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What the AIM Center Can Do for Your State
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What the National Center for
Accessible Instructional Materials
Can Do for Your State
Presented by
Chuck Hitchcock and Joy Zabala
CAST and the AIM Center
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Big Ideas for this Session
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Overview of the National AIM Center
AIM Center Products
Technical Assistance Opportunities
Accessing Technical Assistance
The National Center on
Accessible Instructional Materials
“Just in Time” support
is always available to all
states and other entities
Knowledge Development, Technical Assistance,
and Leadership
Overview of the National AIM Center
Activities in Three Areas:
• Knowledge Development
• Leadership
• Technical Assistance
Knowledge Development
• Identify and document current approaches
used by SEAs and LEAs for developing and
implementing efficient, unified distribution
systems for the delivery of AIM
• Survey 1 conducted in the summer of 2010:
Status of State Systems for the Provision
of AIM and NIMAS in 2010
http://aim.cast.org/learn/policy/stateresources/statestatus2010
A Few Snippets from the 2010 Report
• Only 33% reported serving students based on
need rather than just qualification for an
exemption from copyright under Chafee
• 63% indicate that AIM data is being collected
• But only 33% reported tracking timely delivery
• Fewer than 20% reported collaborating with
parent information centers or an agency
responsible for AT
• 90% reported offering training and resources
to support the timely delivery of AIM
Knowledge Development
• Describe the necessary components of a
coordinated system for the distribution of AIM
to students whose disabilities prevent the
effective use of print-based instructional
materials
Quality Indicators for the Provision of AIM
http://aim.cast.org/learn/policy/stateresources/quality_indicators
Monitor Emerging Approaches
• Higher Education
• Access Text Network
• Connects disability service offices directly with leading
textbook publishers to obtain electronic files that may
be used for creating AIM
• Search and share AIM—with publisher permission
• http://www.accesstext.org/
• Post-Secondary Education Commission on AIM
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Established by the Higher Education Act of 2008
Draft report recently completed for final review
http://aim.cast.org/collaborate/p-s_commission
http://www2.ed.gov/about/bdscomm/list/aim/index.html
Market Initiatives
• The Irony of Progress
• More digital content but inaccessible from the
start (locked up ePUB, poor HTML, PDF, etc.)
• ePUB3 is promising if made accessible
• The Opportunity
• New publications, web sites, eLearning platforms
and content, software and hardware “should” be
accessible directly from the markets
• Mandate: DOJ and OCR
• See http://aim.cast.org/learn/policy/federal/ocr
• Need from SEAs and LEAs: Demand
Leadership
• Communicate and collaborate with currently
funded OSEP projects, including—
• The NIMAC, Bookshare, RFB&D, the NIMAS
Center, and
• The Technical Assistance Coordination Center
(TACC)
• Communicate and collaborate with postsecondary groups
• PSC, AHEAD, Access Text Network, etc.
• University-based teacher preparation programs
Leadership
• Coordinate with the National Dissemination
Center (NDC) for individuals with disabilities
to develop a dissemination strategy
• Participated in OSEP’s Technical Assistance
and Dissemination (TA&D) Network activities
• Establish and maintain an advisory committee
• External evaluation: formative & summative
• External Review Panel: 3+2 Evaluation
A Few AIM Center Products
• National Status of States Report
• Components of a coordinated system for the
provision of AIM—in the works
• Updated policy briefs, FAQs, and purchasing
language
• Communication briefs and e-newsletters
• The AIM Center web site, tweets, &
highlights
• Many additional products useful to SEAs and
LEAs to be mentioned by Joy shortly
Wrap-Up, with Promising Trends
• OSEP support
• AIM, NIMAS, NIMAC, AMPs, etc.
• AIM policy working group
• The emerging market
• Accessible books for purchase
• The digital shift
• Future directions
• Beyond print-based textbooks
• Ubiquitous accessibility (with a nudge)
Technical Assistance Opportunities
• Pro-Active Technical Assistance
• Responsive Technical Assistance
• Targeted Technical Assistance
Pro-Active Technical Assistance
AIM Center web site
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Learn
Explore
Collaborate
Customized state pages
Webinar Series
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System-Focused Leaders
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Student-Focused Leaders
Conference Presentations
AIM Center web site at
http://aim.cast.org
The AIM Center web site
serves as a resource to
state- and district-level
educators, parents,
publishers, conversion
houses, accessible media
producers, and others
interested in learning more
about and implementing
AIM and NIMAS.
LEARN
All about AIM, AIM Basics, Statutory
and Policy Information
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Accessible Media
Practice
Policy
All About AIM
• Research
• History and Archives
• Disability-Specific
Resources
Experience
Learning Opportunities, Tools, and Supports
Teaching and Training Resources
• Webinars, Presentations, DVD, and Guide
Decision-Making Tools and Supports
• AIM Navigator, Explorer, and Product Tutorials
Technologies for AIM and NIMAS
• Production Supports, Conversion Tool, and Exemplars
AIM Across the Curriculum
Collaborate
Create and Share Knowledge about AIM
Stay Connected
• AIM Connector, Facebook, Twitter
Join a Discussion
• aim.ig and nimas.ig lists
• Forums
Get the Inside Track
• AIM and NIMAS centers
Decision-Making Tools
Need, Selection, Acquisition, and Use
AIM Consortium Decision-Making Tool arranged by Need, Selection, Acquisition
and Use
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AIM Navigator
AIMing for Achievement DVD
AIM Product Tutorials
AIMAIM Explorer
Guide to Federally-Funded Accessible Media Producers
AIM Implementation Guide
Responsive Technical Assistance
• Respond to individual requests and
concerns in a timely manner
• Consult with states on policies, procedures,
system development, etc.
• Review policies and procedures and
provide feedback
• Serve as guest remote presenter in statedeveloped webinars or training sessions
Targeted Technical Assistance
The purpose of TTA is to work closely with state
education agencies (SEAs) to assist with
developing, improving, and/or sustaining an
effective, efficient system for the provision of
specialized formats of print-based instructional
materials to students with disabilities.
Targeted Technical Assistance
• Targeted technical assistance (TTA) is statefocused and proceeds in accordance with an
individualized TTA Plan collaboratively
developed and agreed upon by the state AIM
Coordinating Committee and the AIM Center.
• TTA is provided to SEA personnel and
designees involved in the provision of AIM
and three to five collaborating LEAs within a
state.
Ten States Receiving
Targeted Technical Assistance
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Oklahoma
Idaho
New Mexico
Nevada
Oregon
 New Hampshire
• Ohio
• Maryland
• West Virginia
• Connecticut
Questions and Comments
Please type your questions and comments into the
public chat box. They will be collected and directed to
the presenters.
Vaclav Havel
“It is not enough to stare up the steps…
We must step up the stairs”
Stepping Up the Stairs
• Visit the AIM Center web site at
http://aim.cast.org
• Check your state page to ensure that it is
accurate and up to date
• Add content to your state page
• Build collaborations within your state
• Make your needs known to AIM Center
staff via email
• Share information with others!
Contact Us via Email
• Chuck Hitchcock, Director of the AIM Center
[email protected]
• Joy Zabala, Director of Technical Assistance
[email protected]
• General Inquiries
[email protected]
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