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Using Online Training to Improve Accommodation Decision-Making and Implementation

Using Online Training to Improve Accommodation Decision-Making and Implementation 2012 OSEP Project Directors’ Conference Washington, DC July 23-25, 2012. 1. Introduction Sheryl Lazarus (National Center on Educational Outcomes) 2. State Overview Nannette Pence

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Using Online Training to Improve Accommodation Decision-Making and Implementation

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  1. Using Online Training to Improve Accommodation Decision-Making and Implementation 2012 OSEP Project Directors’ Conference Washington, DC July 23-25, 2012

  2. 1. Introduction Sheryl Lazarus (National Center on Educational Outcomes) 2. State Overview Nannette Pence (Alabama Department of Education) 3. Accommodations Online Training BekahRieke (National Center on Educational Outcomes) 4. Questions/Discussion DaLee Chambers (Alabama Department of Education)

  3. Multi-State GSEGConsortium Members Tennessee South Dakota Hawaii Wisconsin Alabama

  4. Each member of the consortium shares a common interest in investigating the characteristics of low performing students with disabilities, and each of the states is dedicated to building a solid foundation that seeks to improve both instruction and assessment for this group of students.

  5. The Alabama Focus Accommodation Practices: Recent studies have shown that the provision of accommodations is variable across students, classrooms, and schools depending on the accommodations, educational context, and a student’s demographic characteristics (Altman, et al., 2010).

  6. TheAlabama Focus Accommodation Practices: Finizio (2008) found that a student’s assessment accommodations more frequently mirror accommodations used for instruction in the past. However, Teachers often still are unclear on the definition and use of certain accommodations (Byrnes, 2008).

  7. Accommodations: Results of a Survey of Alabama Special Education Teachers • Between March and May of 2009, 2,336 special education teachers in the state of Alabama were surveyed about the factors and considerations affecting accommodation decisions for instruction and assessment.

  8. Special education teachers were asked how IEP teams at their schools determined a student’s needs for instructional accommodations.

  9. Special education teachers were asked to select three factors that influenced IEP decisions about accommodations used on statewide assessments.

  10. The Alabama Online Accommodations Training

  11. The Training Features 5 Modules • Module 1 – Thinking about student characteristics • Module 2 – Linking student needs to accommodation decisions • Module 3 – Instructional Accommodations • Module 4 – Assessment Accommodations • Module 5 – Monitoring and Evaluation

  12. Questions/Discussion 1. What challenges do educators face when making and implementing accommodations decisions?

  13. Questions/Discussion 2. What types of training do teachers in your state receive related to accommodations/…and what is particularly effective?

  14. Questions/Discussion 3. Based on your experiences, what works (or does not work) related to online training in general?

  15. For more information: NCEO - Sheryl Lazarus laza0019@umn.edu NCEO - BekahRieke rieke033@umn.edu ALSDE - Nannette Pence npence@alsde.edu ALSDE - DaLee Chambers daleec@alsde.edu

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