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State Leaders Summit: Making a Commitment to Systems Change in Deaf Education

State Leaders Summit: Making a Commitment to Systems Change in Deaf Education. Collaborating to Effect Authentic Change– Collaboration Doesn’t Just Happen. National Activities and Events. Common Themes. IDEA/NCLB – System and Accountability Issues Expectations and Results

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State Leaders Summit: Making a Commitment to Systems Change in Deaf Education

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  1. State Leaders Summit: Making a Commitment to Systems Change in Deaf Education Collaborating to Effect Authentic Change– Collaboration Doesn’t Just Happen

  2. National Activities and Events

  3. Common Themes • IDEA/NCLB – System and Accountability Issues • Expectations and Results • Need for a Language and Communication Driven System • Need for Research and Policy Analysis • Need for Unbiased Parent Education • ACTION is essential at both the micro and macro levels

  4. Convergence Point • Status quo is unacceptable • National and State Level Advocacy • Evolution of the profession and views on language and culture • Rapid Development of Assistive and Instructional Technologies • NCLB/IDEA • Need for accountability • Need to defragment systems

  5. Outgrowth • National Deaf Education Project • NASDSE Guidelines & Training • National Agenda and National Summit • “The time is now…”

  6. Winer & Ray, 2007

  7. System Change • First-order change implies a logical extension of past & current practices intended to make incremental improvements in the current situation. • Second-order change implies a fundamental or significant break with past & current practices intended to make dramatic differences in the current situation. Balanced Leadership Participant’s Manual, McREL, 2005

  8. “We cannot direct the wind, but we can adjust the sails" - Japanese Proverb

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