Dr. John D. Barge, State School Superintendent “Making Education Work for All Georgians” Georgia Induction of Beginning Special Education Teachers Pilot Personnel Improvement Center Webinar October 10, 2012

Dr. John D. Barge, State School Superintendent “Making Education Work for All Georgians” Background 1.Superintendent’s Vision 2.Scottish Model 3.Expert Advisory Group 4.Research on Impact of Formative Assessment for Teachers [d =.90] Hattie, J. (2009). Visible learning: A synthesis of over 800 meta-analyses relating to achievement. New York: Routledge. 2

Dr. John D. Barge, State School Superintendent “Making Education Work for All Georgians” Purpose This induction program was designed to provide a purposeful, sequenced structure of extended preparation and professional development for beginning special education teachers (SETs) to facilitate and support both their transition from teacher preparation to induction and their development as highly effective special education teachers. 3

Dr. John D. Barge, State School Superintendent “Making Education Work for All Georgians” Program Goals 1.To improve student achievement through the development of highly effective and professional special education teachers 2.To improve student achievement through the retention of special education teachers 4

Dr. John D. Barge, State School Superintendent “Making Education Work for All Georgians” Funding IDEASPDG Induction Coaches —training & professional development —SET observations & pre- post conferences —facilitation of professional development Substitute Teachers —statewide professional development —8 hours of release time monthly Extended Day for SETs & GETs (FY12 only) Travel —to/from professional development —ICs between schools PD Facilities for two statewide meetings per year University Partner Stipends (FY12 only) 5

Dr. John D. Barge, State School Superintendent “Making Education Work for All Georgians” Participants & Partners Year 1—FY11Year 2—FY12 Five LEAs Twenty Beginning SETs Eight Induction Coaches Fifteen Site Administrators Eight Special Ed Administrators One GaDOE Program Coordinator One University Advisor GA Professional Standards Comm. Five LEAs Sixteen Beginning SETs Seven Induction Coaches Thirteen Site Administrators Eight Special Ed Administrators One GaDOE Program Coordinator Four University Partners 6

Dr. John D. Barge, State School Superintendent “Making Education Work for All Georgians” Professional Development—ICs Year 1—FY11Year 2—FY12 July—2 ½ days on coaching Working with adult learners Needs of beginning teachers Building rapport Guided Practice Coaching System * Observing and conferencing * Clarifying and mediating questions * Paraphrasing Ensuring program fidelity Data collection Monthly webinars Statewide professional learning—October Statewide professional learning—January June—3 days IRIS (George Ann Rice, PIC) Influencer Training July—2 days on Action Research Quarterly conference calls October Working with University Partners Common Core GPS Statewide professional learning—October January—Universal Design for Learning Statewide professional learning—January 7

Dr. John D. Barge, State School Superintendent “Making Education Work for All Georgians” Professional Development—SETs Year 1—FY11Year 2—FY12 4 hours of coaching weekly for 36 weeks 2 hours of observation 1 hour of planning/conferencing 1 hour of coach preparation Monthly embedded PD Focus * Eight days of release time for PD, including peer observations Statewide professional learning—October Statewide professional learning—January 3 hours of coaching weekly for 36 weeks 1 hour of observation 1 hour of planning/conferencing 1 hour of coach preparation Action Research Four days of release time for PD, including peer observations 15 extended day hours for work with coach, including 1 extended day hour per month with general ed co-teaching partner Statewide professional learning—October Statewide professional learning—January 8

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Dr. John D. Barge, State School Superintendent “Making Education Work for All Georgians” Coaching Tools * Coaching Contact Tools Observation Tools Global Scanning Observation Tool General Pre-Conference Form General Post Observation Forms Pre- and Post Observation Reflections Focused Observation Form Classroom Assessments Observation Tool Co-Teaching Intervention Tools Action Research Tools 10

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Dr. John D. Barge, State School Superintendent “Making Education Work for All Georgians” Data Collection 17 1.Disaggregated Data from Coaching Logs 2.Qualitative Data Surveys 3.Beginning Teacher Portfolios—Year One 4.Action Research Summaries—Year Two 5.Retention Data

Dr. John D. Barge, State School Superintendent “Making Education Work for All Georgians” Action Research Example Grade 7- Math

Dr. John D. Barge, State School Superintendent “Making Education Work for All Georgians” Retention Data PATHWAY IntentionRETENTION Gen EdSPED???Year 2Year 3 Alternate Pathway (4)04044 Gen Ed Trained (8)332 6 * Paraprofessional (6)15066 SPED Trained (2) *** 19 * Of the two Gen Ed trained teachers who left SPED after Year 1 of the pilot, one resigned under pressure and one moved to Gen Ed. The teacher trained in Gen Ed who moved to Gen Ed at the end of Year 1, moved back to SPED at the end of Year 2 (Year 3); however, a different Gen Ed trained teacher moved to Gen Ed at the end of Year 2. * * Both of the SPED trained teachers have left SPED. One left after Year 1 to stay home with a new baby. The second, who was certified in SPED and Early Elementary, moved to Gen Ed.

Dr. John D. Barge, State School Superintendent “Making Education Work for All Georgians” Lessons Learned 1.Coach selection * 2.Beginning teacher selection 3.Site administrator participation 4.Time commitments 5.Sustainability 20

Dr. John D. Barge, State School Superintendent “Making Education Work for All Georgians” Cynde Snider, PhD, NBCT Professional Learning Specialist Division for SPED Services & Supports