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Your one-stop connection to resources about the OSEP State Personnel Development Grants!
The goal of this OSEP funding program is to assist State Education Agencies and their partners to reform early intervention, educational, and transitional services systems to improve results for children with disabilities. To achieve this goal, the State Personnel Development Grants (SPDGs) may be used to improve systems of professional development, technical assistance and/or dissemination of knowledge about best practices.
Upcoming Events:
NEWS
2011 Program Measure Directors' Webinar Series
Program Measures Webinar #1: Measure 1-Evidence-based Professional Development. October 18, 2011.
Program Measures Webinar #2: Measure 2-Improving Implementation. November 3, 2011.
Annual Performance / Continuation Reports
The 2012 SPDG continuation packages have yet to be disseminated. A link to the package will be posted when it is made available. Those interested can download and view the 2011 package: OSEP’s Fiscal Year 2011 SIG/SPDG Continuation Package.
OSEP Project Directors' Meeting
The 2012 OSEP Project Directors' Conference will be held July 23-25, 2012, at the Marriott Wardman Park Hotel in Washington, DC. To register or view the call for proposals page go to: https://www.osep-meeting.org/
2012 SPDG National Meeting - March 6 & 7, 2012
The 2012 National SPDG Meeting (to replace this year's regional meetings) will be located in Arlington, VA. Conference information will be updated regularly on the meeting page. Look for a draft agenda and registration information in in December, 2011.
2011 Professional Development Directors' Webinar Series
Models of and Evaluating Professional Development
Date: January 12, 2011
Presenters: Jennifer Coffey, Ph.D., OSEP; Julie Morrison, Ph.D., Ohio SPDG Evaluator, University of Cincinnati; Cheryl “Li” Walter, Ph.D., and Alan Wood, California SPDG Evaluators, CALSTAT
SPDG Regional Meetings – Evidence Based Professional Development with a focus on the Implementation Competency Drivers
Date: February 3-4, 8-9, 15-16
Speakers: Michelle Duda, SISEP, Melissa VanDyke, SISEP, and Chris Borgmeier, Oregon PBIS Leadership Network
Innovation Fluency
Date: March 24, 3:00-4:30pm ET
Speaker: Karen Blase, SISEP
Professional Development for Administrators
Date: April 19, 3:00-4:30pm ET
Speakers: Cynthia Mruczek, Interim Assistant Director of LeadScape, Equity Alliance at ASU; Rich Barbacane, Nat’l Association of Elementary School Principals; and Steve Goodman, Ph.D., MiBLSi
Innovative uses of Technology to Deliver Professional Development
Date: May 18, 2:00-3:30pm ET
Speaker: Chris Dede, Ph.D., Learning Technologies, Harvard
Why Use Comparison Groups in Evaluation?
Date: June 14, 2:00-3:30pm Eastern
Descriiption: The presenters will describe strategies and methodologies for comparing SPDG and non-SPDG schools, students with disabilities and students without disabilities, as well as pre and post-SPDG implementation outcomes.
Speakers: Amy Gaumer Erickson, Evaluator Missouri and Kansas SPDG; Pattie Noonan, Missouri SPDG; and Pat Gonzalez, OSEP
2011 State Personnel Development Grant Competition
The notice for the 2011 grant competition was published in the Federal Register, May 20, 2011. The deadline to submit applications is July 5, 2011. Questions about the competition should be directed to Jennifer Coffey.
To view the notice go to the Federal Register website:
http://www2.ed.gov/programs/osepsig/applicant.html
The Signetwork and OSEP will host two informational guidance sessions for state applicants. Click on the links below to view the details for each event:
#1 Guidance Session - June 1, 2011, 3-4:30pm
Events Page: http://signetwork.org/events/83
#2 Guidance Session - June 8, 2011, 3-4:30pm
Events Page: http://signetwork.org/events/89
325T Grants
To view the list of 325T grants go to: http://ncipp.education.ufl.edu/325T.php
This website and the accompanying SigServe is managed by Technical Assistance and Consulting Services at the University of Oregon and financially supported by SIG and SPDG projects.
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