Intro – SPDG Program Intro – SPDG Program Area MeetingArea Meeting

Jennifer Coffey, Ph.D.OSEP Project Officer & SPDG Program Lead

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Thank You!Planning Committee Members

0 David Merves, Evaluator, NH & DE SPDGs0 Brenda Oas, Director, ND SPDG0 Kathy Cox, Director, IL SPDG0 Alice Henley, CT SPDG0 Don Briere, CT SPDG0 Susan Bailey-Anderson, MT SPDG0 Mary Steady, New Hampshire SPDG0 RRCP: Jeanna Mullins Kim Hartsell and Jeanna Mullins

Facilitators0 Amy Jenks, NH SPDG0 Debrajean Scheibel, ME SPDG0 Michelle Duda, SISEP0 Cammy Lehr, SISEP

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0Sequestration0FY 2014 Grant Competition0Program Measures and Your APR

0How we did0New resources0Internal and external evaluation plans0Preparing for your next APR submission

0Getting Ready for the SPDG National Meeting

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0 Sequestration0 FY 2014 Grant Competition

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Program Measures and Your APR

• Thank you!– Using exemplars– Watching webinars– Being very thoughtful in your descriptions

• FY 2012 applications/first APRs– Creating true systems of professional development that

support the trainers, coaches, and participants– Delineating what the practice or program is

• Outcomes we hope to see– That the practices are fully in place at most sites– That these practices lead to improved outcomes for children

with disabilities

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Program Measures Cont.• How we did

– Pilot Results for the SPDG's FY 2012 APRs:• Program Measure 1: 11 of 22 initiatives (50%) met the set targets • Program Measure 2: 4 of 22 (18%) initiatives met the targets they

set • Program Measure 3: 7 out of 22 (32%) initiatives met the targets

they set • Program Measure 4: 1 out of 1

– Missing items: Reliability data for Prog Meas 2• New resources

– New exemplars on the Performance Reporting page on www.SIGnetwork.org

– Do’s and Don’ts document• Internal and external evaluation plans

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Program Measures Cont.

• Preparing for your next APR submission– Name your initiatives and make clear throughout the

program measures which you are talking about– Provide a full description under the status chart– In your Evidence-based Professional Development

Worksheet (Prog Meas 2), provide all the evidence you can describe

– Provide a description of your implementation fidelity reliability check (Prog Meas 2)

– Name your fidelity tool (Prog Meas 2)

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Getting Ready for the SPDG National Meeting

0 Implementation fidelity continued0 Allison Metz workgroups

0Planning committee0Other ideas…

0 Form a bridge from the previous national meeting to the next one

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Nov. 6-7, 2013FHI360 Conference Ctr

Washington, DC

REGISTRATION & LODGING open:

July 26-Sep

Today’s topic• Sustainability

– Program Measure 3– Not a stand-alone concept

• All we have been learning and doing together should work together to give the SPDG work more potential for sustainability

• Implementation Frameworks– Teams– Drivers– Stages– Improvement cycles– Usable Interventions 9

Discussion Groups1. Tools: Self-Assessment of Problem Solving Implementation – District Level

(SAPSI-D) (Kathryn Cox)

2. Tools: Scientific Research-Based Interventions (SRBI) Self-Assessment (Don Briere)

3. Tools: District Capacity Assessment (Michelle Duda, Cammy Lehr)

4. Tools: Training Plan Template (Jennifer Coffey)

5. Tools: Strategic Analysis of the Implementation Drivers (Jeanna Mullins)

6. Tools: Implementation Drivers: Infrastructure Analysis (Barbara Sims)

7. Context: Addressing limited infrastructure and capacity across all levels of the system (Brenda Oas, Debrajean Scheibel)

8. Engagement: Building strong partnerships across departments, system levels (Amy Jenks)

9. Culture: Creating a leadership and organizational culture to foster sustainability (Audrey Desjarlais)

10. Open-ended: Sustainability Conversation (David Merves, Mary Steady) 10

UpdatesUpdates- PLCs- PLCs

- SPDG Initiative Database- SPDG Initiative Database

Audrey DesjarlaisCoordinator, Signetwork

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PLC Survey ResultsAll Topics Continued + One

1. Behavior/School Climate 2. Coaching 3. Evaluators4. Grant Management5. Implementation and Scaling Up Conversations  6. Leadership, IHE Collaboration, Capacity Building

and Restructuring 7. Low Incidence Affinity Group 8. Multi-Tiered Systems of Supports / Response to

Intervention (RtI) Community9. Technology10. NEW! Common Core Standards

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PLC Survey Results (cont)

Preferred Format: 0Tool Sharing and Presentation followed by Discussion

Preferred Frequency: 09 topical groups prefer to meet quarterly 0Low Incidence prefer to meet every other month

40+ Total events (includes Directors’ webinars)

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PLC Survey Results (cont)

What we’ll continue to do: 0Archive, post recordings & materials0Post PPT to website in advance of live event0Schedule topics for entire cycle & request RSVPs using Outlook Meeting Invites

What we’ll do differently: 0Ask for questions in advance that participants would like answered

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PLC Survey Results (cont)

Open-Ended Feedback

“The PLC and the activities should lead or influence policy. The efforts of a PLC should transcend educating the participants of the PLC to also create, refine or develop work in the field that can be disseminated.”

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Summary of2013 PLC Membership

Survey Results

http://www.signetwork.org/content_pages/237-2013-spdg-program-area-meeting

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BAM!

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http://stateprofiles.signetwork.org

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http://stateprofiles.signetwork.org

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Click “View” to see Initiative

Profile

iIntroductions

Jeanna Mullins & Barbara Sims

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Discussion Group Agenda

5:00-5:10 Introductions (10 min) Round-Robin Introductions: Share name, state, and SPDG role, Describe state initiative(s) and current implementation stage(s)

5:10-5:55 Discussion (45 min) Facilitators use guiding questions for chosen topic

5:55-6:00 Small Group Debrief (5 min) 1. What’s your biggest take-away?

2. What are your next steps?

1. Tools: Self-Assessment of Problem Solving Implementation….

2. Tools: Scientific Research-Based Interventions Self-Assessment

3. Tools: District Capacity Assessment

4. Tools: Training Plan Template

5. Tools: Strategic Analysis of the Implementation Drivers

6. Tools: Implementation Drivers: Infrastructure Analysis

7. Context: Addressing limited infrastructure and capacity….

8. Engagement: Building strong partnerships across departments...

9. Culture: Creating a leadership and organizational culture….

10. Open-ended: Sustainability Conversation 23

Meet James Coffey

Join us @ Zoo Bar

Connecticut Ave across from Zoo Entrance

6:15-8:00pm24