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