2023

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

April 2023

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

March 2023

The end of the THIRD QUARTER is upon us! You can 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
If possible, have your team meeting before one of our office hours, so you can ask any questions that arise
Our office hours will be offered every Wednesday in April from 12:00 p.m. CST – 1:00 p.m. CST
Zoom Link:  https://educationne.zoom.us/j/93669194332

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!!

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

February 2023

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 TIP regional meeting
  • 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
    • Would you like to set up coaching sessions with the staff?

Remember 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 this far

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

January 2023

Happy New Year!  It is time to pull your Continuous Improvement team together and look at 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

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

December 2022

The Holiday Break is so close! As you wind the semester down pull your Continuous Improvement team together and look at your Data.

What should teams be doing?
This is a very BUSY time of year so relax and enjoy your break.
If you have a moment, you can take a peek at these things:

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

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

November 2022

Thanksgiving 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
Here are some resources to refer to as you review this quarter’s data:
Implementation Resources – HERE
TIP Guidance/Videos/Webinars – HERE
ILCD Website – HERE
Please contact Kelly Wojcik (kelly.wojcik@nebraska.gov) or Darsha Pelland (darsha.pelland@nebraska.gov) for further information.

October 2022

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.

Updated September 17, 2024 12:12pm