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March 20, 2006

IDEA Partnership MeetingIDEA Partnership Meeting

Lawrence Gloeckler, Executive DirectorLawrence Gloeckler, Executive DirectorSpecial Education InstituteSpecial Education Institute

International Center for Leadership in Education International Center for Leadership in Education

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• 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

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A Vision People with Disabilities Will: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

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Who are we talking about?Who are we talking about?December 1, 2003

• Ages 6-17Classification Rate – 11.46%

• L.D. - 5.41%• Speech/Lang - 2.25%• Hearing Imp - .13%• Ortho Imp - .13%• OHI - .88%• Emotionally Dist - .92% 9.72%

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Michigan December, 2004 Student Count

Source: MICIS

Cognitive Imp11%

Hearing Imp1%

Visual Imp0%

Emotional Imp8%

Physical Imp3%

Other Health Imp6%

Multihandicapped2%

Autism3%

Speech24%

TBI0%

Learning Disabled40%

DevDelay2%

Cognitive Imp

Hearing Imp

Speech

Visual Imp

Emotional Imp

Physical Imp

Other Health Imp

Learning Disabled

Multihandicapped

Autism

TBI

DevDelay

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Another look…Another look…

81%

19%

0%

20%

40%

60%

80%

100%

Significant Cognitive/ BehavioralChallenges

Within Normal IQ Range

= 11.3% of the total Student Population

= 2.9% of the total Student Population

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When I grow up I want to...

Do without health insurance

for my family.

Work only part-time.

Be unable to go to

college.

Live in povertyLive in poverty

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Unemployment RateUnemployment Rate

• Today – 4.9%

• National Panic – 8%

• People with Disabilities – 60%

Where’s our outrage?

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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?

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Sidney’s House

Less than 5% of people with disabilities own their

own home.

A study released jointly by the

Technical Assistance Center, Inc. & the Consortium for

Citizens with Disabilities Task

Force (2000).

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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

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• New testing requirements are unfair

• It will increase dropouts

Late 1970s

• Special Education students won’t be able to get a diploma and graduate

• Special Education students will never be able to pass the tests

New York State Education Department, Office of Vocational and Educational Services for Individuals with Disabilities, June 2003

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What We Hear Adults Say: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 . . .

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

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7,226

9,680

14,101

16,309

8,305

5,675

6,790

2,832

4,9694,154

2,499

11,194

8,606

10,461

4,175

7,545

9,514

3,414

17,321

15,366

13,51812,607

5,6474,419

1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004

Number with Score of 65-100 Number with Score of 55-100

Number Tested

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.

Regents English Exam

Public Schools-Including Charter Schools

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5,732

8,267

18,468

3,1625,736

10,068

6,0394,871

4,0282,675

7,709

13,663

4,867

8,151

6,7734,990

3,421

16,82619,015

13,016

17,074

13,304

5,776

8,327

1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004

Number with Score of 65-100 Number with Score of 55-100

Number Tested

*Results beginning in 1999 reflect students taking either of the two math examinations. Sequential Mathematics Course I examination was discontinued in 2002.

Regents Math

Public Schools-Including Charter Schools

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.

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Regents Diplomas Since higher standards were adopted in 1996, the number of students with disabilities earning Regents diplomas (requiring eight Regents Exams) has more than quadrupled.

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6

62

3

77

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1,1

15

1,3

29

1,8

39

2,2

57

2,86

5

86

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Total State

1995-96 1996-97 1997-98 1998-99 1999-00 2000-01 2001-02 2002-03 2003-04

Students with Disabilities

Public Schools-Including Charter SchoolsFinal OLAP 04-05

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9,001

16,641

20,000

5,450

11,099

2,373 1,643

6683,030

510 869

FFY 1991 FFY 00-01

VESID Consumers Placed

Homemaker/OtherSupported

Sheltered

Competitive

Total

GOAL

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• 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

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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!

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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?

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• 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?

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Lawrence Gloeckler, Executive DirectorLawrence Gloeckler, Executive DirectorSpecial Education InstituteSpecial 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