2007, 2008, & 2009 Regional Meetings
Fall 2009 SIG/SPDG Regional Meetings
Agendas
Washington, DC Agenda
Kansas City, MO Agenda
Portland, OR Agenda [Face to Face]
Webcast Sample Agenda [Online]
Handouts and Presentation Files
Jennifer Coffey’s SPDG Program Overview
SIG Marketplace Session Resources By Topical Strand
Scaling up/Implementation Session
To continue the conversations started at SIG Day at the OSEP Project Directors’ Conversation several hours were dedicated to scaling up and implementation with an emphasis on coaching.
Handouts
Designing Projects Based on Implementation Science [DOC]
Coaching Competency [DOC]
Drivers Best Practices — Coaching [DOC]
NIRN Drivers and Implementation Stages Table [XLS]
Michigan’s (Mi3) Cascading Structures of Support and Implementation Driver Analysis Sample [PDF]
Washington, DC Presentations
Coaching for Competence [PPT], Margie McGlinchey, MiBLSi SPDG Project Director
Kansas City, MO Presentations
Coaching for Competence [PPT], Steve Goodman, MiBLSi SPDG Project Director
Portland, OR Presentation Files
Coaching for Competence: Implementation of Evidence-Based Practices [PPT]
Robert Horner, Ph.D., Center for Positive Behavior Support, University of Oregon, Eugene
Oregon’s Scaling Up Presentation [PPT]
Marick Tedesco, Ph.D., State Transformation Specialist for Scaling Up Oregon
Technology Initiative and Collaboration Presentation Session
Steps to Collaboration [PPT]
Technology Initiative Updates [PPT]
Technology Training Interest Lists [PDF]
Fall 2008 SIG/SPDG Regional Meetings
Materials and Notes
Agendas
Scottsdale, Arizona – November 13-14
Kansas City, Missouri – November 17-18
Washington, DC – November 20-21
Handouts
State Initiatives Matrix [Updated December 10, 2008]
SPDG Performance Measurement Card
Presentations by Region
Scottsdale, Arizona
WISCONSIN Deb Bilzing, SPDG Project Director [PowerPoint]
Mission Possible: Improving Academic and Behavioral Results for Children with Disabilities through Sustained Research Based Professional Development
Deb Bilzing presented Wisconsin SPDG’s Professional Development model that they are implementing for delivering scientific-evidence based PD events aligned with the SPP indicators for Parts B and C. This research-based delivery model is required for all professional development activities occurring within the project.ILLINOIS Kathy Cox, SPDG Project Director [PowerPoint]
Scaling Up: State and Regional Support for Implementation of RtI in a 3-Tier Model
Illinois SPDG is moving away from working school-by-school or district-by-district and adding a coaching-of-coaches component to ASPIRE. Recently the project issued an application to solicit partnerships among larger educational units, e.g., Regional Offices of Education and special education enter joint agreements through which they are asked to identify individuals already on their staff to be trained and serve as external coaches for districts in their areas.
Kansas City, Missouri
LOUISIANA Melanie Lemoine and Monica Ballay [PowerPoint]
LaSIG 2: Sustaining Practice through Goal Setting and Data
Presented on the LASIG data collection and reporting process as well as the district level Goal Attainment Scale.
Washington, District of Columbia
PENNSYLVANIA Shatarupa Podder and Janet Sloand [PowerPoint]
Scaling Up: Pennsylvania’s Paraprofessional Training Initiative OSEP Project Directors
Pennsylvania’s Paraeducator Training Initiative began during the last phase of Pennsylvania's SIG I, and was continued through SIG II and is a large part of the SPDG in addition to being incorporated in State Special Education regulations.NEW YORK Matthew Giugno [PowerPoint]
Notes from the field: Elements of Sustainability
New York SPDG field-based staff will have to address the issue of sustainability as they begin to review schools with effective practices before they are matched to schools that will "replicate'' the practice that will improve student results.TENNESSEE Chithra Perumal and Connie White [PowerPoint]
Presentation on Tennessee’s SIG sustainable and scale up practices as it relates to families.
Evaluator Session Notes from 3 Sites
SIG Marketplace Products and Resources from 3 sites
Other
Post Meeting Evaluation Results (.doc)
Budget for Meetings (.pdf)
Fall 2007
Opening Remarks and Project Management [Notes] by Larry Wexler and comments by Lou Danielson from Bethesda Meeting — synthesis from three meetings
Agendas
Albuquerque, NM
Kansas City, MO
Bethesda, MD
Handouts
State Initiatives Matrix
2007 SPDG Project Officer Assignments
Topical Discussions by Region
Albuquerque, New Mexico [Notes of topical discussions]
RTI: Presenter — Holly Garrard, Wyoming [Powerpoint]
Teacher Retention: Presenter — Cindi Boezio, Colorado [Powerpoint]
Literacy: Presenter — Janet Canning, California [Powerpoint]Kansas City, Missouri [Notes of topical discussions]
RTI: Presenter — Brett Bollinger, Indiana [Powerpoint]
Highly Qualified Teacher: Presenter — Fran Warkomski, Pennsylvania [Powerpoint]
Teacher Retention: Presenter — Abbie Felder, Alabama [Powerpoint]
Literacy: Presenter — Julia Causey, Georgia [Powerpoint]Bethesda, Maryland [Notes of topical discussions]
RTI: Presenter — Tom Manthey, Virginia [PowerPoint]
Highly Qualified Teacher: Presenter — Jonathan Dyson, Rhode Island [PowerPoint]
Teacher Retention: Presenter — Matt Guigno, New York [Powerpoint]
Literacy: Presenter — Laura Snyder, North Carolina [Powerpoint]
Evaluator Sessions by Region
Albuquerque [Notes]
Kansas City [Notes]
Bethesda [Notes]
SIG Marketplace Products and Tools from all sites (.doc)