OSEP SPDG Informational Webinars now available
If you are applying under the current SPDG competition (FY 2020), please note these information webinars, and contact Jennifer Coffey (Jennifer.Coffey@ed.gov; 541-285-3622) with any questions.

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The following notices have been published in the Federal Register Wednesday, July 29, 2020:

• Notice of Final Priority and Definitions (NFP) for FY 2020 for OSERS/OSEP:
    State Personnel Development Grants (CFDA 84.323A)
    Effective Date: Friday, August 28, 2020.
    The NFP can be reviewed at the following Federal Register website:
      https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2020-07-29/pdf/2020-15983.pdf

• Notice Inviting Applications (NIA) for FY 2020 for OSERS/OSEP:
    State Personnel Development Grants (CFDA 84.323A)
    Publication Date/Applications Available: Wednesday, July 29, 2020.
    Deadline for Transmittal of Applications: Thursday, September 10, 2020.
    The NIA can be reviewed at the following Federal Register website:
     https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2020-07-29/pdf/2020-16549.pdf

PDFs of the Federal Register notices:

• NFP Federal Register Announcement
• NIA Federal Register Announcement

The application package for the 84.323A competition will post today on the Grants.gov website at www.grants.gov.

Please check Grants.gov regularly to see further informational webinars recorded for this competition: https://www.grants.gov/web/grants/search-grants.html?keywords=84.323A

Contact Jennifer Coffey (Jennifer.Coffey@ed.gov) with any questions.

These webinars may help potential applicants consider elements of an effective professional development system that leads to full implementation and sustainability:

Recorded Webinars with NASDSE for potential applicants

OSEP and NASDSE have joined together to help states think through their professional development system as they consider applying for the 2020 State Personnel Development Grants Program (SPDG). Each month, an expert presenter from OSEP, an OSEP funded technical assistance center, or a current OSEP funded SPDG grant are sharing their insights on an important aspect creating an effective professional development system.

Draft Revised EB-PD Worksheet

Please click the link above to review this draft, revised worksheet and edit if you think further revisions are needed.  Return to Jennifer Coffey (Jennifer.coffey@ed.gov) by May 15^th.  Big thanks to SIGnetwork evaluators and SISEP for their contributions!

APR Webinar with discussion of intervention fidelity, implementation teams, and sustainability plans.

FY 2020 SPDG APR Directions and 524B Form
If you have any questions, please reach out to your Project Officer.

New resource:

Continuity of Learning During COVID-19 
Resources from the Office of Special Education Programs (OSEP)
https://osepideasthatwork.org/continuity-learning-during-covid-19
The site provides information, tools, and resources to help educators, parents and families, and related service providers meet the educational, behavioral, and emotional needs of children and youth with disabilities through remote and virtual learning.

Upcoming Events

• Sept 3: SPDG Directors' Webinar

Recent Events

• August 6: SPDG Directors' Webinar
• June 11: MTSS Community of Practice
• June 8: Coaching Community of Practice
• June 4: SPDG Directors' Webinar

NEWS

Remote Learning Guidance from State Education Agencies
During the COVID-19 Pandemic

Notable Efforts from your SPDG Colleagues

Iowa SPDG Spotlight on Preschool (March 2020, Issue 11, pdf)

The Preschool Strandi of Iowa’s SPDG is aimed at “ensuring preschool teams are confident and competent in providing high quality Specially Designed Instruction (SDI) in order to improve outcomes for young children with disabilities in inclusive preschool settings. By implementation year 3, 4 year-olds with disabilities meeting expectations for literacy grew by more than 45%.

Iowa SPDG Spotlight (January 2019, Issue 8, pdf)

Learn more about how you can use data to dertmine coaching strategies and frequency from this report on the external evaluation of the impact of the Iowa SPDG grant on teacher outcomes.

Kansas SPDG’s special education teacher retention data: https://ksdetasn.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/resource/upload/2398/2018-19_eMSS_Evaluation_Brief.pdf demonstrate that 95% percent of the SPDG mentees from 2012-2017 were still working as teachers in 2019.   76% of that 95% were still working as special educators.

Kansas e-Mentoring for Student Success, the SPDG-supported initiative, provided training, coaching, and reflection opportunities that guided new teachers to implement evidence-based instructional practices. Additionally, mentees participated in one to three Explorations (i.e., eight-week guided conversations with application and reflection components on a topic related to classroom management, professional practice, or family engagement).

Newly Recorded Webinars!

• Jennifer Coffey, APR Webinar with discussion of intervention fidelity, implementation teams, and sustainability plans.
   
• Lynn Holdheide, Aligning with Statewide Initiatives and Federal Programs
   
• Melissa Nantais, MIBLSI; the Vanderbilt IRIS Team, and the Illinois MTSS Team
  Using Technology for Training: Integrating High Quality Modules into Your Learning Progression
   
• Shauna Harps and Brad Keller describe best practices in writing and describing your measures in What You Can Do to Improve Your Program Measure Submission: http://coe-signet.uoregon.edu/media/Recordings/2019/11-01-2019_ImprovingMeasureSubmissions.mp4
   
• Dr. Carol Trivette shares learning strategies to better engage and motivate adults with Reflections on How to Enhance: Learning: HPL II  http://www.signetwork.org/event_calendar/events/1526
   
• Dr. Tanya B. Ihlo describes Differentiating Supports for a Wide Range of Systems & Instructional Coaches. She shares how coaches can match strategies to educator need and evaluate the impact of the strategy: http://coe-signet.uoregon.edu/media/Recordings/2019/09-09-2019_Coaching_CoP.mp4

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