improving results for students with disabilities through communities of practice
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Improving Results for Students with Disabilities through Communities of Practice. Judy Shanley The Access Center: Improving Outcomes for All Students K-8. National Leadership Summit September 2003. Communities of Practice Initiative is based on…. - PowerPoint PPT PresentationTRANSCRIPT
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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
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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
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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
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Multiple Forums to Sustain Communities
• Face to face meetings• Telephone – conference calls• E-mail • Videoconferencing• Web based – www.tacommunities.org
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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
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Transella remembers….
www.tacommunities.org
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Wow…It’s so easy to find information!
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Transella Requests an Account
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Transella Easily Finds her Topic of Interest – Exiting Part B Community
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Nationally Recognized Facilitators…
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The Personal Touch Transella can contact contributors
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The Personal Touch Transella can contact contributors
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Multiple Kinds of ContentSharing a Best Practice
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Threaded DiscussionsTransella can participate in discussions
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Subscribe to a TopicTransella wants to be kept informed
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Subscribe to Discussions
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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
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Search and Help Features
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Your “Me Page”
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Keep Apprised of Upcoming Events
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We Are on an Incredible Voyage….
USS tacommunities
www.tacommunities.org
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For general questions regarding the tacommunities website…
Judy Shanley
202-944-5430
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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]