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Improving Results for Students with Disabilities through Communities of Practice

Improving Results for Students with Disabilities through Communities of Practice. Judy Shanley The Access Center: Improving Outcomes for All Students K-8. National Leadership Summit September 2003. Communities of Practice Initiative is based on….

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Improving Results for Students with Disabilities through Communities of Practice

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  1. Improving Results for Students with Disabilities throughCommunities of Practice Judy Shanley The Access Center: Improving Outcomes for All Students K-8 National Leadership Summit September 2003

  2. Communities of Practice Initiative is based on…. • Current, reliable research and strategies to address topics • Content expertise and the input of researchers and technical assistance providers • An active forum to share and exchange information with colleagues

  3. OSEP Communities of Practice • Represents Collaboration at the Federal Level • Continuous Improvement and Focused Monitoring Division • Research to Practice Division • Represents Collaboration at State and Local Levels - Focus of Communities • Part C – Settings, Identification • Part B – Section 619 Preschool LRE • Part B LRE, Exiting • Part C/B – Data

  4. Multiple Forums to Sustain Communities • Face to face meetings • Telephone – conference calls • E-mail • Videoconferencing • Web based – www.tacommunities.org

  5. This is Transella…. • Transition Coordinator Extraordinaire • Faced with decreasing numbers of students with disabilities graduating • Faced with an increasing number of students with disabilities dropping out • Widening graduation gap between students with and without disabilities

  6. Transella remembers…. www.tacommunities.org

  7. Wow…It’s so easy to find information!

  8. Transella Requests an Account

  9. Transella Easily Finds her Topic of Interest – Exiting Part B Community

  10. Nationally Recognized Facilitators…

  11. The Personal Touch Transella can contact contributors

  12. The Personal Touch Transella can contact contributors

  13. Multiple Kinds of ContentSharing a Best Practice

  14. Threaded DiscussionsTransella can participate in discussions

  15. Subscribe to a TopicTransella wants to be kept informed

  16. Subscribe to Discussions

  17. Transella would use a website that is… • Easy to find relevant Information • Simple and not overly process oriented • Has help available should she run into any stumbling blocks • Personalized

  18. Search and Help Features

  19. Your “Me Page”

  20. Keep Apprised of Upcoming Events

  21. We Are on an Incredible Voyage…. USS tacommunities www.tacommunities.org

  22. For general questions regarding the tacommunities website… Judy Shanley 202-944-5430 jshanley@air.org

  23. For information about the Exiting community, • please contact your Community facilitators: • Donna Johnson (National Center on Secondary Education and Transition (NCSET)) – johns042@umn.edu • Chris Bremer (National Center on Secondary Education and Transition (NCSET)) – breme006@umn.edu • Cesar D’Agord (Great Lakes Area Regional Resource Center (GLARRC)) – dagord.2@osu.edu

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