1. Please be sure that your audio is working properly. Go to: Tools Audio Audio Setup Wizard Differentiation in the Statewide System of Support Distance Learning Session #4

2. Agenda Greetings and who’s here Indistar: Generation 2010 Special sharing from Idaho: Differentiation Decisions High School Improvement and the SSOS Team reports and sharing Questions, comments, and what’s next

3. Who’s Here State Teams and RCC Liaisons: Alaska, Arkansas, and Virginia Lisa Kinnaman, Boise State University and Idaho Pacesetter Idaho Pacesetters: Steve Underwood National High School Center: Dr. Joseph Harris and Jenny Scala CII Staff: Tom Kerins and Nancy Protheroe

4. Indistar 2010 Three components: 1) District improvement, 2) School improvement, 3) SSOS SSOS: Stephanie can set up your state’s password-protected place Enhancements to the district/school improvement modules

5. Special Sharing from Idaho Some comments from Steve Underwood on the state’s approach to making determinations about differentiation of services to schools

6. High School Improvement and the SSOS Presenters: Dr. Joseph Harris and Jenny Scala, National High School Center Highlights: Eight Elements of High School Improvement, state DOE uses of the Eight Elements, SSOS and work with high schools

7. Joe Harris Director of the National High School Center Education: University of Florida, Catholic University, University of Maryland Experience: Administrator and teacher in District of Columbia schools, project manager for technical assistance contract funded by NSF, Principal Analyst for AIR

8. Jenny Scala Research Analyst at AIR: Technical Assistance Liaison for the NHSC and the National Center of Response to Intervention Education: Northwestern University and Harvard Graduate School of Education Experience: Work at school and district levels as well as collaboration with state DOE staff

9. Team Reports and Sharing Alaska Arkansas Virginia

10. What could be done to embed ongoing evaluation of the SSOS in routine operations of the Department? What roadblocks might there be to doing this?

11. Questions, Comments, and What’s Next