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Effective Partnerships with Institutes of Higher Ed. Heidi Mathie Mucha , Ph.D Utah SPDG Coordinator. Building Strong Partnerships. Communication Collaboration Bridging the gap from pre-service to practice. Communication. Creating opportunities for feedback from IHE’s
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Effective Partnerships with Institutes of Higher Ed Heidi Mathie Mucha, Ph.D Utah SPDG Coordinator
Building Strong Partnerships Communication Collaboration Bridging the gap from pre-service to practice
Communication Creating opportunities for feedback from IHE’s “The feedback loop enables the learning process.The feedback loop provides a trusted guidance system.” (Fixsen & Blasé, 2006)
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Collaboration • Common projects and common goals. • Capitalizing on strengths of local IHE faculty.
Bridging the Gap: From pre-service to practice • Using participating schools for student teaching, practicum and internships. Opportunities to observe evidence-based practices. • Awareness presentations across multiples universities. • Supply & Demand Survey and Meetings.
Purpose of the Survey • Determine Special Education personnel needs by State, Region, District, and Charter over the next 7 years • Determine the ability of the Institutions of Higher Education in providing those personnel • Inform state level projects and activities
More information Heidi Mathie Mucha, Ph.D heidim@updc.org www.updc.org/abc www.essentialeducator.org