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Washington School for the Deaf Improving Student Life Washington School for the Deaf is a residential school housing deaf students from around the state. For over 100 years students were housed in an institutional dormitory setting according to gender and grade which meant the same students were together 24 hours a day. Spending this much time with your peers is not normal and contributed to behavior problems during the school day and in the residence. In 1997 the legislature approved funding for new residential cottages to be built. Staff realized this was an opportunity to establish a new program for the residential students. A committee was formed and, using frequent flyer miles, residential staff flew to many deaf schools across the country looking at different residential programs. After evaluating the data collected, the committee determined the best way to deinstitutionalize the program and use the cottages to their full potential was to group the students into multi-age families. A parent survey was conducted and parents were supportive of the multi-age groupings. Results ★ Groups more resemble family life than the institutional way of life. ★ Decrease in behavior referral and overall suspensions. ★ Increase in incidental learning and language development for younger children by observing older students living in their family. ★ Improved behavior in school and residential program. ★ Decrease cost for staff overtime, transportation, use of intermittent personnel. Team Name: Student Life Improvement Team Team Members: Larry Cole, Nancy Sinkovitz, James Thompson, Don Redford, Sarazan Torelli, Susan Barnett, JoAnne Coelho, Debbi Sorensen, Julie Papalia, Terry Sasser CONTACT: Nancy Sinkovitz, (360) 418-3480 107
Washington State Gambling Commission Automated Scheduling Saves Steps Previously, the Commission’s three conference room schedules were kept in the Administration Office area in a hard copy, monthly calendar format. To schedule meetings in any of the three conference rooms, staff needed to either make a physical trip to the calendar location or several phone calls to check or confirm dates. Although this process worked, it was time consuming and inconvenient for both scheduler and user, particularly to staff whose worksite was other than the Lacey office. This team proposed that by using our existing calendar system in our Outlook Program, the conference room schedules could be readily available to all agency users, in every office statewide. Now this information is on line and the conference room schedules are within a few keystrokes for everyone. Results ★ Improved efficiency by providing agency-wide computer access to each of the three conference room schedules. ★ Improved accuracy in scheduling meeting arrangements, avoiding duplicate scheduling. ★ Increased worker satisfaction due to convenience of computer use rather than having to make the physical trip(s) to the Administration office. ★ Improved customer service to external users. Team Name: Conference Room Schedule Team Team Members: Vicki Sprague, Tom Means CONTACT: Vicki Sprague, (360) 438-7654, extension 373 108
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