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Subject: Improvement Planning Training
***REGISTRATION CORRECTION***
Source: Robin Martin, Supervisor, Effective Practices
Intended Audience: Superintendents, Special Education Administrators
Date: September 5, 2007
In collaboration with Regional Professional Development Centers (RPDCs), the
Division of Special Education will be conducting regional trainings on
Improvement Planning this fall. These trainings are designed to assist
public agencies in developing a plan to improve outcomes for students with
disabilities and meet the targets of our State Performance Plan (SPP)
http://dese.mo.gov/divspeced/SPPpage.html.
Use of the IP process and development of an appropriate Improvement Plan is
required by the Division of Special Education for (1) districts who are in
their pre-Missouri School Improvement Program (MSIP) year as part of a
self-assessment and (2) districts who wish to apply for grants from the
Division of Special Education. These districts are required to attend this
training if they did not attend the IP training during the
2006-2007 school year. However, agencies who attended the training in
2006-2007 are highly encouraged to send a team to this training as the
presentation has been enhanced to include more in-depth examples, more
detailed improvement planning information, and an updated scoring guide.
Improvement Planning (IP) is a process that will allow you to evaluate the
strengths and needs of your special education program to meet the learning
and behavioral goals of students. IP emphasizes the use of a stakeholder
group to evaluate information, data-based decision making, and
implementation of evidence-based programs to improve student outcomes. It is
useful as part of a continual process to assess the district's ability to
meet the SPP targets.
Districts are encouraged to send teams of up to five (5) members to the
training. We request that each district send their special education
director as one of the participants. At least one of the attendees should be
the person who will be responsible for completing the district's Special
Education Improvement Plan.
***Registration is required. Please register through My Learning Plan by
accessing the following link and clicking on Compliance Catalog:
http://dese.mo.gov/divspeced/Compliance/training.html. Continental
breakfast and lunch will be served.
For further information, please contact Robin Martin, Supervisor, Effective
Practices Section at 573-751-2512 or email
robin.martin@dese.mo.gov. |
