Overview 1. Timeline 2. Whats new on the MDI? 3. MDI - - PDF document
Slide 1 MDI Steps Steps to D to Dist istrict rict Adminis Administr tration tion Sept 15, 2015 Sept 15, 2015 We have three new districts participating in the MDI this year, and 13 returning school districts. Slide 2 Overview 1. Timeline
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Steps to D to Dist istrict rict Adminis Administr tration tion Sept 15, 2015 Sept 15, 2015
We have three new districts participating in the MDI this year, and 13 returning school districts.
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A self-report questionnaire completed by children in Grade 4 and Grade 7 measuring areas of development strongly linked to well-being, health and academic achievement.
One question we hear is “Why grade 4 and 7 students?” These ages are particularly important to be able to prevent problems before they arise. They are both transitional periods in development in which we know there is increased risk but also increased opportunity to make a difference. Things you should know about the MDI as a lead for the district: The MDI was developed here at UBC led by Dr. Kim Schonert-Reichl in collaboration with stakeholders in BC. We worked with UWLM, teachers, community members and UBC researchers. The MDI measures are based on decades of research in neuroscience, social and emotional learning, positive psychology. The validity and reliability of the MDI have gone through rigourous review process been published in peer refereed journals.
The MDI is aligned with the new Personal and Social Competencies now being phased in as part of the new BC Core Competency Curriculum.
Slide 4 It is… A population (or large group) measure A way to understand trends in the development of children in the middle years It is not… An individual or diagnostic measure A way to evaluate teachers or individual programs
MDI is a population-based survey
Children fill out the survey themselves at school, it is administered by teachers or a principal.
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HELP’s role is of consultant and guide, we are here to provide you with ongoing support and resources to ensure smooth administration of the MDI and later dissemination and action on results.
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September ISAs and GIAs to HELP MDI Information letters Survey administrators (teachers and principals) Parents/Guardians (4 weeks before the survey is administered) October Class list uploads (webinar Sept 30th) Teacher/Administrator Training and/or materials Distribution of survey administration materials November Survey administration
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Send to school principals:
Administrator Letter (for both teachers and principals) Parent Letters for teachers to distribute (12 languages available)
Two letters
infosheet can also be posted on your school district/school websites or newsletters. Check the yellow highlighted portions to personalize the letter! Should be on school district letterhead, and also includes a space for a local district contact and a date for the withdrawal form (Oct 30th or 4 weeks after the letter is sent home, whichever is later). All of the translated letters are being posted on the blog this week, you can send that link to teachers directly. They will also be posted on the HELP Parent Page for the MDI. The letters include details of the project for administrators and parents. We also have a parent “infosheet” which summarizes the key aspects of the project, and can be sent along with the letter as well as posted on your school/school district website. If parents do not wish their child to participate they are instructed to let their child’s classroom teacher know. The parent letter includes a parent withdrawal form on the last page which makes it easier for teachers to track parent withdrawals. We do not need to receive the withdrawal form, we ask that teachers and principals remove these students from the e-MDI.
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This year we have fully moved away from paper data collection. We improve our online data collection system each year, we are moving away from paper as it is less secure, more costly and time consuming. The e-MDI has undergone some significant improvements and capability over the past year. We recognize that computer lab time may be limited in some school districts so we recommend that you let schools know to book labs ahead of time during the month of November. The MDI takes 1 to 2 class periods to complete. Suggest booking 2 class periods or a double period for Grade 4 and 1 class period for Grade 7. Most students can complete the survey in that time though some take longer. Logging in the class can take 10 to 15 minutes. Improved voiceover function with click to listen option. Headphones required. Can be helpful to discourage discussion while filling out the survey. Flexibility for teacher and principal administration – same set of instructions and both can have access to all of the classrooms in the school (teachers can help set up other classrooms than their own). We’ll now go into some detail around training resources. We will return to school and community reporting shortly.
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Training/Resources for Teachers and Administrators. We have some refreshed and new resources to support your teachers and administrators. Many districts host training/information sessions for participating teachers and/or administrators, and have had good success in participation and engagement around understanding and use of data. We want to support the training that does take place, so please be in touch if you have any suggestions or requests for support around training. All teachers/administrators receive the MDI survey administration guide, which contains all of the relevant information for teachers and principals to prepare for and administer the MDI. When teachers and administrators log in to the e-MDI, the first thing they see is a brief instructional video (4 minutes) that goes through the key points of the process. For those who are planning in-person sessions with administrators and/or teachers, we have an new slide deck, modeled off of our EDI train the trainer model, which contains presenter notes for use during a workshop, information session or as part of a broader PD initiative. The slide deck is being finalized for the end of the month. The slides will feature video clips of Kim Schonert-Reichl introducing social emotional fitness and the MDI. We are also planning on hosting a couple of webinars in late October where we will go through these training slides if there is interest from your teachers and administrators in participating at the end of October as they get ready for MDI administration in schools.
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The e-MDI website will be live at the end of the month, when class list uploads can begin so you can get teacher and administrators entered in to the website. All of this will be covered on the Sept 30th webinar.
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District Contacts
completion Teachers (and Principals)
student passwords Students
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This is the broad overview of administration and is covered in detail in all of our training materials. The one key piece I will highlight is the student request for help protocol. Because of some of the questions on the MDI around victimization, we ask children after they complete the survey if they would like help from their teacher or principal with a problem they might be having. If they select yes, then a note is sent by email to the classroom teacher and principal with the student’s name that requested help. This way the students can receive help privately. We ask teachers/principals follow the school protocol for assisting these students. We don’t track this unless the email fails (bounces back), and we don’t need to know the
teachers were unaware of.
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Class lists are uploaded to the system so that teachers and principals can log in to update them and print off student passwords. Any concerns with the use of My Education BC, let me know if you’d like to get a head start on preparing the class lists. The system will be ready to start this process after the Sept 30 webinar. Teacher and principal email addresses are also uploaded to the e-MDI so that they can gain access to the system.
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Visit the HELP website to direct parents and school administrators to resources and additional information on the MDI. MDI Reports Understanding MDI results MDI Questionnaires Tools for Action MDI Parent Resources
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MDI REPORTS: Data collected from the MDI questionnaires are combined in order to create reports for three different levels of geography: school, neighbourhood, and school district. School Reports– Contain data specific to the population of children who participated in the MDI at an individual school. These reports are internal and are not released publicly. School reports can be shared with teachers, parents, and community partners at the discretion of the school district administration. School District and Community Reports - Contain data representing all of the children who were surveyed within a school district. Data are aggregated and averages are reported at both the school district and the neighbourhood levels:
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These data are aggregated using children’s home postal codes, not by where they attend school. School District and Community Reports are made publicly available at: www.earlylearning.ubc.ca/maps/mdi/nh A Guide to Understanding MDI data: HELP has created a companion document called “A Guide to Understanding your MDI Results” to help answer questions about the MDI and its application in schools and communities, including: When and why was the MDI created? How are MDI questionnaires collected and stored? How are the data analyzed and scores calculated? The guide is available on the HELP website: www.earlylearning.ubc.ca/mdi
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If you’ve had a chance to access and use your MDI School Reports, we value any feedback you have on the new format: http://fluidsurveys.com/surveys/help/2015-mdi-school-reports- evaluation/
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Share your story: http://fluidsurveys.com/surveys/help/moving-to-action-with-the- mdi/ Moving to Action Webinar (Date TBD) Tools for Action Slides for community presentations
As more school districts and communities work with MDI data, we receive requests to hear stories and share connections between school districts and communities around activities and initiatives that are taking place across BC. We’ve also heard a lot of stories to date through our discussions with you and community partners. We’d like to start gathering stories and sharing them through a future webinar, our tools for action which is being expanded, and in community presentations. Please share your story through the link or feel free to pass on to any colleagues or community partners.
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If at any time you have questions or concerns about the survey process, instrument,
Maddison Spenrath Marit Gilbert mdi@help.ubc.ca MDI Project Coordinator MDI Project Assistant 604-827-5504 604-827-4050 maddison.spenrath@ubc.ca marit.gilbert@ubc.ca Gillian Corless Sally McBride Implementation Manager Knowledge Translation Manager 604-822-1836 sally.mcbride@ubc.ca gillian.corless@ubc.ca http://earlylearning.ubc.ca/people/
Main contact: (604) 827-5504 mdi@help.ubc.ca