Our Road to National Recognition of Intervention Specialist Programs at Walsh University

1. Our Road to National Recognition of Intervention Specialist Programs at Walsh University Gary D. Jacobs, Ph.D. Janet M. Devine, MAED Jean A. DeFazio , Ph.D.

2. Walsh University’s Programs • Intervention Specialist, K-12, Mild/Moderate • Intervention Specialist, K-12, Moderate/Intensive • Early Childhood Intervention Specialist, PreK-3, Moderate/Intensive

3. Use the Red Book • See pages 18-21 in the What Every Special Educator Must Know for key phrases, incorporate into your report • http://www.cec.sped.org/Content/NavigationMenu/ProfessionalDevelopment/ProfessionalStandards/Red_book_5th_edition.pdf • 14 designations of special education programs • Learn the language of your standard, e.g, Clinical vs. Student Teaching

4. Know Your Acronyms • SPA = Specialized Professional Association • ELS = English as a second language • ELN = Exceptional Learning Needs • EC = Exceptional Conditions • CF = Conceptual Framework • IR = Institutional Report

5. Administrative Support • Full support of Dean and Chair • NCATE Coordinator • Stipends for summer work • Consultant hired

6. Assemble Your Team • Writers should have special education background • Recruit other experts in your division or college • Find an outside reader • Balance skills of team

7. Preliminary Ground Work • Know your SPA standards • Know 10 CEC Standard Domain Areas align with Ohio Educator Standards • Link alignment chart website here • Know your program requirements • Undergraduate or Graduate level Programs • Allow time to write, analyze data, define assessments, create rubrics

8. Choose friends wisely • Confer with your ODE consultant • Consider a paid consultant • Ask questions • Use your connections • Ask for feedback from others • Utilize the NCATE and CEC resources

9. Submission Deadlines • Electronic submission of reports • Submit six months prior to on-site visit • Encouraged to submit one year prior to visit • September 15th & February 1st • Solicit help from your IS department • Check NCATE website or with NCATE consultant

10. NCATE website • Become familiar with NCATE websitehttp://www.ncate.org/ • Helpful hints • Model programs on website • BOE guidelines

11. Conceptual Framework • Thread the conceptual framework throughout your report • What makes your institution unique? Include in report • Assessment data from the SPA reports becomes a part of your assessment plan

12. Rubrics • Study assessment plan • Link assessments to the CEC standards • Determine scale (5, 4, 3) • Label and define each scale rating, e.g., 3 = Target; 2 = Acceptable; 1 = Unacceptable • We followed NCATE 3 point scale

13. Data Collection • Choose 6-8 key assessments based on candidate proficiencies found in your institution’s conceptual framework • Align those key assessment with the CEC standards • Solicit input from school partnerships

14. Use of Data • Design data collection to help you improve your program • Make program changes based on data • Objectively review data • Be honest about results of data • Review for validity and reliability • Be receptive of feedback from outside consultants, cooperating teachers and supervisors

15. Amount of Data Required

16. Assessment #1 • Praxis II content test data is required • Check out Praxis website http://www.ets.org/praxis • Align test to CEC standards • Discovered we didn’t have subcategory information

17. Assessment #2 • Another content assessment is required • We chose an assessments for each of the three different programs • ISE M/M = case study • ISE M/I = unit of study with learning centers • ECIS = field-based case study

18. Assessment #3 • Assessment of Candidate’s Ability to Plan Instruction • DAPP = Developmental Assessment Plan Project • Students write an Individual Assessment Plan (IAP), then assess a student, write a Diagnostic Prescriptive (DP), an Individualized Educational Plan (IEP) and then implement goals and objectives with a real child

19. Assessment #4 • Assessment of Clinical Practice required • Two types of rubrics used to gather data • One is aligned with Praxis/Pathwise • Second is CEC specific rubric • CEC specific rubric is changing due to feedback from users

20. Assessment #5 • Assessment of Candidate Effect on Student Learning • Portfolio Assessment • Freshmen begin a developmental portfolio • Transitions into professional portfolio during pre-clinical practice • Updated in clinical practice • Evolving into an electronic teacher work sample • In future will use impact on student learning

21. Assessment #6 • Additional Assessment to address CEC Standards • Family Interview Project • Candidates interview parents of child with disabilities, provide a written and oral report as an in-class project • Reflect on the experience

22. Assessment #7 • Additional Assessment to address CEC Standards (optional, but use) • 3-D Classroom Model • Develop rules and consequences • Group behavior change • Parent letter and newsletter written • Classroom management plan

23. Assessment #8 • Additional Assessment to address CEC Standards (optional but use) • Impact on Student Learning • Modeled after the Ohio value added project • Based on the assess, teach, assess model • We put this here, but will have to be used in Assessment #5 at next submission

24. Assessments for our Three Programs

25. Assessment Chart CEC Report • http://www.ncate.org/ProgramStandards/CEC/CECWebReport-July1.doc

26. Meetings • Don’t miss one • Get summaries if you can’t attend • Attend with writing partners or other faculty • Cover all breakout sessions • Attend SPA training sessions offered by ODE • Attend NCATE, AACTE and SPA national conferences

27. Lessons Learned • Keep current – moving target • Attend all meetings • Learn from the work • Balance teaching and writing tasks • Take time from work to celebrate

28. QUESTIONS?

29. Contact Information • Gary Jacobs gjacobs@walsh.edu • Janet Devine jdevine@walsh.edu • Jean DeFazio jdefazio@walsh.edu