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According to the National Center for Education Statistics, only 35% of fourth graders in the United States read at a proficient level, and the gap between students from different socioeconomic backgrounds, races, ethnicities, and abilities is stark.
This statistic underscores a critical issue in our education system: literacy disparities. Literacy equity is not just a goal; it is essential for ensuring that every student has the opportunity to succeed–not just in school–but in life. For school administrators and leaders, fostering literacy equity is a vital responsibility that can profoundly impact student outcomes and overall community well-being.
Since 2013, 38 states and the District of Columbia have passed legislation mandating evidence-based reading instruction. This legislation requires that reading instruction be grounded in the Science of Reading. The question on everyone’s mind is, will the Science of Reading legislation improve literacy for all students?
At ICS, we embrace the new Science of Reading legislation–and specifically, WI Act 20–as a means to advance equity and high-quality teaching and learning for all students–depending on how we interpret and in turn, implement this legislation.

Read 7 Steps to Literacy Equity in the Science of Reading

ICS Regional Partnerships

We’re proud to announce that our equity framework continues to reach beyond Wisconsin’s borders through regional partnerships.

ICS partners with regional service agencies who host the ICS Equity Framework and Process work for districts in their regions that can become revenue generating for the regional agencies. The regional service agency hosts the Introduction to ICS 3-day Institute to introduce the work to district teams. The regional service agency then hosts the multi-year ICS partnership for interested districts that includes the ICS Part 1, Part 2, and Part 3 Institutes and collaborates with ICS for district ICS coaching. Regional office staff become internal facilitators of the ICS process. Are you interested in learning more?

ICS is hosting an institute for CESA7 called “The Why and How of C3 Teams” on August 12, September 24 and October 17, 2024 in Green Bay, WI.

Come to this exciting event to learn about high-quality teaching and learning that benefits all from the originators of Co-Plan to Co-Serve to Co-Learn™ Teams. Throughout the event, teams will have access to custom-designed digital modules to support their learning.

– Learn “The Why” of C3 Teams and the history behind C3 Teams

– Engage in an analysis of their current teaching and learning structures

– Review the research that supports C3 Teams

Register today

ICS to Be Featured at the 2024 Racial Disproportionality Institute

June 25-26, 2024 | Green Bay, Wisconsin

ICS’s own Nasif Rogers will be speaking at the 2024 Racial Disproportionality Institute: Strategies and Workshops on Addressing Racial Equity in Special Education this week in Green Bay, Wisconsin.

The institute will feature workshops and sessions aimed at addressing racial disproportionality, engaging in root cause analysis, adopting evidence-based improvement strategies and more. A main focus of the institute is for Wisconsin educators to learn and develop strategies to improve outcomes for students of color.

Nasif will be presenting “Integrated Comprehensive Systems for Equity: An Introduction to Disrupting and Solving Disproportionality through Systems Change.”

He will cover how the ICS Equity framework helps empower district and school leaders to enact lasting systems change. In the session, participants will learn about how the ICS approach transcends fragmented equity initiatives and traditional school improvement methods, aiming to foster high-quality teaching and learning opportunities for every student.

ICS is Everywhere: Meet Us in California!

July 16-18, 2024 | Anaheim, California

ICS is thrilled to be invited to lead two sessions at an upcoming conference hosted by the California MTSS Professional Learning Institute. Here is a preview of what we will be sharing:

Session One: Our Children are Not Broken, But the System Is: Equity Audit Data as a Reflection of Our System
Session Two: Against Piecemeal Work for System Change: The Equity Audit as an Accountability Tool

View the conference schedule featuring dozens of fantastic speakers and register today!

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June 25, 2024

ICS Newsletter

May 2024 ICS Newsletter

The Danger of Simplifying Inclusive Hiring Practices in Education

In the realm of K-12 education, hiring is a crucial process that shapes the educational landscape for the upcoming academic year and years to come. Schools are not just seeking educators but looking for educators who can lead high-quality teaching and learning for all students.

However, given the urgency of filling positions and the prevalent teacher shortage, district and school leaders looking for a quick fix often neglect or over-simplify equitable and inclusive hiring principles.

A genuine commitment to equitable hiring embodies a commitment to equity on a deeper, more systemic level, ensuring that individuals from all backgrounds have equal opportunities to learn, teach, and lead. But most schools and districts – while well-meaning and conscientious of the historical marginalization and oppression – are still missing these two crucial points:

Eliminating inequities begins with ourselves.
The system – not the student – is responsible for student failure.

Read more about the complexities of inclusive hiring practices in schools and why creating Equity Non-Negotiables is the key to successful hiring and ensuring the best outcomes for educators and students.

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Plan Your Summer Learning Now!

2024 Virtual Introduction to Co-Plan to Co-Serve to Co-Learn (C3) Teams

October 22 – 24, 2024 | Virtual Sessions

Are your school district administrators and staff frustrated with persistent achievement disparities and diminished student opportunities?
Are your teachers burnt out? Is it becoming more challenging to recruit and retain great staff?
Are low test scores and disappointing performance measures leaving your school board and community members looking for better solutions?

The completely redesigned 2024 National Institute will focus on an Introduction to Co-Plan to Co-Serve to Co-Learn (C3) Teams. At this event, School Leadership Teams, District Leadership Teams, and regional and state agencies who are new to ICS and ICS partnership districts with new staff will engage in an interactive, introductory training to learn about high-quality teaching and learning that benefits all from the originators of Co-Plan to Co-Serve to Co-Learn™ Teams.

Learn “The Why” of C3 Teams and the history behind C3 Teams;
Engage in an analysis of your current teaching and learning structures;
Review the research that supports C3 Teams;
Design draft non-negotiables to guide all teaching and learning decisions;
Engage in an overview of The Design and Work of Co-Plan to Co-Serve to Co-Learn (C3) Teams™ and C3 Team Lesson Design for All.

Continue your district or school’s journey toward high-quality teaching and learning for all.

ICS to Facilitate Equity Conversation at California Institute

July 16-18, 2024 | Anaheim, California

ICS is thrilled to be invited to lead two sessions at an upcoming conference hosted by the California MTSS Professional Learning Institute. Here is a preview of what we will be sharing:

Session One: Our Children are Not Broken, But the System Is: Equity Audit Data as a Reflection of Our System
Session Two: Against Piecemeal Work for System Change: The Equity Audit as an Accountability Tool

View the conference schedule featuring dozens of fantastic speakers and register today!

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ICS State Education Department Partnerships

ICS is on a mission to end educational disparities and advance high quality teaching and learning for all across entire states by partnering with state education departments.

ICS was proud to partner with the state of Wisconsin Department of Public Instruction to provide an opportunity for districts to apply for state funding to implement the ICS framework and process. ICS developed customized ICS digital modules for participating districts and provided coaching for regional coaches to support the work. As with all our partnerships, ICS provided unlimited support via Zoom and email, to the Wisconsin Department of Public Instruction and participating districts to address questions throughout the partnership.

Want to learn more? Send us a message!

May 9, 2024

ICS Newsletter

March 2024 ICS Newsletter

We Have Not Given Up on Education!

Educational systems are broken, student outcomes have stagnated or worsened, educators feel overwhelmed and defeated, and children and families continue to experience marginalization and educational harm.

Yet, we know that educators, children, and families have not given up on the promise of education.

Our mission at ICS is to help district and school leaders initiate and sustain systems change for high-quality teaching and learning for all students.

That’s why we encourage moving away from piecemeal equity efforts and school improvement work, which leads to more frustration and the same results.

We know equity systems change is possible with the right approach. In fact, we have designed a step-by-step process backed by research and implementation science that gets results at schools just like yours.

Join us virtually, July 30 – August 1 at the 2024 Introduction to the ICS Equity Framework and Process to move forward with your district or school’s equity journey.

P.S. If you register before April 1, you save $95 per person!

ICS to Facilitate Equity Conversation at California Institute

ICS is thrilled to be invited to lead two sessions at an upcoming conference hosted by the California MTSS Professional Learning Institute on July 16-18, 2024, in Anaheim, California. Here is a preview of what they will be sharing:

Session One: Our Children are Not Broken, But the System Is: Equity Audit Data as a Reflection of Our System

In this session, Dr. Elise Frattura and Nasif Rogers link the ICS Equity Audit with the schools’/districts’ current structures of educating students. To do so, they will engage in an interactive understanding of the history of public education marginalization, and participants will draw their current educational structures, identifying what is proactive and reactive with the structures and how their equity data aligns with their structures. Frattura and Rogers will share examples of districts’ current structures paired with their equity audit data. Participants will be able to take these activities and examples of their educational structures and how their district/school data is related to their current structures back to their own schools and districts for immediate application.

Session Two: Against Piecemeal Work for System Change: The Equity Audit as an Accountability Tool

In this session, Frattura and Rogers will engage participants with an in-depth analysis of the features and structures of the ICS Equity Audit and how to use the ICS Equity Audit as an annual tool for accountability and systems change. Participants will be able to take back to their districts a systemic/equity lens for their data analysis and the linkage of achievement data to proportional representation data as a means to fix systems instead of students.

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ICS is Proud to Partner with WASDA

ICS is proud to be partnering with the Wisconsin Association for School District Administrators (WASDA) to deliver our High-Quality Teaching and Learning Academy for District Leadership Teams. ICS custom-designed the virtual monthly morning academy, which takes place throughout the academic year. The program includes customized ICS Digital Modules designed exclusively for Academy participants and features district leadership teams from across Wisconsin, who are guest speakers at each session to describe how they have successfully implemented each step of the ICS Equity Framework and Process district-wide and to share their resulting positive data outcomes.

Are you a part of a national or state professional association for superintendents, principals, curriculum directors, or special education directors? Contact info@icsequity.org to start a conversation about a potential partnership and to review an outline of our leadership training program.

March 9, 2024

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