1. Office of Child Development & Early Learning Project MAX: Maximizing Access and Learning Project MAX Maximizing Access and Learning Managing and Sustaining Complex Change SPDG National Meeting October 14, 2015

2. Office of Child Development & Early Learning Project MAX: Maximizing Access and Learning PaTTAN’s Mission The mission of the Pennsylvania Training and Technical Assistance Network (PaTTAN) is to support the efforts and initiatives of the Bureau of Special Education, and to build the capacity of local educational agencies to serve students who receive special education services.

3. Office of Child Development & Early Learning Project MAX: Maximizing Access and Learning PDE’s Commitment to Least Restrictive Environment (LRE) Our goal for each child is to ensure Individualized Education Program (IEP) teams begin with the general education setting with the use of Supplementary Aids and Services before considering a more restrictive environment.

4. Office of Child Development & Early Learning Project MAX: Maximizing Access and Learning Session Objectives Overview of Project MAX – PA SPDG Review PA’s system to sustain complex change Discuss application to your SPDG 4

5. Office of Child Development & Early Learning Project MAX: Maximizing Access and Learning Project MAX Purpose: Maximizing Access & Learning Increase the capacity of PA schools to provide all students, including those with complex instructional needs, with maximum access and learning of the general education curriculum and the PA Core Standards. 5

6. Office of Child Development & Early Learning Project MAX: Maximizing Access and Learning Impact across Pennsylvania 29 IU Teams 142 LEA Teams 155 Coaches 300 Administrators One Statewide Parent Network 12 Institutions of Higher Education 6

7. Office of Child Development & Early Learning Project MAX: Maximizing Access and Learning Multi-Year Capacity-Building Implementation with Supports PATTAN: Implementor supports Teams (Tools/Materials, Content, Stipend) IU: External Coaches (TACs) increase capacity Year One: Plan and Apply PATTAN: Implementor fades support (PLCs, Stipend) IU: External Coaches (TACs) and Team Internal Coaches increase capacity Year Two: Application and Practice IU: External Coaches (TAC) fade support to Teams and replicate in 2 new LEAs; #1 Teams’ Internal Coaches continue to increase capacity Year Three: Deepening Understanding IU: External Coaches fade support to new LEAs ; #1 Teams’ Internal Coach capacity established; New LEAs’ internal coaches increase capacity Year Four: Mastery 7

8. Office of Child Development & Early Learning Project MAX: Maximizing Access and Learning Sustainability The ability of a staff to maintain the core beliefs and values (culture) of a program and use them to guide program adaptations over time, while maintaining improved or enhanced outcomes. ~adapted from Century and Levy (2002) 8

9. Office of Child Development & Early Learning Project MAX: Maximizing Access and Learning Project MAX Sustainability Initiate Year 1 Plan & Apply Scale-Up Year 2 Application and Practice Replicate Year 3 Deepening Understanding 9

10. Office of Child Development & Early Learning Project MAX: Maximizing Access and Learning Initiate Year 1 Plan & Apply Scale-Up Year 2 Application and Practice Replicate Year 3 Deepening Understanding Project MAX Sustainability Intermediate Unit Role 10 IU replicates in 2 additional LEAs

11. Office of Child Development & Early Learning Project MAX: Maximizing Access and Learning Project MAX Sustainability Team Role 11 Initiate Year 1 Scale-Up Year 2 (and beyond) Replicate Year 3 IU 30 (3 classes) LEA: ABC SD Middle School 6 th IU 30 (+ 2 more classes) LEA: ABC SD Middle School (+7 th ) IU30 implements in LEA: BCD SD LEA: CDE SD

12. Office of Child Development & Early Learning Project MAX: Maximizing Access and Learning Changing Role of Coaching 12 Initiate Year 1 Scale-Up Year 2 Replicate Year 3 Lead: PaTTAN Support: External Coach (IU TaC) & Internal Coach Lead: External Coach (IU TaC) & Internal Coach Fading Support: PaTTAN Lead: External Coach (IU TaC) Support: New LEA Internal Coach

13. Office of Child Development & Early Learning Project MAX: Maximizing Access and Learning Replication Year 3 2 New Sites Initiate Year 1 Summer Institute Monthly PD Monthly Team Meetings Onsite support Data Collection 13 Project MAX Scaling Up Year 2 PD Selective PD Team Meetings Onsite support Data Collection Scale-up Year 2 Freshman Year 1 PD Team Meetings Onsite support Data Collection Scale-up Year 2 Sophomores

14. Office of Child Development & Early Learning Project MAX: Maximizing Access and Learning Data requirements 14 Data RequiredYear 1Year 2Year 3 Practice Profile Rubric Assist in the identification of professional development and technical assistance needs to support standards aligned instruction for students with complex instructional needs  Optional (Stipend) Implementation Plan Used in conjunction with the Project MAX Practice Profile Rubric to design and monitor customized action steps and update progress.  Optional Educator Surveys Used to gather perceptual data from teachers  Fall  Fall & Spring Student Characteristics Surveys Used to gather information on students selected to be part of Project MAX  Fall  Fall & Spring Implementation Fidelity Checklist Summative tool used to assess the fidelity of implementation of core components of Project MAX by Internal Coaches. 

15. Office of Child Development & Early Learning Project MAX: Maximizing Access and Learning Questions What models has your state used to encourage sustainability and scale up of your SPDG? Describe one challenge, and how that was addressed? What unanticipated consequences did you encounter and how were they addressed? 15

16. Office of Child Development & Early Learning Project MAX: Maximizing Access and Learning 16 Commonwealth of Pennsylvania Tom Wolf Governor Pennsylvania Department of Education Pedro A. Rivera Secretary Patricia Hozella Director Bureau of Special Education