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Building Stronger Professional Development Systems through a Focus on Implementation
Jennifer Coffey, PhD
OSEP Project Director and SPDG Program Lead
Virtual Participants
• Welcome
• Using the microphones
Today’s Agenda
Thank You! Planning Committee Members & Partners
State Grantees• Chithra Adams, KY & TN• Monica Ballay, LA• Amy Gaumer Erickson, MO & KS• Jim Frasier, WI• Tom Manthey, VA• Heidi Mathie Mucha, UT• David Merves, VT, NH, MS• Floy Scott, Evaluator, MT
OSEP Project Officers• Jennifer Coffey• Pat Gonzalez• Corinne Weidenthal• Tina Diamond• Shedeh Hajghassemali• Susan Weigert• Dawn Ellis• Grace Zamora Duran• Terry Jackson• Ingrid Oxaal
Partners• Jeanna Mullins, RRC Program
• Nolan Simon, TACC
Signetwork Team• Leslie Crysler, Linda Lynch,
Jason LaPier, Leigh Roberts, Melissa Moseley, and Audrey Desjarlais
Invited GuestsTA&D Centers• Jeanna Mullins, RRC Program
• Nolan Simon, TACC
• Bill East, NASDSE
Parent Centers/ Regional PTACs• Barbara Buswell, Region 5 PTAC
• Debra Jennings, Region 1 PTAC
• Connie Hawkins, Region 2 PTAC
• Karen Thompson, Parent Center, Iowa
OSEP• Larry Wexler, Director, Research to Practice Division
OSERS• Alexa Posny, Assistant Secretary, US Department of
Education
Congratulations Connie Hawkins!
For receiving North Carolina’s Council of Development Disabilities Jack. B Hefner Award for 30 Years of Advocacy
OSEP Project Officers Attending
• Jennifer Coffey• Pat Gonzalez• Corinne Weidenthal• Tina Diamond• Shedeh Castronovo• Susan Weigert
• Dawn Ellis• Grace Zamora Duran• Terry Jackson• Ingrid Oxaal• Tracie Dickson• David Guardino
The SPDG Program: Where We’ve Been and Where We’re Going
Jennifer Coffey
SPDG Program Lead
Information to be Covered
The Previous Year• New Grantees• Program Measures• Continuation Report• PLCs• Technology• Directors’ Webinars,
Regional Meetings, & SIG Day
The Coming Year• PLCs• Technology• FY 2012 Grant
Competition• FY 2013 funding
FY20118 new grantees
• Connecticut• Louisiana• Maine• Nebraska• New York• Oklahoma• Oregon
• Wyoming
Program MeasuresThank you!
– For helping us create the measures
– For attending or watching the Webinars
– For meeting with your Project Officer to solidify your plan
– For great feedback and ideas on how to improve the methodology and guidance
– And finally, for your patience and trust that it will all work out!
Continuation Reporting
• Continuation report example (fabricated)• New example objectives with program and
project measures (from a project)• Worksheet
PLCs
• Affinity Group - Low Incidence• Behavior/School Climate • Coaching • Evaluators • Family Engagement • Grant Management• Implementation Conversations
• Leadership, IHE Collaboration,
Capacity Building and Restructuring
• Response to Intervention (RtI) Community
• Scaling Up & Comprehensive & Systemic Professional Development Approaches
• Technology
Disbanded Groups – Oct. 2011• Secondary Transition• Adolescent Literacy
Technology
Technology – This Year
• Hosted 62 Webinars
• Launched Technology PLC
• Launched Events Calendar
• Revised Tech Initiative Objectives
Directors’ Webinars, Regional Meetings, & SIG Day• Themes: Evidence-based professional development;
Systematically supporting implementation– Building up a level of knowledge and a library of
resources– Learning from each other
• In the coming year…– Supporting your work related to the program
measures– Common core
Upcoming Directors’ Webinars
• April 5: Measuring Opportunity-to-Learn the General Curriculum for Students With Disabilities: The Instructional Learning Opportunities Guidance
– Stephen N. Elliott & Alexander Kurz• May 3: The New Program Measures: Sharing strategies
and lessons learned– SPDG projects and evaluators will share• June 7: TBD. What are you interested in learning?• July 23: SIG Day at the Project Directors’ Conference
(July 23-25, www.osep-meeting.org)
PLCs – What’s Next• Whether we hold the specific PLC meeting
– Meeting Wizard from Audrey– Decision rule – 3 States confirm attendance or
presenter/facilitators’ request (e.g., 9 or 10 people)
• If 2 PLC meetings missed in a row, the PLC may end
• Are we missing areas of interest?
Technology – What’s Next• PLCs
– Presentations highlighting innovative tools
• More Technology PLC– Just-in-time trainings
• Updates to Event Calendar Listings• 2012 Survey• Searchable State Grantee Initiative Profile
Database
FY 2012 Grant Competition
• 24 grants that are up to recompete
• Notice
FY 2013 funding• No 2008 grants to recompete
• SPDG FY 2012 Budget and President Obama's FY 2013 Proposal– SPDG Program budget authority in millions
2011: $46.8; 2012: $43.9; 2013 Request: $45.0– “….The $1 million increase proposed for 2013 would help cover the
cost of approximately 42 continuation awards to State educational agencies to improve the knowledge and skills of special education and regular education teachers serving children with disabilities and help recruit and retain highly qualified personnel providing services to children with disabilities."
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OverviewWorld Café and Market PlaceAudrey DesjarlaisSignetwork Coordinator
Market Place Poster Sessions
• Two 45 Minute Sessions (10 min. break)
• 7-8 topics for each sessions • Free to move to other posters• Salon A Topics are designated for
virtual participant access
00-10 Select host, participants review agenda process, and agree on question to frame the discussion.
10-55 Discussion focused on a question. Use the ‘talking stick’ to go from person to person.
55-60 Individuals jot down insights, questions, or actions they will take based on the conversation (Use note cards on tables)
World Café Timeline in Minutes
Today1. Collaboration within State
Departments of Education
2. Common Core States
3. Early Learning/Early Intervention
4. ESEA Reauthorization and Students with Disabilities States with Large Urban Districts
5. Evaluating Scale-Up
6. Sustainability of SPDG projects and activities
7. Improvement Grant / Turnaround States
World Café TopicsTomorrow8. Multi-Tiered Systems of
Support States
9. Race to the Top States
10. Rural States
11. Serving all students in core instruction
12. Striving Readers
13. Implementation and application of implementation science principles
14. The Technology Driven Data Deluge