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Building Stronger Professional Development Systems through a Focus on Implementation

Building Stronger Professional Development Systems through a Focus on Implementation. Jennifer Coffey, PhD OSEP Project Director and SPDG Program Lead. Virtual Participants. Welcome Using the microphones. Today’s Agenda. Thank You! Planning Committee Members & Partners. State Grantees

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Building Stronger Professional Development Systems through a Focus on Implementation

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  1. Building Stronger Professional Development Systems through a Focus on Implementation Jennifer Coffey, PhD OSEP Project Director and SPDG Program Lead

  2. Virtual Participants • Welcome • Using the microphones

  3. Today’s Agenda

  4. Thank You! Planning Committee Members & Partners State Grantees • Chithra Adams, KY & TN • Monica  Ballay, LA • Amy Gaumer Erickson, MO & KS • Jim Frasier, WI • Tom Manthey, VA • Heidi Mathie Mucha, UT • David Merves, VT, NH, MS • Floy Scott, Evaluator, MT OSEP Project Officers • Jennifer Coffey • Pat Gonzalez • Corinne Weidenthal • Tina Diamond • Shedeh Hajghassemali • Susan Weigert • Dawn Ellis • Grace Zamora Duran • Terry Jackson • Ingrid Oxaal Signetwork Team • Leslie Crysler, Linda Lynch, Jason LaPier, Leigh Roberts, Melissa Moseley, and Audrey Desjarlais Partners • Jeanna Mullins, RRC Program • Nolan Simon, TACC

  5. Invited Guests TA&D Centers • Jeanna Mullins, RRC Program • Nolan Simon, TACC • Bill East, NASDSE Parent Centers/ Regional PTACs • Barbara Buswell, Region 5 PTAC • Debra Jennings, Region 1 PTAC • Connie Hawkins, Region 2 PTAC • Karen Thompson, Parent Center, Iowa OSEP • Larry Wexler, Director, Research to Practice Division • OSERS • Alexa Posny, Assistant Secretary, US Department of Education

  6. Congratulations Connie Hawkins! For receiving North Carolina’s Council of Development Disabilities Jack. B Hefner Award for 30 Years of Advocacy

  7. OSEP Project Officers Attending • Jennifer Coffey • Pat Gonzalez • Corinne Weidenthal • Tina Diamond • Shedeh Castronovo • Susan Weigert • Dawn Ellis • Grace Zamora Duran • Terry Jackson • Ingrid Oxaal • Tracie Dickson • David Guardino

  8. The SPDG Program: Where We’ve Been and Where We’re Going Jennifer Coffey SPDG Program Lead

  9. Information to be Covered The Previous Year • New Grantees • Program Measures • Continuation Report • PLCs • Technology • Directors’ Webinars, Regional Meetings, & SIG Day The Coming Year • PLCs • Technology • FY 2012 Grant Competition • FY 2013 funding

  10. FY2011 8 new grantees • Connecticut • Louisiana • Maine • Nebraska • New York • Oklahoma • Oregon • Wyoming

  11. Program Measures Thank you! • For helping us create the measures • For attending or watching the Webinars • For meeting with your Project Officer to solidify your plan • For great feedback and ideas on how to improve the methodology and guidance • And finally, for your patience and trust that it will all work out!

  12. Continuation Reporting • Continuation report example (fabricated) • New example objectives with program and project measures (from a project) • Worksheet

  13. PLCs • Affinity Group - Low Incidence • Behavior/School Climate • Coaching • Evaluators   • Family Engagement   • Grant Management • Implementation Conversations   • Leadership, IHE Collaboration, Capacity Building and Restructuring • Response to Intervention (RtI) Community • Scaling Up & Comprehensive & Systemic Professional Development Approaches • Technology Disbanded Groups – Oct. 2011 • Secondary Transition • Adolescent Literacy

  14. Technology

  15. Technology – This Year • Hosted 62 Webinars • Launched Technology PLC • Launched Events Calendar • Revised Tech Initiative Objectives

  16. Directors’ Webinars, Regional Meetings, & SIG Day • Themes: Evidence-based professional development; Systematically supporting implementation • Building up a level of knowledge and a library of resources • Learning from each other • In the coming year… • Supporting your work related to the program measures • Common core

  17. Upcoming Directors’ Webinars • April 5: Measuring Opportunity-to-Learn the General Curriculum for Students With Disabilities: The Instructional Learning Opportunities Guidance • Stephen N. Elliott & Alexander Kurz • May 3: The New Program Measures: Sharing strategies and lessons learned • SPDG projects and evaluators will share • June 7: TBD. What are you interested in learning? • July 23: SIG Day at the Project Directors’ Conference (July 23-25, www.osep-meeting.org)

  18. PLCs – What’s Next • Whether we hold the specific PLC meeting • Meeting Wizard from Audrey • Decision rule – 3 States confirm attendance or presenter/facilitators’ request (e.g., 9 or 10 people) • If 2 PLC meetings missed in a row, the PLC may end • Are we missing areas of interest?

  19. Technology – What’s Next • PLCs • Presentations highlighting innovative tools • More Technology PLC • Just-in-time trainings • Updates to Event Calendar Listings • 2012 Survey • Searchable State Grantee Initiative Profile Database

  20. FY 2012 Grant Competition • 24 grants that are up to recompete • Notice

  21. FY 2013 funding http://www.signetwork.org/content_pages/139 • No 2008 grants to recompete • SPDG FY 2012 Budget and President Obama's FY 2013 Proposal • SPDG Program budget authority in millions2011:  $46.8; 2012:  $43.9; 2013 Request: $45.0 • “….The $1 million increase proposed for 2013 would help cover the cost of approximately 42 continuation awards to State educational agencies to improve the knowledge and skills of special education and regular education teachers serving children with disabilities and help recruit and retain highly qualified personnel providing services to children with disabilities."

  22. OverviewWorld Café and Market Place Audrey Desjarlais Signetwork Coordinator

  23. Market Place Poster Sessions Two 45 Minute Sessions (10 min. break) 7-8 topics for each sessions Free to move to other posters Salon A Topics are designated for virtual participant access

  24. World Café Timeline in Minutes 00-10 Select host, participants review agenda process, and agree on question to frame the discussion. 10-55 Discussion focused on a question. Use the ‘talking stick’ to go from person to person. 55-60 Individuals jot down insights, questions, or actions they will take based on the conversation (Use note cards on tables)

  25. World Café Topics Tomorrow Multi-Tiered Systems of Support States Race to the Top States Rural States Serving all students in core instruction Striving Readers Implementation and application of implementation science principles The Technology Driven Data Deluge Today • Collaboration within State Departments of Education • Common Core States • Early Learning/Early Intervention • ESEA Reauthorization and Students with Disabilities States with Large Urban Districts • Evaluating Scale-Up • Sustainability of SPDG projects and activities • Improvement Grant / Turnaround States

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