You’ve received your RSSI snapshot — now it’s time to use it.
This episode explains how Illinois schools interpret their data and choose the right pillar for action.

Your school took the RSSI screener. You received your resilience snapshot. Now what?

In the premiere episode of Inside Resilient Schools, school counselor Miguel Sandoval and school social worker Diane Kowalski walk through how to interpret your RSSI snapshot — and how to move from data to action.

They break down the three layers that shape every snapshot:

• Your 15 survey responses
• Illinois School Report Card data
• 5Essentials school climate data

Together, these create a building-specific picture of strengths and growth areas across four pillars: trauma-responsiveness, social-emotional learning, mental health, and cultural responsiveness.

This episode explains:

• How to read your snapshot without treating it like a report card
• How to choose the right pillar for your school
• What the TRS-IA, SMH-QA, CASEL Staff Survey, and CARE Assessment actually do
• How Communities of Practice support sustainable implementation

The snapshot is diagnostic — not punitive. And it’s only the beginning.

If your school has its RSSI snapshot, this episode helps you take the next step.

Produced by The Signal Lab using AI-generated voices. All content is human-written, fact-checked against CCR and ISBE materials, and reviewed by CCR’s communications team. Personas are fictional characters representing authentic professional perspectives.