Professional Growth

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Talk Data to Me: Professional Development Activity Trends

Kevin Agnello

Product Manager, Human Capital Analytics

RTI/MTSS

Not Just for Academics: Expanding RTI/MTSS to Provide Behavioral and Social-Emotional Support

Listen to the Podcast!   In my early years as a school psychologist, I worked at Thornland Elementary School (fictitious name). Thornland was an urban school with committed teachers, students eager to learn and a behavioral environment that approached…chaos. In fact, when I first arrived, documented disciplinary office referrals at this 500-student building hovered at […]

Jim Wright

Contributing Consultant to Frontline Education

RTI/MTSS

Why Use Baseline Data to Drive Decisions in K-12 Education?

Table of Contents What you need to know about baseline data How baseline data drives instruction in the classroom Baseline data in Special Education Should baseline data be used for mental and behavioral health support? Data is the evidence we depend on Learn more about using baseline data Believe it or not, data wasn’t always […]

Theodora Schiro, M.Ed.

RTI/MTSS

Recommitting to RTI/MTSS After COVID-19 School Closures

Guest post by Jim Wright, national presenter, trainer, and author on topics that cover the essentials and beyond of Response to Intervention and Multi-Tiered System of Supports. Lately, in my conversations with schools, I have noted that educators in my own state of New York and other parts of the country are breathing a deep […]

Jim Wright

Contributing Consultant to Frontline Education

RTI/MTSS

Q & A: How to Manage RTI/MTSS During School Closures and Reentry

As the fall approaches, you probably have countless questions about every aspect of reentry, including learning loss among struggling learners. We explored those questions, focusing on RTI/MTSS during school closures and reentry in this recent webinar with Jim Wright, a presenter, trainer, and author who has worked in public education as a school psychologist and […]

Frontline Education

RTI/MTSS

RTI/MTSS & COVID-19: 3 Steps to Regain Control

This post is for you if you have wondered: How can we tell which learners are most affected academically by the school shutdowns? What will the academic impact be? How can we even start to measure it? Can we still successfully implement RTI/MTSS programs during distance learning? How? What can we do NOW to lay […]

Jim Wright

Contributing Consultant to Frontline Education

RTI/MTSS

4 Steps for Managing Trauma-Informed Classrooms

Take a random walk through any school on any day and you may see challenging behaviors like these: Sean walks into class with an “attitude.” He is argumentative with peers and fails to comply with adult requests. When his classroom becomes too loud, Ahmed will suddenly bolt from the room. Alyssa is generally well-behaved, but […]

Jim Wright

Contributing Consultant to Frontline Education

RTI/MTSS

3-Step System to Identify Social, Emotional & Behavioral Issues Sooner

The primary purpose of schools is to educate. At times however, students display challenging behaviors or significant social-emotional concerns that interfere with their learning. In such cases, our goal as educators, counselors and service providers is to identify who those students are and match them to appropriate behavioral or social-emotional interventions. To do that, we […]

Jim Wright

Contributing Consultant to Frontline Education

RTI/MTSS

8 Steps to Monitor Progress on Tier 2/3 Reading Interventions

Whenever I can, I like to visit the American southwest and hike in rocky desert terrain. I often find small piles of stones (cairns) placed at intervals as trail markers. Hikers are always on the lookout to spot the next cairn, moving from signpost to signpost to successfully navigate the trail. Trekkers who ignore the […]

Jim Wright

Contributing Consultant to Frontline Education

RTI/MTSS

Quiz: Spring Cleaning Your RTI/MTSS Program

As many of your students start to catch “summer fever” (if they haven’t already…), you and your fellow district leaders head into a critical season for RTI/MTSS program implementation: the ramp up to the next school year. And with all there is to prepare, it can get overwhelming. So, where to begin? The success of […]

Danielle Simbajon

Content Specialist

Talk Data to Me

A data-centric view on the challenges facing school districts

Recruiting & Hiring

Talk Data to Me: Hire Rates

According to a 2021 Frontline survey, about two-thirds of over 1,200 school and district administrators reported having a teacher shortage. Some districts experienced the teacher shortage worse than others. About half of the respondents reported difficulty filling jobs across all grade levels and subjects while the other half felt the effects of the shortage in […]

Kevin Agnello

Product Manager, Human Capital Analytics

Teacher Absences & Subs

Talk Data to Me: Trends in Absence Management and Substitute Pools

Troubled by substitute shortages and low fill rates? You’re not alone. These are challenges faced by many districts, and for good reason. Substitute management is no walk in the park: a lot of different elements go into maintaining and managing a healthy substitute pool.   To overcome the challenges associated with the substitute shortage, districts […]

Kevin Agnello

Product Manager, Human Capital Analytics

Recruiting & Hiring

Talk Data to Me: The State of the Instructional Teacher Shortage

The Frontline Research and Learning Institute recently published a research brief called “The State of the Instructional Teacher Shortage”. Following a basic supply and demand economic model, the analysis investigates the quantity of candidates applying for jobs (supply) as well as the availability of open positions (demand). Trends show changes to both sides of the […]

Kevin Agnello

Product Manager, Human Capital Analytics

Student Data

Talk Data to Me: Supporting the Health Needs of Students and Staff

In early April, CDC Director Rochelle Walensky said that schools should be reopened and “full-fledged in person” come fall 2021, regardless of vaccination status. Education Secretary Miguel Cardona echoed this in early May, saying that he expects a full return for all students in the fall. With most states no longer placing restrictions on school […]

Kevin Agnello

Product Manager, Human Capital Analytics

Front & Center

A series showcasing various leaders in the K-12 space

Frontline

Front & Center: Superintendent James Craig

Our formative years in school look different from person to person, but one thing is true for all of us: we owe a hard-to-quantify debt to the people who work in education. For most of us, teachers immediately spring to mind — and rightly so! Yet countless others also work to make sure schools can […]

Frontline Education

Frontline

Front & Center: Michele Trongaard

If you don’t work in the field of school business in Texas, it’s understandable that you might not know who our guest today is. But within the Lone Star State, inside school business offices, her credentials and experience speak for themselves, and she was kind enough to share some of her thoughts for our “Front […]

Frontline Education

Frontline

Front & Center: Lourie Larcade

Lourie Larcade is a Business Services Specialist with the Tehama County Department of Education in northern California. With 10 years of experience in school business and still more experience before that in the private sector, we’re thrilled to highlight Lourie in this edition of “Front & Center”. Tell us about yourself! I have been married […]

Frontline Education

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