Experts in Your Own Backyard:

Collaborating with Local Colleges and Universities for Professional Development- One Region’s Story

Presenters Dr. Charity Roberts, Coastal GLRS Director Dr. Michael Hazelkorn, Dean, CCGA Dr. Claire Hughes, Assoc. Prof. CCGA

Backwards Chaining Approach

Moving from reactive to proactive1. Leveraged panic

Establishing accountable goals

Determining organizational goals Evaluating alignment between goals “Give and Get”- Mutually beneficial

resource sharing Evaluation of activities

Backwards Chaining Approach

CCGA Goals Development of pre-service teacher

programs Implementation of pre-service teacher

training Evaluation of pre-service teacher

training Support of graduates to ensure

effectiveness

GLRS Goals Support School Staff & Parents of SWD

Provide professional learning, coaching, & technical assistance

Deliver training & provide programs Support academic achievement,

graduation rate, & post-secondary success

LOCATIONS

AGENCY COLLABORATION

GLRS PARTNERS

GADOE

SpEd Division

Parent Mentors

School Improvemen

t

RESAs College & Universities

School Systems

SpEd Directors

Staff

Meeting of the Minds GOAL #1

Build Relationships & Partnerships New GLRS Director New COE Dean

Shared personal vision for our programs. Offered support & resources to meet

each other’s needs.

How Do We Fit Together?

Pre-Service Teacher

Development

Pre-Service Teacher

Implementation

Pre-Service Teacher

Evaluation

New Teacher Support

Veteran Teacher Support

What’s the Bottom Line? ALL teacher graduates must

demonstrate effectiveness with student instruction

ALL students with disabilities must demonstrate success with academics, graduation, & post-secondary transition

COMMITMENT to EXCELLENCE MUTUAL GOALS

Graduate highly effective teachers Confident in knowledge & expertise Support SWD (& at-risk) in ALL

environments Encourage continuous learning by CCGA

graduates Transition graduates from CCGA to GLRS

for professional learning to support SWD

Building Strong Support Systems How can GLRS support Coastal College

develop strong teacher candidates prepare ALL teachers to support SWD

What resources does GLRS have available directly impact new teachers’ success in

the field?

Trends & Issues How can GLRS

support & sustain teacher retention in special education?

make connections at an early stage to increase teacher active engagement with our resources?

provide early access to instruction for pre-service teachers?

GLRS PL MODELS

Professional Learning to

Support Indicators for SWD

Consortia

Courses

Endorsements

Projects

Overlapping Collaboration

GLRS / CCGA Pre-Service Teacher Development,

Implementation, &Evaluation

Teacher Graduates

Projects Goal: Pre-Service Participation

In-Field Participation

Collaborative Communities

Goal: Virtual Pre-Service Community

New Teacher Academy

Courses Access to Virtual & Live Courses

District & Online Participation

Endorsements Pre-School Endorsement

Advisory Board GLRS Director is member of TEAB

CCGA Dean is member of SpEd Director Advisory

Board

Instructional Resources Patron Accounts, Technology, & Materials

Patron Accounts, Technology, & Materials

Materials Center Goal: GLRS Center on CCGA campus

Goal: GLRS Center on CCGA campus

One Story in Progress Professional Learning Gold Mines

GLRS approached CCGA staff to instruct workshops for teachers in-field Co-Teaching Expert

In-progress project to provide regional professional learning in this topic

Another Story in Progress Professional Resource Gold Mine

Instructional Resource Center Pre-Service Teachers Large district teaching staff

Provide books, instructional materials, and technology access e-Book accounts Materials Check-out Assistive Technology

Apps Computers iPads Chromebooks

Non-overlapping NeedsYou help me, I’ll help you… We’re all in this together… Performance Indicators- Coastal GLRS Evaluation- CCGA

Collaboration Plan-Overlapping Services to the Community/

Implementation of Pre-service Teacher Training Patron Accounts Information about Hinesville Center Information about Center materials Proposal for IRC at CCGA E-book access Book & materials checkout

Collaboration Plan-Overlapping Capacity Building/ Development of Pre-

Service Teacher Training TEAB participation

Capacity Building/ Implementation of Pre-Service Teacher Training Communication of Online teacher training Math training for CCGA

Collaboration Plan-Overlapping Consortia/ Support of Graduates

New Teacher Cohort model

Collaboration Plan- Mutually Beneficial Performance Indicators- Coastal GLRS

College Expert Training Autism Co-Teaching Behavior ELA & Math

Evaluation- CCGA CAEP Participation

Collaboration Expansion Regional

Coastal GLRS with Georgia Southern & Armstrong Atlantic

State All GLRS centers with regional teacher

prep colleges

Conclusions

Evolving Collaboration

Mission-driven Process

Relationship-driven Foundation

Effective Teachers Outcomes for SWD

Academic Achievement

Graduate Post-Secondary

Success

Desired Results

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