Mission/CIS Basics
CIS Model
Roles & Responsibilities
Student Support Standards
100

 His most famous quote, " “It’s relationships, not programs, that change children, A great program simply creates the environment for healthy relationships to form between adults and children. Young people thrive when adults care about them on a one-to-one level, and when they also have a sense of belonging to a caring community.”

Who is Bill Milliken?

100
Analyze multiple sources of data to identify the key needs of the school and individual students.
What is Needs Assessment
100
A trained professional who works with school administrators to assess needs, develop a plan and build a team to provide supports to schools and students.
What is Site Coordinator
100
This must be obtained for individual students prior to providing CIS services.
What is the parent consent form.
200
The mission statement of CIS
What is "Surrounding students with a community of support, empowering them to stay in school and achieve in life."
200
Site Coordinators lead their school support team to develop a plan to prioritize supports that address academic and non-academic needs
What is Planning
200

Their role is to provide supervision & oversight of site coordinators by holding them accountable and supporting them in their role in schools, meeting with principals, and conducting monthly off-campus meetings with site coordinators.


Who are County Contacts?

200
The school saturation rate for case managed students (Tier 2 & 3).
What is 10%.
300

Communities In Schools was built on this premise.

What is relationships?

300
Site Coordinator and partners deliver tiers of support to the school, students and their families
What is Integrated Student Supports
300

This team collaborates with key leaders on school supports and monitors progress towards schoolwide goals. They meet at minimum each progress period for monitoring/adjusting of supports.

What is a School Support Team?

300
The frequency of "check ins" with case managed students required of Site Coordinators.
What is monthly.
400

The nation's largest dropout prevention network.

What is CIS?

400
Site Coordinator continuously monitors student and school progress and adjusts supports to optimize results.
What is Monitoring & Adjusting
400

Their role is to ensure the Site Coordinator has adequate time and office space to enter required data needed to track and assess progress.

Who is the principal?

400

The frequency in which case managed students should be monitored towards established goals in accordance with the Annual School Support Plan and each student's Student Support Plan.

What is every grading period?

500

A set of standards and indicators for CIS Student Supports.

What are Total Quality System Standards?

500
Continuous assessment of partners and student supports by the CIS affiliate to demonstrate results and improve practice.
What is Evaluation
500

This person coordinates supports to impact school-wide climate and culture.

Who is the site coordinator?

500

This must be regularly displayed and incorporated into all CIS materials. 

What is the licensed partner CIS logo?

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