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District reports early success in grant to support students with IEPs
Summary
A three‑year state grant to enhance social‑emotional skills for students with IEPs completed year one in Stevens Point, where internal coaching and targeted interventions at the junior high level produced measurable gains for four students — one no longer required special education services — and administrators plan to scale coaching and parent education.
Jenny, presenting the student‑services report, summarized year one of a three‑year 'Enhancing Social‑Emotional Skills' grant targeting students with IEPs, focusing support at the junior high level. The grant funded internal coaching, mentorship, implementation teams and professional development in evidence‑based interventions; administrators used root‑cause analysis to select and scale interventions for individual students.
"All of the students made significant improvement, in their own individual needs and goals, and 1 student actually no longer even required special education services," Jenny said. She described building internal coaching capacity, using tools such as Inclusion Bites and Affirm resources, tracking fidelity and real‑time progress measures, and planning to expand coaching and parent education next year. The district said the grant funding is front‑loaded to build capacity so interventions can be sustained after the three‑year term.
Administrators told the board they will continue to integrate UDL (Universal Design for Learning) principles, explore AI tools for task analysis where appropriate, and partner with the Wisconsin Statewide Parent Educator Initiative (WISPI) to increase family engagement and understanding of IEP processes.
