Exploring New Exploring New TerritoriesTerritories

FDLRS Institute 2008Daytona Beach

History – Statute• (f)  Provide for the dissemination and

diffusion of significant information and promising practices derived from educational research, demonstration, and other projects.

• (g)  Assist in the delivery, modification, and integration of instructional technology, including microcomputer applications and adaptive and assistive devices, appropriate to the unique needs of exceptional students.

IDEA 2004• Free and Appropriate Public Education

(FAPE)• Protect the rights of children with

disabilities and their parents• Assist States, localities, educational

service agencies, and Federal agencies• Assess and ensure the effectiveness of

efforts to education children with disabilities

IDEA 2004• Professional Development & Training• Technology in the IEP Process• Technology to Enhance Learning• Assistive Technology• Universal Design for Learning• Accessible Instructional Materials /

NIMAS• Accommodations

State Performance Plan 05-10

• 1 – Percent of youth with IEPs graduating from high school with a regular diploma.

• 2 – Percent of youth with IEPs dropping out of high school.

• 3 – Participation and performance of children with disabilities on statewide assessments.

• 5 – Percent of children with IEPs aged 6 through 21.

Scaling Up• The process of reaching larger

numbers, having a larger impact, creating sustainable change

• State Level – guidance, policy, vision• Project Activities – organizational in

nature• Local Activities – implementation

Effective Change is Paradoxical

Methods of Systems Change

Scaling Up• The process of reaching larger

numbers, having a larger impact, creating sustainable change

• State Level – guidance, policy, vision• Project Activities – organizational in

nature• Local Activities – implementation

Example – Reading

BEESS Supported Statewide Technology Network

• Florida Instructional Materials Center for the Visually Impaired (FIMC-VI)– Suzanne Dalton, sdalton@fimcvi.org,

800 282 9193• Resource Materials & Technology Center for

the Deaf and Hard of Hearing (RMTC-D/HH)– Shelley Ardis, ardiss@fsdb.k12.fl.us, 904

827 2666• Technology State Loan Library (TSLL)

– Mark Cerasale, mark_cerasale@scps.k12.fl.us, 407 320-2385

BEESS Supported Statewide Technology Network

• FDLRS Technology Coordinating Unit (FDLRS/TECH)– David Davis, david@fdlrstech.com, 850

638 6131, ext 2242

– FDLRS Regional Technology Specialists– Regional Assistive Technology

Specialists– FDLRS Associate Center Technology

Specialists

BEESS Technology Services

Serving Florida’s Schools & Students

RtI• Problem Solving/Response to

Intervention (PS/RtI) http://floridarti.usf.edu

• Positive Behavior Support (PBS) http://flpbs.fmhi.usf.edu

• Teaching Learning Connections (RtI-TLC) http://rtitlc.ucf.edu

Different Directions

Exploring New Exploring New TerritoriesTerritories

FDLRS Institute 2008Daytona Beach