IDEA Partnership Meeting

1. IDEA Partnership Meeting March 20, 2006 Lawrence Gloeckler, Executive Director Special Education Institute International Center for Leadership in Education

2. This is not about improved communication • This is not about getting together more often • This is not about having written agreements • Those are merely vehicles/ strategies • To accomplish improved results

3. A Vision People with Disabilities Will: • Live Independently • Enjoy Self Determination • Make Choices • Pursue Meaningful Careers • Enjoy Full Inclusion and Integration in the Economic, Political, Social, Cultural and Educational Mainstream of American Society New York State Education Department, Office of Vocational and Educational Services for Individuals with Disabilities, June 2003

4. Who are we talking about?December 1, 2003 • Ages 6-17 Classification Rate – 11.46% • L.D. - 5.41% • Speech/Lang - 2.25% • Hearing Imp - .13% • Ortho Imp - .13% • OHI - .88% • Emotionally Dist - .92% 9.72%

5. DevDelay Autism TBI 2% 3% 0% Cognitive Imp Multihandicapped 11% 2% Cognitive Imp Hearing Imp Hearing Imp 1% Speech Visual Imp Emotional Imp Physical Imp Other Health Imp Learning Disabled Speech Multihandicapped 24% Autism Learning Disabled TBI 40% DevDelay Visual Imp 0% Emotional Imp 8% Other Health Imp Physical Imp 6% 3% Michigan December, 2004 Student Count Source: MICIS

6. Another look… = 2.9% of the total Student Population = 11.3% of the total Student Population

7. When I grow up I want to... Do without health insurance for my family. Work only part-time. Live in poverty Be unable to go to college.

8. Unemployment Rate • Today – 4.9% • National Panic – 8% • People with Disabilities – 60% Where’s our outrage?

9. Long-Term Results • What is the percentage of people in the United States that own their own home? The Washington, DC-based "Homeownership Alliance" states that 68% of typical Americans own their own homes (2002). • What is the percentage of people with disabilities that own their own home?

10. A study released jointly by the Technical Assistance Center, Inc. & the Consortium for Citizens with Disabilities Task Force (2000). Sidney’s House Less than 5% of people with disabilities own their own home.

11. Things I’ve Heard… • I don’t have enough time • We don’t have enough staff • That’s not my job • Everything I’m doing is required • All of my work is already focused on the Department’s priorities • How can I be held accountable for results of schools • We’ve always done it this way

12. New testing requirements are unfair • Special Education students will never be able to pass the tests • Special Education students won’t be able to get a diploma and graduate • It will increase dropouts Late 1970s New York State Education Department, Office of Vocational and Educational Services for Individuals with Disabilities, June 2003

13. What We Hear Adults Say: • They’re poor • Their parents don’t care • They come to schools without breakfast • Not enough books • Not enough parents . . .

14. But if they’re right, then why are poor and minority children performing so high in...

15. Regents English Exam Since 1997, there has almost been a 300% increase in the number of students with disabilities tested. Of the students tested in 2004, 65% achieved a score of 55-100. Public Schools-Including Charter Schools

16. Regents Math Since 1997, there has been a 229% increase in the number of students with disabilities tested. Of the students tested in 2004, 72% achieved a score of 55-100. *Results beginning in 1999 reflect students taking either of the two math examinations. Sequential Mathematics Course I examination was discontinued in 2002. Public Schools-Including Charter Schools

17. Regents DiplomasSince higher standards were adopted in 1996, the number of students with disabilities earning Regents diplomas (requiring eight Regents Exams) has more than quadrupled. Students with Disabilities Public Schools-Including Charter Schools Final OLAP 04-05

18. G O A L

20. Staff development changes: - focused on a critical few - includes follow-up at the building and classroom level - is persistent - is measured, not by “happy faces”, but by improvement in performance

21. Adult Learning: The Focus of the IDEA Partnership • ‘Development’ is not just for the ‘staff’. • States and stakeholders need to become allies in improving outcomes. • Partnership Pilots can model a new level of collaboration . • Partnership Pilots can show how to achieve goals by using the stakeholder networks to reach and engage the right people . • Partnership Pilots can model show how collaboration is a strategy for achieving outcomes!

22. Critical Questions for IDEA Partnership Pilots • What is/are the strategic goal(s) of your State that you are trying to contribute toward reaching? • What are the tactical goals that you have set to guide your work in contributing to the strategic goals? • What standards have been set for your strategic and tactical goals so that you will know when you have achieved the desired results?

23. What indicators are you using as measures to determine if you are succeeding in your strategic and tactical goal implementation? • What strategies have you set in place to get you to the performance results you desire for the indicators and goals you have selected as critical?

24. Lawrence Gloeckler, Executive DirectorSpecial Education InstituteInternational Center for Leadership in Education, Inc. 1587 Route 146 Rexford, NY 12148 Phone (518) 399-2776 Fax (518) 399-7607 E-mail: larry@LeaderEd.com www.LeaderEd.com