CIS University

The Site Coordinator Learning Pathway is a 9 module program that will provide site coordinators with fundamental information about Communities In Schools, the CIS model, and their important role in our work.

Check your email by Friday, October 20th! You will receive an email from CIS University verifying your registration and giving you access to the modules.

Site Coordinator Boot Camp Enrollment Begins October 16
Save the date: This fall's Site Coordinator Boot Camp begins October 30! Registration opens October 16.

Boot Camp is designed to help site coordinators complete the site coordinator learning pathway with additional learning webinars each week. In these webinars, learners can ask questions, apply their learning, and share with their peers.

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1. Communities In Schools and Me: The Site Coordinator

Course Learning Objectives:

· Define site coordinator and site coordination

· List the responsibilities of the site coordinator

· Explain the Communities In Schools Model of Integrated Student Supports

· Define the Three Tiers of Support

· Recognize the relationship between site coordination and case management

· Identify the resources available to site coordinators

Modules:

I. Primary Roles and Responsibilities of the Site Coordinator

II. Site Coordination and Case Management

III. Site Coordinator Tools and Resources

2. Implementing Integrated Student Supports

Course Learning Objectives:

· List and define the three tiers of supports delivered as integrated student supports through the CIS model

· Describe who participates in each tier

· Understand how supports delivered at each tier align to help reach a school-wide goal

· Provide examples of supports for each tier

Modules:

I. Integrated Student Supports: Defining the Tiers

II. Implementing the Tiers

3. Engaging Your School Support Team

Course Learning Objectives:

· Define and describe the role of the school support team

· Identify potential school support team members

· Work as a team

Modules:

I. Defining the School Support Team

II. Building a School Support Team

4. School Support Planning Part I: Assessing Needs

Course Learning Objectives:

· Describe the relationship between the needs assessment process, the creation of the school support plan and the development of strategies to meet those identified needs

· Describe the steps involved in leading the needs assessment process ​

· List sources of data that inform the needs assessment process.

· Identify and describe potential solutions for challenges that may arise in the process

Modules:

I. The Annual School Needs Assessment as a Differentiator for CIS​

II. Step by Step: Conducting a Needs Assessment

5. School Support Planning Part II: Setting Goals and Planning Supports

Course Learning Objectives:

· Describe the relationship between the needs assessment, a school support plan and the process of establishing goals

· Describe the purpose of the school support plan

· Outline the tasks and processes involved in coordinating the delivery of widely accessible services, providing quality control and tracking the impact of those services

· Describe the roles and responsibilities of each party engaged in the school planning process

Modules:

I. How to Write Goals

II. Informing Goal Setting

III. School Support Plan – The Basics

IV. Tying Supports to Goals

6. Case Management

Course Learning Objectives:

· Define case management and differentiate it from the Three Tiers of Supports

· Describe the case management process, case managed students, and saturation

· Outline the tasks and responsibilities of the assigned case manager

· Identify elements of the student support plan as dictated by TQS student support standards

Modules:

I. Defining Case Management and Case Managed Students

II. The Case Management Process

III. The Case Management Process in Action

7. Data Tracking and Reporting

Course Learning Objectives:

· List student data to be collected

· Identify ways in which data is used

· List and describe the TQS standards that inform this process

· Identify site coordinator responsibilities in data collection and reporting

Modules:

I. Tracking Data the CIS Way

II. TQS and Data Tracking

III. TQS Data Reporting

8. Collaborating with Partners

Course Learning Objectives:

· Describe the process used to determine whether a service should be provided, coordinated, or brokered by CIS

· Describe roles and responsibilities of the site coordinator and affiliate leadership in the partner engagement and management process

· Identify best practices in managing community partners to provide widely accessible services at the school

· List the questions that should be asked when monitoring and adjusting partnerships at the school level

· Identify the resources available to site coordinators when managing collaborative partnerships at the school level

Modules:

I. Clarifying Purpose and Roles

II. Managing Partnerships at the School Level

Print our your certificate of completion after each module and provide a copy to your program manager at your mid-year or 90 Day review. ALL modules must be complete by January 31, 2018.

*For more information, please see Dr. Hill or Mrs. Alicia Twine, atwine@cisatlanta.org.