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The IDEA Partnership at The National Association of State Directors of Special Education (NASDSE)

www.ideapartnership.org 1-877-IDEA INFO

Building Unified Education Systems Using Partnership Tools and Processes

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IDEA Partnership: US Department of Education’s

Investment in stakeholder expertise

An affiliation of 55 national organizations

Collaborating across roles and settings

Translating research and policy to practice

Solving persistent and complex problems

IDEA Partnership @ NASDSE 2009

Using Existing Networks to Reach New Levels of Impact

We believe:

All students are general education students first.

Members will ‘hear’ messages from organizations differently than they ‘hear’ them from the state or district.

An organization’s communication vehicles and national meetings create great opportunities to share information and motivate action.


Using Existing Networks to Reach New Levels of Impact

We believe:

Organizational divisions and state affiliates are natural outlets for materials designed by the IDEA Partnership.

When national organizations and their state affiliates work together, information can move quickly and with more meaning.

When states work with state affiliates of national organizations, ideas can change practice.

Together, states and organizational affiliates can tackle challenges to effective implementation.


Tools and Processes to Support Our Work Together

Partnership Collections ( one topic ; many centers) User Guides (work of one center) Dialogue Guides RKR Library Communities of Practice Collaboration, Presentations, Mentoring, Networking National Meeting/Summits Websites – www.ideapartnership.org

www.sharedwork.orgIDEA Partnership @ NASDSE 2009

RTI Summit: Beginning the National Dialogue

Cross-agency at the federal level State teams, across program areas Stakeholders as members of state teams Researchers and early implementers as presenters Keynotes with ‘big messages’ that could generate discussion State team time to convey current efforts, think with a larger

group of stakeholders and plan future efforts TA Centers and organizations learning with state teams by acting

as facilitators Intentional follow-up across federal TA investments


Organization Roles

Core Members of State Teams National Association of Elementary School Principals (NAESP) American Association of School Administrators (AASA) National Education Association (NEA) American Federation of Teachers( AFT) Parent Training and Information Centers (PTI) / Parent Resource and

Information Centers (PIRC)

Planning Committee, Facilitators and Presenters

Follow-up Networks


Summit Goals and Expected Outcomes

Share information, tools, and resources

Learn about the value of an RTI model to

Build rapport among diverse stakeholders within each state/territory

Follow through back in the states/territories


State Team Interaction Three Facilitated Sessions

Shared leadership and visioning Assessment of current statewide capacity for change to RTI Action-planning to support and enhance implementation of RTI

Planning Document Shared Leadership – Who are the other stakeholder groups that

need to be invited to the table? Statewide Initiatives – What needs to be in place to support

change efforts? Professional Development - What needs to be in place to

support change efforts?

Reactions from FacilitatorsIDEA Partnership @ NASDSE 2009

Partnership Collection on RTI


Stakeholder perspectives on a topic (e.g. RTI)

Available to people at all knowledge levels

Making research tangible to those in the field

A comprehensive collection of materials and resources

Click Here

How to use…

Knowledge level: zero to much RTI = school improvement Concerns

Changing roles and responsibilities Opportunity to gain requisite knowledge and skills Reallocation of resources: time and $ Fidelity of implementation

To engage in dialogue


Tools to begin the discussion…

Grounding Assumptions Guiding Principles of RTI Dialogue Guides

What is RTI? Early Intervening Services (EIS) in the Federal

Regulations Glossary of RTI Terms


Tools to deepen the discussion and move to implementation… Power Points and Presenter Guides

Leaving No Child Behind: Response to Intervention Fundamentals for Educators and their Partners

Response to Intervention: Policy Considerations and Implementation

Response to Intervention and SLD Identification

Dialogue Guides


User Guides: Technical Assistance In-depth


Provide efficient access to and use of research and materials located on a Federal Technical Assistance (TA) Center website

Developed by cross-stakeholder group representative of IDEA Partnership organizations TA Center personnel Range of roles at all levels of the education system Geographic locations from across the United States

Each Guide Contains…


Needs of the Field

Essential Elements

Guiding Principles

Grounding Assumptions

Dialogue Guides

Fact Sheet

Glossary

Power Point & Presenter’s Guide

Current availability…


National Secondary Transition Technical Assistance Center (NSTTAC) Evidence-based Practice Available now at www.ideapartnership.org

National Center on Instruction In process, projected to be available June

Creating Agreement (early dispute resolution) In planning stage

Dialogue Guides: Tools for Building Shared Understanding and Shared Implementation Efforts

Are models for conducting interactive discussions across stakeholders

Examine assumptions held Seek common ground Support consensus Encourage application


Components of Dialogue Guides

DG Brief Available now to the field Brief article or summary

Reaction Questions Acknowledgement of differing perspectives

Application Questions Implications for advancing practice together


Dialogue Guides

Build on important policy documents Help make technical language understandable Get to the issues behind the language and get people

talking Cross-stakeholder developed

• Statutory Guides and RTI Collection• Available at Partnership website:

www.ideapartnership.org Facilitator’s Guide to make it easier to invite groups into

dialogue


Communities of Practice

A way of working • Involving those who do

shared work• Involving those who

share issues• Always asking “who

isn’t here?”

A way of learning• To create new

knowledge grounded in doing the work

• With those who can advocate for and make change


Levels of Collaboration in the Partnership

Inform- Share accurate, relevant and useful information through national networks

Network – Connect to state affiliates of national organizations to enable the work to move more deeply

Collaborate – Work across organizations to develop shared messages

Transform – Support shared work between state affiliates and states


Why States Are Collaborating through Communities of Practice Efficiency and effectiveness of collaborative planning and

monitoring School Improvement demands of No Child Left Behind NCLB requirements for ‘highly qualified teachers’ and ‘adequate

yearly progress’ More meaningful planning and program design for teachers Desire for compatibility…reduced chance of incompatibility Desire to move beyond discussion to action Move from a ‘desire to collaborate’ to ‘collaborating


IDEA Partnership Can Provide:

Brokered connections to key groups Introductory presentations to open cross-

stakeholder work Ongoing collaboration Mentoring for deeper collaboration within

states Networking opportunities around shared issues


For more information about the

IDEA Partnership

Visit the website: www.ideapartnership.orgCall toll free line at: 1-877-IDEA INFO

The IDEA Partnership is funded by the U.S. Department of Education Office of Special Education Programs (OSEP) and is part of the Technical Assistance and Dissemination network


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organizational affiliates

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general education students

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