General Info
Communities In Schools is a program designed to do this for students by connecting them with resources and support.
What is connecting students to community resources and removing barriers to success?
Before adding a student to the case-managed list, the Site Coordinator must have this document on file.
What is a signed Parent/Guardian Consent Form?
Tier I services are designed to support this group of students.
What is a schoolwide program or activity?
These tiers provide more targeted support to students with identified needs.
What are Tiers II and III?
Food, clothing, hygiene products, and school supplies are examples of these types of CIS supports.
What are basic needs resources?
This is the primary goal of CIS when working with students.
What is helping students stay in school and succeed academically?
This person is responsible for coordinating CIS services and supports at the school level.
Who is the CIS Site Coordinator?
These are the four main basic-needs closets/pantries that every Marion County CIS Site Coordinator is responsible for managing at their individual school.
What are:
1. Clothes Closet
2. Food Pantry
3. School Supplies Closet
4. Hygiene Closet
A student who needs additional support beyond a universal schoolwide service may be considered for this level of intervention.
What is Tier II?
This document must be on file before a student can be added to the case-managed list.
What is a signed Parent/Guardian Consent Form?
CIS uses this approach to identify and address barriers that may prevent students from being successful
What is a tiered support system?
Site Coordinators should regularly communicate with these individuals to monitor student needs and progress.
Who are teachers, administrators, counselors, families, and community partners?
A schoolwide food drive, hygiene distribution, or family resource event can be examples of this tier.
What is Tier I?
This tier generally involves the most intensive and individualized level of support.
What is Tier III?
This should be documented after a student or family is connected with a resource to determine whether the need was addressed.
What is follow-up?
CIS Site Coordinators work closely with these people to identify students who may need additional support.
Who are teachers, administrators, counselors, and other school staff?
A Site Coordinator should complete this process before determining what interventions or resources a student needs.
What is assessing the student's needs/barriers?
This type of CIS activity may be considered Tier I because it is available to the entire student population.
What is a schoolwide program or activity?
A student receiving individualized case management would typically fall within these tiers.
What are Tiers II and III?
When a resource is not available within the school, the Site Coordinator should use this strategy to connect the student or family with appropriate assistance.
What is a community referral?
CIS is built around this philosophy: students are more likely to succeed when their basic needs are met and they have access to appropriate supports.
What is a whole-child approach?
A Site Coordinator's role is not simply to provide a resource; it is to do this to ensure the resource actually helps address the student's identified need.
What is follow up and monitor the student's progress?
The key difference between Tier I and individualized case management is that Tier I supports are provided to this population.
Who are students schoolwide, rather than individual students identified for case management?
A student has ongoing attendance concerns, academic struggles, and multiple barriers at home. The Site Coordinator develops an individualized plan, connects the family with community resources, and monitors progress. Which tier best represents this level of support?
What is Tier III?
A Site Coordinator connects a student with a community resource but never documents the referral or follows up with the student. What two important components of case management are missing?
What are documentation and follow-up?