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Kansas Monitoring and Technical Assistance Strategies for Inclusive Preschool Placement Options

Kansas Monitoring and Technical Assistance Strategies for Inclusive Preschool Placement Options. A Collaborative Presentation NECTAC Kansas State Department of Education Kansas Inservice Training System. Kansas Overview and Planning for Improvement. Marguerite A. Hornback, Ed.D.

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Kansas Monitoring and Technical Assistance Strategies for Inclusive Preschool Placement Options

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  1. Kansas Monitoring and Technical Assistance Strategies for Inclusive Preschool Placement Options A Collaborative Presentation NECTAC Kansas State Department of Education Kansas Inservice Training System

  2. Kansas Overview and Planning for Improvement Marguerite A. Hornback, Ed.D. Kansas State Department of Education Kansas Part B Section 619 Coordinator mhornback@ksde.org

  3. Session Purpose Share Kansas’ monitoring and TA processes to assist school districts in increasing the number of placements in early childhood settings

  4. General Flow of Session • History of LRE in Kansas • Monitoring and TA Processes • Overview of Pilot Evaluation • Current Factors and Next Steps

  5. Kansas Overview • Kansas has 105 counties, only five of which are classified urban • The remaining 100 counties are classified rural or frontier • Population of approximately 2.5 million spread over 100,000 square miles

  6. Kansas Overview • Currently 302 school districts • History of local control • Special Education Services often provided through Cooperatives/Interlocals

  7. Kansas LRE History FFY ‘01 • 20% of preschoolers served in typical EC settings (nationally 36%) • 30% of preschoolers served in reverse mainstream settings (nationally 1.69%) • 39% of preschoolers served in ECSE settings (nationally 34%)

  8. Process for Improvement Developed State Work Plan Desired Result: An increased number of preschool children with disabilities receiving services in high quality typical early childhood settings

  9. Process for Improvement • Clarify early childhood placement definitions in the Kansas data dictionary • Implement training of data clerks with verification checks on data entry

  10. Process for Improvement • Change the Kansas Reimbursement Guide to resolve funding issues identified as barriers • Require all LEAs to compare their data to the national rather than the state data and include EC LRE in their self-improvement plans

  11. Process for Improvement • Support collaborative preservice personnel development system • Develop a collaborative set of early childhood standards and provide training and TA to promote consistency of practices across programs

  12. Process for Improvement • Develop and pilot a self-assessment process for LRE improvement planning by LEAs

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