Michigan Department of Education IDEA Partnership

1. MichiganDepartment of EducationIDEA Partnership Welcome 1-25-05

2. Today’s session objectives • Clarify Michigan IDEA Partnership purpose and intended outcomes • Identify adult learning implications of the IDEA reauthorization • Deepen understanding of PD Vision and Standards • Explore the aspects of an adult learning system that foster enhanced implementation of IDEA 1-25-05

3. Purpose of Michigan’s IDEA Partnership Grant • Help transform personnel development (PD) in Michigan to support implementation of IDEA and improve child/student achievement. ----------------------------------------------- In your IDEA partnership role… • How are you interpreting the partnership purpose? • In your PD role, how do you see the outcomes of the partnership addressing your organization’s needs and concerns? 1-25-05

4. State Board of Education Strategic Goal State Board of Education PD Vision and Standards Individuals with Disabilities Education Act No Child Left Behind Act Core Work 1-25-05

5. State Board of Education Strategic Goal State Board of Education PD Vision and Standards Individuals with Disabilities Education Act No Child Left Behind Act Core Work This grant offers the opportunity to link the varied adult learning efforts into a more comprehensive statewide system 1-25-05

6. Initial Outcome Intermediate Outcomes Final Outcomes IDEA Implementation State PD System IDEA Partnership Learning Community PD Vision and Standards Improve Child/Student Achievement PARTNERSHIP OUTCOMES: 1-25-05

7. Initial Outcome IDEA Partnership Learning Community PARTNERSHIP OUTCOMES: 1-25-05

8. Measurable Outcomes • Building a learning community with established commitments to • Purposeful integration of adult learning, • Clarified communication structures and practices to impact statewide implementation of the IDEA 1-25-05

9. Adult Learning* Learning among adults that supports learning among infants through young adults with delays and disabilities using sustained, capacity building formats * includes PD (professional/personnel development), training… 1-25-05

10. Learning Community Rubric Partners help transform adult learning in Michigan to support implementation of IDEA and improve child/student achievement by: • Developing relationships; • Engaging in group processes; and • Completing tasks. 1-25-05

11. Learning Community Norms • Represent the views of constituent communities • Engage in “open and focused dialogue” • Honor diversity (of persons, partners, viewpoints, ideas) • Protect the focus (target the task; silence cell phones; avoid sidebar conversations) • Actively contribute to individual and collective learning • Actively learn • Actively teach • Contribute to the design and ownership of our partnership work 1-25-05

12. IDEA Partnership Meetings: • October 29:Establish learning community connections around adult learning • January 25:Explore the aspects of an adult learning system that foster enhanced implementation of IDEA • May 12:Identify accountability/evaluation components of an evidence-based adult learning system • August 11:Identify continuing opportunities for purposeful integration of adult learning to impact child / student achievement 1-25-05

13. As a Result of This Grant so far • we have expanded the learning community to include more • Families • Higher education representatives • Community service organizations • Public and private agencies • Business and industry • Professional associations and organizations 1-25-05

14. As a Result of This Grant so far • two subcommittees have met to move the full Partnership’s work forward relative to: • Implementing Standards for adult learning • Using Technology to support adult learning 1-25-05

15. As a Result of This Grant so far • our work with the Nat’l Ass’n of State Directors of Special Education • Presentation to the National Council of Administrators of Special Education, in partnership with other IDEA Partnership funded state teams • Preliminary discussion about applying for a second year of funding 1-25-05

16. Initial Outcome Intermediate Outcomes State PD System IDEA Partnership Learning Community PD Vision and Standards PARTNERSHIP OUTCOMES: 1-25-05

17. Measurable Outcomes • Contributing to a comprehensive integration of adult learning: • Increasing integration among the groups/ initiativesincluding: • The Office of Special Education and Early Intervention Services • The Michigan Department of Education (MDE) • The broader community • Meeting the spirit and letter of the responsibilities embodied in both the IDEA and NCLB Acts, • Based on the PD Vision and Standards. 1-25-05

18. State Board of Education PD Vision and Standards State Board of Education We are responsible to the SBE approved Professional Development Vision and Standards for Michigan Educators, prepared • With broad public input and • With leadership from the MDE Consultant for Professional Development What’s New?-- 1-25-05

19. As a Result of This Grant so far • we have disseminated resources • PD Vision and Standards • NSDC PD Standards • Innovations Configuration • we have increased familiarity with the State Board approved Professional Development Vision and Standards • we have explored our current status (including points of pride and barriers) relative to the Professional Development Vision and Standards 1-25-05

20. Context: What in the local environment affects the learning plan? Process: How should we structure the learning? Administrators Families Policy Makers Others Content: What is to be learned? Braided Resources: Partners and Learning Design Service Providers 1-25-05

21. Initial Outcome Intermediate Outcomes Final Outcomes IDEA Implementation State PD System IDEA Partnership Learning Community PD Vision and Standards PARTNERSHIP OUTCOMES: 1-25-05

22. Individuals with Disabilities Education Act No Child Left Behind Act Core Adult Learning Responsibilities Individuals with Disabilities Education Improvement Act of 2004 • e.g., alignment with NCLB requirements forHighly qualifiedpersonnel 1-25-05

23. Individuals with Disabilities Education Act Core Adult Learning Responsibilities • Recent initiatives support adult learning in high priority buildings • State Improvement Grant • Mathematics AYP Study Groups • Root Cause Analysis • English Language Arts AYP Study Group • Expansion of Michigan Behavior and Learning Support Initiative • Comprehensive Parent Service System 1-25-05

24. Initial Outcome Intermediate Outcomes State PD System IDEA Partnership Learning Community PD Vision and Standards Improve Child/Student Achievement PARTNERSHIP OUTCOMES: Final Outcomes IDEA Implementation 1-25-05

25. State Board of Education Strategic Goal State Board of Education We are responsible to the Board’s Strategic Goal. “Attain substantial and meaningful improvement in academic achievement for all students/children with primary emphasis on high priority schools and students.” What’s New?--January 11, 2005 Universal Education Presentation to the State Board 1-25-05

26. Learner Support System Educational Organizations & Associations Parent/ Student Organizations State Board of Education Advocacy/ Groups Organizations Business & Community Organizations Legislature Other Stakeholders Teacher Training & Pre-Service Organizations Executive Branch of Government Criminal/ Juvenile Justice System Human Services System Other Educational Settings Neighborhood Schools Public School Academies Agency/Court Placements Home Schools Alternative Education Non-Public Schools Academically Advanced & Accelerated Other Factors Youth in Transition * Court Involved Suspended / Expelled Learning Styles Disability Socioeconomic Status Dropout Sexual Orientation Emotional & Mental Health English Language Learners Runaway / Throw-Away Religious Beliefs Foster Care Gender Identity & Expression Race / Ethnicity Homelessness Pregnant / Parenting Teens Juvenile Justice System Involvement Physical Health 1-25-05

27. Session objective • Identify adult learning implications of the IDEA reauthorization Presentation questions: • What are the changes in IDEIA 2004 directly related to adult learning? • What is OSE/EIS projecting for statewide technical assistance to support IDEIA 2004 implementation? 1-25-05

28. IDEIA 2004 Discussion To support implementation of IDEIA 2004 • How can my organization help through communication and adult learning? • How can the IDEA Partnership help while developing as a learning community? 1-25-05

29. Norms • Ties to Real work • Engage as learning community • Step back and reflect • Revisit your 10-29 thoughts re: key elements of lc 1-25-05

30. Session objectives • Clarify Michigan IDEA Partnership purpose and intended outcomes • Identify adult learning implications of the IDEA reauthorization • Deepen understanding of PD Vision and Standards • Explore the aspects of an adult learning system that foster enhanced implementation of IDEA 1-25-05

31. Initial Outcome IDEA Partnership Learning Community PD Vision and Standards Improve Child/Student Achievement PARTNERSHIP OUTCOMES: Intermediate Outcomes Final Outcomes IDEA Implementation State PD System 1-25-05

32. Bridging from October 29 • Warm up: As we evolve as a partnership what would be evidence or examples of our being an effective learning community? • What would you add? • What would you highlight as most important? 1-25-05

33. Learning Community Standards • MDE PD Vision and Standards • NSDC Standards • NSDC Innovation Configurations • IDEA Partnership rubric • Michigan Collaborative Position Statement 1-25-05

34. Session objective • Clarify Michigan IDEA Partnership purpose and intended outcomes • Identify adult learning implications of the IDEA reauthorization • Deepen understanding of PD Vision and Standards • Explore the aspects of an adult learning system that foster enhanced implementation of IDEA 1-25-05

35. Initial Outcome Intermediate Outcomes Final Outcomes IDEA Implementation State PD System IDEA Partnership Learning Community PD Vision and Standards Improve Child/Student Achievement PARTNERSHIP OUTCOMES: 1-25-05

36. Step 1: Brainstorm aspects Informally talk & take notes. • What are aspects of a comprehensive statewide system of adult learning that is based on the PD Vision and Standards and purposefully integrated to improve implementation of IDEA? • Ideally, a statewide comprehensive PD system for IDEA is… • Inclusive of… Based on… • Supported by… Informed by… • Compliant with… Accountable to… • Grounded in… Independent of… 1-25-05

37. Write overhead transparencies. • Agree on 3-5 aspects to share from your table. • Write one idea per overhead. • Complete the sentence starter: • Ideally, a statewide comprehensive PD system for IDEA is… • Inclusive of… Based on… • Supported by… Informed by… • Compliant with… Accountable to… • Grounded in… Independent of… 1-25-05

38. Step 2: Clarify & classify Authors: • Briefly clarify the system aspect. Listeners: • Ask questions of clarification not evaluation. (Suspend judgment in order to understand.) • Delete your overhead if another table says the same thing. (Avoid redundancies.) Volunteer sorters: • Cluster like ideas. • Write cluster headers that complete the sentence starter. • Sub-sort similar ideas within each cluster. 1-25-05

39. Step 3: Prioritize • Get 3 dots, color-coded per your partner group. Yellow – policy makers Red – administrators Green – service providers Blue – families and advocates Black – other • Put your dots on the 3 MOST HELPFUL system components (headers). • Use your own selection criteria. After break…self-select to component for strategizing 1-25-05

40. Step 4: Identify strategies Given our current context, what are 2-3 specific actions that I, my organization, or we can commit to by the May meeting to contribute to our progress towards this system component? Brainstorm individually or with neighbors. Share strategies with small group. Look for partners with similar ideas. 1-25-05

41. Step 4: Identify strategies Given our current context, what are 2-3 specific actions that I, my organization or we can commit to by the May meeting to contribute to our progress towards this system component? • If you feel that you can commit… • Individually or with partners complete action plan. • Turn in to be copied. Self-address envelope. 1-25-05

42. Reflective Practice and Evaluation • X • X 1-25-05

43. Reflective Practice and Evaluation Complete evaluation Reflective practice: How can we sustain our engagement as a learning community? • Chart: What evidence, if any, do we currently demonstrate as a learning community/partnership? • Chart: How can we continue to grow as an effective learning community? (Ideas for including missing partners; engaging interim communication and work; building individual and collective learning; possibilities for purposeful integration) 1-25-05

44. IDEA Partnership Meetings: • October 29: Establish learning community connections around adult learning • January 25: Identify the practices of a comprehensive adult learning system • May 12: Identify accountability/evaluation components of an evidence-based adult learning system • August 11: Identify continuing opportu-nities for purposeful integration of adult learning to impact child/student achievement 1-25-05