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Playing in the Sandbox: Scaling up
Technical Assistance by Integrating
OSEP and OESE Resources
August 1, 2006
OSEP Project Directors Conference
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Judy Shanley, AIR
Steve Fleischman, AIR
Cynthia Ward, MSU
We Hope you Will….
Acquire information about national and regional technical
assistance resources.
Obtain examples of cross-project collaboration strategies that
bring together OESE and OSEP resources.
Hear about how a university-based State TA system capitalized
on this collaboration.
Learn from our successes and challenges.
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Agenda
Overview of each of our projects
The Access Center: Improving Outcomes for All Students K-8 - OSEP
Comprehensive School Reform Quality (CSRQ) Center – OESE
The Center for Educational Partnerships – The Program for Research
and Evaluation in Public Schools (PREPS), Mississippi State U.
Why collaborate – the obvious and not so obvious benefits
Impact of this collaboration on a State TA system
Our learning – we would recommend…and you should avoid…
Discussion, thoughts, feedback
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I KNOW THE
STUDENTS ARE
DEMANDING and
TEACHERS DON’T
LIKE YOU…BUT,
YOU HAVE TO GO
TO SCHOOL..YOU
ARE THE
PRINCIPAL!
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The Challenges of Collaboration
Competing demands on time and resources
Differing program objectives from sponsoring
agencies
Misunderstanding by technical assistance recipients
Co-mingling funds and staff resources
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And the Story Began…
Access Center
Funded in 2002
Strengthen state and local capacity to help
students with disabilities learn through
general education curriculum.
Three kinds of TA: Direct TA, Information
Sharing Communities, and Web based TA
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CSRQ Center: Who WeCSRQ
Are Center
The Center is a three-year U.S. Department of
Education-funded resource center to help education
consumers answer the question:
Which CSR models and approaches work well to raise
student achievement or accomplish other important
student outcomes?
The Center complements other ED-supported quality
initiatives that support CSR implementation and the
achievement of NCLB goals.
The Center aligns with ED efforts regarding the use of
scientifically based research.
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CSRQ Center: What We Do
CSRQ Center
Produce and make widely available
consumer-friendly CSRQ Center
Reports.
Develop partnerships to promote
knowledge and use of CSRQ Center
Reports and Center tools.
Provide technical assistance to selected
states, districts, and schools.
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AIR Resources for Evidence–Based School
Improvement
Center for Effective Collaboration and
Practice
http://cecp.air.org
Center for Implementing Technology in
Education
http://www.citeducation.org
Comprehensive School Reform Quality
(CSRQ) Center
http://www.csrq.org
K8 Access Center
http://www.k8accesscenter.org/
National Center for Mental Health
Promotion and Youth Violence
http://www.promoteprevent.org
National Center for Technology
Innovation
http://www.nationaltechcenter.org
National Center on Education,
Disability and Juvenile Justice
http://www.edjj.org
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National Center on Student Progress
Monitoring
http://www.studentprogress.org
National Coordinator Training and
Technical Assistance Center
http://www.k12coordinator.org
National Evaluation and Technical
Assistance Center for the Education of
Children Who Are Neglected,
Delinquent, or At Risk
http://www.neglected-delinquent.org
National Reporting System for Adult
Education (NRS)
http://www.nrsweb.org
Supplemental Educational Services
Quality (SESQ) Center
http://tutorsforkids.org
Technical Assistance Partnership for
Child and Family
http://www.air.org/tapartnership
What Works Clearinghouse
http://www.whatworks.ed.gov
The CEP Mississippi Sandbox
What we do
Integrating Federal Projects
The Comprehensive School
Reform Quality Center
U. S. Department of
Education, Office of
Elementary and
Secondary Education
(OESE).
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The Access Center:
Improving Outcomes for
All Students K-8
U.S. Department of
Education, Office of
Special Education
Programs (OSEP).
Why Collaborate?
Consistent with Federal funding and programs
Labs, Centers
Efficient use of resources
Build staff knowledge and skills across professional
disciplines
Serves as a model for State and district TA systems
and individual recipients
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What We Did…Technical Assistance
Moving Forward: A Guide for Implementing Comprehensive
School Reform & Improvement Strategies
Train-the trainer workshop and materials
Builds on work of the Access Center/EMSTAC and the CSRQ Center
Objective is to enhance ability to select and implement school reform
models and improvement interventions
Workshop addressed a systems-wide improvement strategy
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Pyramid of Influence
Federal Legislation & Policy
State Legislation & Policy
District and
School/Building Policy
CSRQ
Classroom
Access
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Student Outcomes
The Benefits for a State TA system
Why we were interested
Challenges of TA systems to meet
demands of initiatives in high need
state
Need for scientifically-based research
Shared core beliefs and values of
partners
Perfect timing—designation of TA
Center for compliance with state
consent decree (Mattie T)
Cost efficiency for high quality services
The Benefits for a State TA System
What we got out of the national collaboration
Extensive access to meaningful, high quality resources for
local districts, schools and CEP
Opportunity to dialogue with national project leaders about
strategic implementation ideas
Enhanced body of knowledge about addressing complex
goal of success for students with disabilities in general
education curriculum
Valuable partnership with outstanding staff of national
centers
Increased credibility of CEP and MSU with practitioners and
policy-makers at local, state and national levels
Promotion of use of technology as a tool for
communication and professional development (website
resources, web-links)
The Benefits for a State TA System
What the benefits are for state and local educators
Immediate access to scientifically-based models of success
Quality, meaningful professional development, strategies
and ideas in easy-to-use format for practicing administrators
and teachers
Model of successful collaboration for use by administrators
and teachers in Mississippi
Short-term success of project establishes foundation for
sustained implementation and enhancement
Enhancement of our own skills of collaboration
Increased visibility and credibility for our State TA system
What We Did…Products and
Resources
Enhancing Participation Guide
Specific model features that address the needs of students with disabilities.
Suggestions regarding strategies to enhance the engagement and progress of
students with disabilities in school reform models.
Questions That Educators Can Ask About the Participation of Students With
Disabilities in School Reform and Improvement Models
Considerations checklist
Assess the capacity of school reform and improvement models to address the
needs of students with disabilities
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Learning and Lessons
The Good
Playing in the sandbox is important
Ideal way to leverage resources
Additional resources – Enhancing Participation and Questions Educators can
Ask
We would do differently
Communicate more effectively to TA recipients regarding each project
Bring clients together early in the process
Identify cross-project work in the early years of a project
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What Lessons have you Learned
through your own Experiences?
Share thoughts and ideas
Questions and comments
Thank you & Feedback form
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Visit our Centers
The Access Center www.k8accesscenter.org
The CSRQ Center www.csrq.org
Mississippi State University – College of Education
Center for Educational Partnerships
http://www.educ.msstate.edu/cep/index.html
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Contact Us
American Institutes for Research
1000 Thomas Jefferson St, NW
Washington, DC 20007-3835
Judy Shanley, [email protected]
Steve Fleischman, [email protected]
Cynthia Ward, [email protected]
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