Improving Results for Students with Disabilities through Communities of Practice National Leadership Summit September 2003 Judy Shanley The Access Center: Improving Outcomes for All Students K-8
Jan 02, 2016
Improving Results for Students with Disabilities throughCommunities of Practice
National Leadership Summit
September 2003
Judy Shanley
The Access Center: Improving Outcomes for All Students K-8
Communities of Practice Initiative is based on….
• Current, reliable research and strategies to address topics
• Content expertise and the input of researchers and technical assistance providers
• An active forum to share and exchange information with colleagues
OSEP Communities of Practice
• Represents Collaboration at the Federal Level– Continuous Improvement and Focused Monitoring
Division– Research to Practice Division
• Represents Collaboration at State and Local Levels - Focus of Communities – Part C – Settings, Identification– Part B – Section 619 Preschool LRE– Part B LRE, Exiting– Part C/B – Data
Multiple Forums to Sustain Communities
• Face to face meetings• Telephone – conference calls• E-mail • Videoconferencing• Web based – www.tacommunities.org
This is Transella….• Transition Coordinator Extraordinaire• Faced with decreasing numbers of students with
disabilities graduating • Faced with an increasing number of students with
disabilities dropping out• Widening graduation gap between students with and
without disabilities
Transella remembers….
www.tacommunities.org
Wow…It’s so easy to find information!
Transella Requests an Account
Transella Easily Finds her Topic of Interest – Exiting Part B Community
Nationally Recognized Facilitators…
The Personal Touch Transella can contact contributors
The Personal Touch Transella can contact contributors
Multiple Kinds of ContentSharing a Best Practice
Threaded DiscussionsTransella can participate in discussions
Subscribe to a TopicTransella wants to be kept informed
Subscribe to Discussions
Transella would use a website that is…• Easy to find relevant Information• Simple and not overly process oriented• Has help available should she run into any
stumbling blocks• Personalized
Search and Help Features
Your “Me Page”
Keep Apprised of Upcoming Events
We Are on an Incredible Voyage….
USS tacommunities
www.tacommunities.org
For general questions regarding the tacommunities website…
Judy Shanley
202-944-5430
For information about the Exiting community,
please contact your Community facilitators:
•Donna Johnson (National Center on Secondary Education and Transition (NCSET)) – [email protected]
•Chris Bremer (National Center on Secondary Education and Transition (NCSET)) – [email protected]
•Cesar D’Agord (Great Lakes Area Regional Resource Center (GLARRC)) – [email protected]