Office of Child Development & Early LearningProject MAX: Maximizing Access and Learning

Project MAXMaximizing Access and

Learning

Managing and Sustaining Complex Change

SPDG National MeetingOctober 14, 2015

Office of Child Development & Early LearningProject MAX: Maximizing Access and Learning

PaTTAN’s MissionThe mission of the

Pennsylvania Training and Technical Assistance Network

(PaTTAN) is to support the efforts and initiatives of the Bureau of Special Education, and to build the capacity of

local educational agencies to serve students who receive special education services.

Office of Child Development & Early LearningProject MAX: Maximizing Access and Learning

PDE’s Commitment to Least Restrictive Environment

(LRE)Our goal for each child is to

ensure Individualized Education Program (IEP) teams

begin with the general education setting with the use

of Supplementary Aids and Services before considering a more restrictive

environment.

Office of Child Development & Early LearningProject MAX: Maximizing Access and Learning

Session Objectives

• Overview of Project MAX – PA SPDG

• Review PA’s system to sustain complex change

• Discuss application to your SPDG

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Office of Child Development & Early LearningProject MAX: Maximizing Access and Learning

Project MAX Purpose: Maximizing Access &

LearningIncrease the capacity of PA schools to provide all students, including those

with complex instructional needs, with maximum access and learning of the general education curriculum and the

PA Core Standards.

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Impact across Pennsylvania

29 IU Teams

142 LEA Teams 155

Coaches

300 Administrat

ors

One Statewide

Parent Network

12 Institutions of Higher Education

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Office of Child Development & Early LearningProject MAX: Maximizing Access and Learning

Multi-Year Capacity-Building Implementation with Supports

• PATTAN: Implementor supports Teams (Tools/Materials, Content, Stipend)

• IU: External Coaches (TACs) increase capacity

Year One: Plan and Apply

• PATTAN: Implementor fades support (PLCs, Stipend)

• IU: External Coaches (TACs) and Team Internal Coaches increase capacity

Year Two: Application and

Practice

• IU: External Coaches (TAC) fade support to Teams and replicate in 2 new LEAs; #1 Teams’ Internal Coaches continue to increase capacity

Year Three:Deepening

Understanding

• IU: External Coaches fade support to new LEAs ; #1 Teams’ Internal Coach capacity established; New LEAs’ internal coaches increase capacity

Year Four: Mastery

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Sustainability

The ability of a staff to maintain the core beliefs and values (culture) of a program and use them to guide program adaptations over time, while maintaining improved or enhanced outcomes.

~adapted from Century and Levy (2002) 8

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Project MAX Sustainability

InitiateYear 1

Plan & Apply

Scale-Up

Year 2Application

and Practice

Replicate

Year 3Deepening

Understanding

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Office of Child Development & Early LearningProject MAX: Maximizing Access and Learning

InitiateYear 1

Plan & Apply

Scale-Up

Year 2Application

and Practice

Replicate

Year 3Deepening

Understanding

Project MAX SustainabilityIntermediate Unit Role

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#1 Teams Internal scale up.

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#1 Teams:IU and LEA

IU replicates in 2 additional

LEAs

Expansion of #1 Teams

IU and LEA

Office of Child Development & Early LearningProject MAX: Maximizing Access and Learning

Project MAX SustainabilityTeam Role

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InitiateYear 1

Scale-Up

Year 2 (and beyond)

Replicate

Year 3

IU 30 (3 classes)LEA: ABC SD Middle School 6th

IU 30 (+ 2 more classes)LEA: ABC SD Middle School (+7th)

IU30 implements inLEA: BCD SDLEA: CDE SD

Office of Child Development & Early LearningProject MAX: Maximizing Access and Learning

Changing Role of Coaching

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InitiateYear 1

Scale-Up

Year 2

Replicate

Year 3

Lead: PaTTANSupport: External Coach (IU TaC) & Internal Coach

Lead: External Coach (IU TaC) & Internal CoachFading Support: PaTTAN

Lead: External Coach (IU TaC) Support: New LEA Internal Coach

Office of Child Development & Early LearningProject MAX: Maximizing Access and Learning

Replication Year 3

2 New Sites

Initiate

Year 1

Summer Institute

Monthly PD

Monthly Team Meetings

Onsite support

Data Collection

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Project MAX Scaling Up

Year 2 PD

Selective PD

Team Meetings

Onsite support

Data Collection

Scale-up Year 2 Freshman

Year 1 PD

Team Meetings

Onsite support

Data Collection

Scale-up Year 2

Sophomores

Office of Child Development & Early LearningProject MAX: Maximizing Access and Learning

Data requirements

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Data Required Year 1 Year 2 Year 3

Practice Profile RubricAssist in the identification of professional development and technical assistance needs to support standards aligned instruction for students with complex instructional needs

Optional(Stipend)

Implementation PlanUsed in conjunction with the Project MAX Practice Profile Rubric to design and monitor customized action steps and update progress.

Optional

Educator SurveysUsed to gather perceptual data from teachers

Fall

Fall & Spring

 

Student Characteristics SurveysUsed to gather information on students selected to be part of Project MAX

Fall

Fall & Spring

 

Implementation Fidelity ChecklistSummative tool used to assess the fidelity of implementation of core components of Project MAX by Internal Coaches.

   

Office of Child Development & Early LearningProject MAX: Maximizing Access and Learning

Questions • What models has your state used to

encourage sustainability and scale up of your SPDG?

• Describe one challenge, and how that was addressed?

• What unanticipated consequences did you encounter and how were they addressed?

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Commonwealth of PennsylvaniaTom WolfGovernor

Pennsylvania Department of Education

Pedro A. Rivera

Secretary

Patricia HozellaDirector

Bureau of Special Education