Welcome to the SY 23-24 RethinkEd
ASD PLC Series Advanced Pathway Options Guide

Welcome to the 23-24 school year! The Division of Specialized Instruction and Student Support (DSISS) is partnering with RethinkEd to offer advanced pathway options for educators who participated in six or more Year 1 ASD PLC sessions from the 2022-2023 SY cohort and are interested in continuing on to explore advanced content and to build capacity for supporting schools.

Team members continuing on in the series will have a choice of two advanced pathway options detailed below, both with an emphasis on diving deeper into topics covered during the year-one pathway and on building capacity to support educators in your school building. The series focus will continue to be on developing specialists who will be able to successfully support schools in providing access to instruction for students with a classification of Autism Spectrum Disorders who could benefit from intensive behavior support.  

Throughout the advanced pathway training series participants will be part of an educational community that will receive ongoing support from the RethinkEd team. They will have access to asynchronous principles of Applied Behavior Analysis and Proactive Behavior Support modules, participate in synchronous professional learning communities biweekly, and will receive on-going coaching.  

Detailed below are two different pathway options open to advanced pathway participants. Both pathways will focus on diving deeper into content covered year-one with a focus on providing evidence-based supports for students classified with Autism Spectrum Disorder.

Option 1: REGISTERED BEHAVIOR TECHNICIAN (RBT) PATHWAY

• Participants meet biweekly with their cohort groups for synchronous PLC sessions on advanced ABA topics focused on deepening understanding for supporting learners classified with autism in the classroom setting
• Participants are invited to join RBT coaching hours which will be held every other week focused on diving deeper on PLC topics with an applied classroom lens. Coaching hours will review difficult technical concepts and dedicate time to virtual practice to strengthen ABA skills through case studies, quizzes, and role play
• Participants continue access to the RethinkEd platform resources, materials, and asynchronous ABA Basic and Advanced training centers  
• Participants will be eligible to complete the RBT competency assessment
• Participants will be guided to meet all requirements for eligibility to move through the process of gaining the Registered Behavior Technician credential
• Participants complete 40-hour asynchronous learning RBT series in the RethinkEd platform with passing test scores of 90% or above within 180 days to meet eligibility requirements to register for the RBT competency and exam
• The RBT Competency Assessment will be provided
• Ongoing RBT Supervision will be provided 

Option 2: YEAR-TWO CAPACITY BUILDING PATHWAY

• Participants meet biweekly with their cohort groups for synchronous Advanced ABA PLC sessions with a focus on building capacity to turnkey key concepts and strategies for supporting students classified with autism to colleagues
• Participants attend biweekly coaching sessions focused on applied classroom connections including the implementation of supports for students classified with autism in their classroom to serve as a visual model for colleagues  
• Participants continue access to the RethinkEd platform resources, materials, and asynchronous ABA Basic (remove basic)and Advanced training centers  
• Participants will gain access to the Multi-Tiered Systems of Support (MTSS) asynchronous learning suite in the RethinkEd platform
• Participants will be provided with turnkey materials including slide decks, one-pagers, and turnkey activities to support with capacity building strategies to support for students classified with autism in their school building