1. Intro – SPDG Program Area Meeting Jennifer Coffey, Ph.D. OSEP Project Officer & SPDG Program Lead 1

2. Thank You! Planning Committee Members 0 David Merves, Evaluator, NH & DE SPDGs 0 Brenda Oas, Director, ND SPDG 0 Kathy Cox, Director, IL SPDG 0 Alice Henley, CT SPDG 0 Don Briere, CT SPDG 0 Susan Bailey-Anderson, MT SPDG 0 Mary Steady, New Hampshire SPDG 0 RRCP: Jeanna Mullins Kim Hartsell and Jeanna Mullins Facilitators 0 Amy Jenks, NH SPDG 0 Debrajean Scheibel, ME SPDG 0 Michelle Duda, SISEP 0 Cammy Lehr, SISEP 2

3. 0 Sequestration 0 FY 2014 Grant Competition 0 Program Measures and Your APR 0 How we did 0 New resources 0 Internal and external evaluation plans 0 Preparing for your next APR submission 0 Getting Ready for the SPDG National Meeting 3

4. 0 Sequestration 0 FY 2014 Grant Competition 4

5. Program Measures and Your APR Thank you! – Using exemplars – Watching webinars – Being very thoughtful in your descriptions FY 2012 applications/first APRs – Creating true systems of professional development that support the trainers, coaches, and participants – Delineating what the practice or program is Outcomes we hope to see – That the practices are fully in place at most sites – That these practices lead to improved outcomes for children with disabilities 5

6. Program Measures Cont. How we did – Pilot Results for the SPDG's FY 2012 APRs: Program Measure 1: 11 of 22 initiatives (50%) met the set targets Program Measure 2: 4 of 22 (18%) initiatives met the targets they set Program Measure 3: 7 out of 22 (32%) initiatives met the targets they set Program Measure 4: 1 out of 1 – Missing items: Reliability data for Prog Meas 2 New resources – New exemplars on the Performance Reporting page on www.SIGnetwork.org www.SIGnetwork.org – Do’s and Don’ts document Internal and external evaluation plans – Current – Soon to come 6

7. Program Measures Cont. Preparing for your next APR submission – Name your initiatives and make clear throughout the program measures which you are talking about – Provide a full description under the status chart – In your Evidence-based Professional Development Worksheet (Prog Meas 2), provide all the evidence you can describe – Provide a description of your implementation fidelity reliability check (Prog Meas 2) – Name your fidelity tool (Prog Meas 2) 7

8. Getting Ready for the SPDG National Meeting 0 Implementation fidelity continued 0 Allison Metz workgroups 0 Planning committee 0 Other ideas… 0 Form a bridge from the previous national meeting to the next one 8 Nov. 6-7, 2013 FHI360 Conference Ctr Washington, DC REGISTRATION & LODGING open: July 26-Sep

9. Today’s topic Sustainability – Program Measure 3 – Not a stand-alone concept All we have been learning and doing together should work together to give the SPDG work more potential for sustainability Implementation Frameworks – Teams – Drivers – Stages – Improvement cycles – Usable Interventions 9

10. Discussion Groups 1. Tools: Self-Assessment of Problem Solving Implementation – District Level (SAPSI- D) (Kathryn Cox) 2. Tools: Scientific Research-Based Interventions (SRBI) Self-Assessment (Don Briere) 3. Tools: District Capacity Assessment (Michelle Duda, Cammy Lehr) 4. Tools: Training Plan Template (Jennifer Coffey) 5. Tools: Strategic Analysis of the Implementation Drivers (Jeanna Mullins) 6. Tools: Implementation Drivers: Infrastructure Analysis (Barbara Sims) 7. Context: Addressing limited infrastructure and capacity across all levels of the system (Brenda Oas, Debrajean Scheibel) 8. Engagement: Building strong partnerships across departments, system levels (Amy Jenks) 9. Culture: Creating a leadership and organizational culture to foster sustainability (Audrey Desjarlais) 10. Open-ended: Sustainability Conversation (David Merves, Mary Steady) 10

11. Updates - PLCs - SPDG Initiative Database Audrey Desjarlais Coordinator, Signetwork 11

12. PLC Survey Results All Topics Continued + One 1.Behavior/School Climate 2.Coaching 3.Evaluators 4.Grant Management 5.Implementation and Scaling Up Conversations 6.Leadership, IHE Collaboration, Capacity Building and Restructuring 7.Low Incidence Affinity Group 8.Multi-Tiered Systems of Supports / Response to Intervention (RtI) Community 9.Technology 10.NEW! Common Core Standards 12

13. PLC Survey Results (cont) Preferred Format: 0 Tool Sharing and Presentation followed by Discussion Preferred Frequency: 0 9 topical groups prefer to meet quarterly 0 Low Incidence prefer to meet every other month 40+ Total events (includes Directors’ webinars) 13

14. PLC Survey Results (cont) What we’ll continue to do: 0 Archive, post recordings & materials 0 Post PPT to website in advance of live event 0 Schedule topics for entire cycle & request RSVPs using Outlook Meeting Invites What we’ll do differently: 0 Ask for questions in advance that participants would like answered 14

15. PLC Survey Results (cont) Open-Ended Feedback “The PLC and the activities should lead or influence policy. The efforts of a PLC should transcend educating the participants of the PLC to also create, refine or develop work in the field that can be disseminated.” 15

16. Summary of 2013 PLC Membership Survey Results http://www.signetwork.org/content_ pages/237-2013-spdg-program-area- meeting 16

17. 17 BAM!

18. 18 http://stateprofiles.signetwork.org

19. 19 http://stateprofiles.signetwork.org

20. 20 http://stateprofiles.signetwork.org Click “View” to see Initiative Profile

21. i Introductions Jeanna Mullins & Barbara Sims 21

22. 22 Discussion Group Agenda 5:00-5:10Introductions (10 min) Round-Robin Introductions: Share name, state, and SPDG role, Describe state initiative(s) and current implementation stage(s) 5:10-5:55Discussion (45 min) Facilitators use guiding questions for chosen topic 5:55-6:00Small Group Debrief (5 min) 1. What’s your biggest take-away? 2. What are your next steps?

23. 1. Tools: Self-Assessment of Problem Solving Implementation…. 2. Tools: Scientific Research-Based Interventions Self- Assessment 3. Tools: District Capacity Assessment 4. Tools : Training Plan Template 5. Tools: Strategic Analysis of the Implementation Drivers 6. Tools: Implementation Drivers: Infrastructure Analysis 7. Context: Addressing limited infrastructure and capacity…. 8. Engagement: Building strong partnerships across departments... 9. Culture: Creating a leadership and organizational culture…. 10. Open-ended: Sustainability Conversation 23

24. Meet James Coffey Join us @ Zoo Bar Connecticut Ave across from Zoo Entrance 6:15-8:00pm 24