Check & Connect Online Resources

• Online Mentoring Guide (PDF) - This guide offers strategies for fostering online relationships, planning conversations around school, and facilitating online interventions.
• Check & Connect App - The Check & Connect web-based application (C&C App) helps C&C mentors and coordinators document, monitor, and report on student progress using their computer or tablet web browser.
• Student Engagement Instrument (SEI) - The Student Engagement Instrument (SEI™) is a brief 35 item self-reporting survey measuring cognitive and affective engagement. Data allows school professionals to gain insights into a student’s sense of control, intrinsic motivation, and future aspirations (cognitive engagement factors).
• *Readiness Tool for Implementing Check & Connect (PDF) - The Readiness Tool for Implementing Check & Connect (C&C) is designed for leadership teams to evaluate a site’s readiness to implement Check & Connect.
• Mentor Practice Profile (PDF) - The purpose of this practice profile is to guide the C&C mentor through the implementation of the C&C Comprehensive Student Engagement Model. The critical components of the C&C mentor position include: building relationships with students; systematic monitoring and analysis of student-level “check” data; providing personalized “connect”
• Check & Connect Video (4 min. 30 sec.) - The 4 1/2 minute introductory video shows perspectives of Check & Connect from students, mentors, teachers, and administrators across several different models of implementation.
• Check & Connect Flyer (PDF)
• Implementation Options & Funding Tips (PDF) - This resource explains the pros and cons of utilizing dedicated mentors, school staff, or community volunteers in the role of the Check & Connect mentor. Funding options and grant writing resources are also described.
• Frequently Asked Questions - Find answers to a range of questions, including the background of Check & Connect, as well as specifically how Check & Connect can be implemented at your site.
• Using Check & Connect with Existing Initiatives - Check & Connect fits well within multi-tiered systems of support as well as other district and school-wide initiatives.
• Check & Connect Research Poster (PDF) - This research poster highlights how C&C is used, its development, its impact on students, and recent federally funded research.

Online Support Modules & Resources

• "Check" Data
  This self-paced online learning module focuses on how to maximize the use of data in your Check & Connect implementation.

  After completing the module, learners will be able to:

  • Identify the ABC’s of “Check” data
  • Analyze “Check” data to assess for risk
• Collaborating with Families
  This self-paced online learning module focuses on how the mentor's relationship with families enhances family engagement.

  After completing the module, learners will be able to:

  • Understand the Four A’s (approach, attitudes, atmosphere, actions) as the foundation of establishing trusting relationships with families
  • Identify a personal area for growth in engaging families such as:
    • enhancing home-school communication
    • home visits
    • responding to parents' questions and concerns
    • encouraging home support for learning
  • Plan to improve engagement (two-way communication, collaboration, etc.) with families they serve
  • Family Engagement Reflection
    This tool is designed to help mentors reflect on their family engagement practice as they progress through the Family Engagement Support Module above.
• The Mentor Practice Profile (MPP)
  This self-paced online learning module focuses on how to use the MPP to improve performance as a mentor.

  After completing the module, learners will be able to:

  • Understand how the MPP clearly articulates expectations of proficiency as a C&C mentor
  • Use the MPP to identify their own strengths and areas for growth
  • Develop a plan to enhance their efficacy
  • Mentor Practice Profile Self-Evaluation Tool
    This tool is designed to help mentors reflect on their strengths as well as identify room for growth as they progress through the MPP-focused support module above.
• Planning for Mentor Professional Development
  This self-paced online learning module focuses on how the C&C coordinator plans targeted professional development (PD) to support mentors' growth.

  After completing the module, the learner will be able to:

  • Recognize the importance of ongoing PD for mentors to ensure fidelity of implementation
  • Identify mentors' strengths & areas for improvement
  • Use C&C resources to plan data-driven PD
• The Student Engagement Instrument (SEI)
  This self-paced online learning module focuses on how to use data from the Student Engagement Instrument (SEI) to enhance student engagement.

  After completing the module, learners will be able to:

  • Recognize the purpose and uses of the SEI
  • Interpret average total and subdomain scores of the SEI
  • Use data from the SEI to individualize interventions for students
• The Weekly “Connect” Meeting
  This self-paced online learning module focuses on the weekly “Connect” meeting between the mentor and each student.

  After completing the module, learners will be able to:

  • Understand the four tasks of the basic intervention, or “Connect” Meeting. These tasks are:
    • At Least Weekly:
      • Share “Check” Data
      • Provide feedback
    • At Least Monthly:
      • Discuss the importance of school
      • Problem-solve WITH the student
  • Apply the concepts demonstrated in examples of what the “Connect” meeting looks and sounds like
  • Recognize that the mentor-student relationship is the critical foundation for achieving success with C&C interventions

*Select resources developed by the University of Minnesota, Institute on Community Integration are funded through a cooperative agreement with the U.S. Department of Education, Office of Special Education Programs (OSEP) Grant #H327S170015. These resources do not necessarily represent the policy of the U.S. Department of Education, and you should not assume endorsement by the Federal Government. Project Officer, Tara Courchaine.

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