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W E L C O M E
Overview of PDA-ESE

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P U R P O S E
The purpose of the PDA-ESE program is to increase
educator knowledge and skill, in the area of
exceptional student education, through an online
delivery format.
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What is PDA-ESE all about?
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What is PDA-ESE?
The Professional Development Alternatives for
Exceptional Student Educators project is a DOE
initiative established to design, develop and
deliver specialized training for educators of
students with disabilities. Addressing Floridas
ESE Competencies, PDA-ESE utilizes online modules
and local facilitators to provide statewide
accessible professional development.
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Why Have Such An Initiative??
To

• Respond to the national challenge mandated
  through legislation, NCLB
• Address statewide critical shortage and increase
  number of certified teachers
• Provide quality professional
  
  
  development alternatives
  correlated to new competencies
• Reduce development and implementation costs
  through collaboration
• Encourage the utilization of distance learning as
  a cost saver for districts

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Overall Project Goals

• To provide professional
• development opportunities that
• result in an increase in certified
• ESE teachers and enhanced
• instruction in the classroom
• To deliver professional
• development utilizing online
• accessibility and local facilitators
• To support the national effort to
• ensure a quality teacher in every
• classroom
• To develop competency based
• learning modules correlated to the
• new ESE K-12 Certification
• Coverage Areas (July 2002)

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Collaborating Partners

• Bureau of Educator Certification
• Bureau of Exceptional Education
• and Student Services (BEESS)
• FDLRS HRD Coordinating Unit
• North East Florida Educational
• Consortium (NEFEC)
• Florida Center for Interactive Media
• (FCIM)
• Florida Department of Education
• Florida Diagnostic and Learning
• Resources System (FDLRS) Associate
• Centers
• FDLRS HRD Coordinating Unit
• Advisory Committee Members
• Writers from FDLRS, Districts, FIN,
• Universities, Agencies and Other

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Who Is It Designed For?

• Educators seeking certification in ESE
• and preparing to take the ESE K-12
• certification exam
• Educators seeking to renew their
• certificate
• Educators assigned out-of-field in
• ESE
• Educators seeking targeted instruction
• to address areas of need as indicated
• on annual performance evaluations or
• in Individual Professional
• Development Plans (IPDP)
• Educators seeking to enhance skills in
• exceptional student education

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So please dont get confused..PDA-ESE is

• NOT an alternative
• certification program
• NOT designed for
• paraprofessionals
• NOT designed for teachers
• of the gifted
• But it can help on the road to
• ESE certification..

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Each Module in the PDA-ESE
Program Combines...

• Research
• Practical Applications
• Online Instruction
• Varied Instructional
• Techniques
• Self-Paced Learning
• Assessment Tasks
• Facilitator Feedback

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Check Out The New ESE Competencies

• Foundations of ESE
• Assessment and Evaluation
• Instructional Practices
• Positive Behavior Support
• Language Development and
• Communication Skills
• Interpersonal Interactions and
• Participation
• Transition Process

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Lets Take a look at The New Pathways to ESE
Certification
There are 3 roads to ESE Certification

• Traditional Road- ESE
• Trained Graduate
• General Ed Track-
• Certification in Elem. Ed.
• Alternate Certification
• Path- Temporary
• Certificate Awarded in
• Content Area

Proceed to the next slide for a detailed look
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Pathways to ESE K-12 Certification
Pathways to ESE K-12 Certification
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Roles And Responsibilities

• Statewide Coordination of PDA-ESE
• DOE PDA-ESE Liaison, Lezlie Cline
• DOE HRD CU Liaison, Karen Morris
• FDLRS HRD Coordinating Unit
• Administrator, Mary Ann Ahearn
• Coordinator, Sue Kupchunas
• FCIM PDA-ESE Technical Support
• Staff
• Local Implementation of PDA-ESE
• Local Coordinators
• Local Module Facilitators
• Local Technical Support

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Who Delivers the Modules?
The modules are offered free of charge to Florida
teachers through the coordination of the FDLRS
HRD Coordinating Unit, FDLRS Associate Centers,
ESE Departments and District Staff Development
Offices around the state.
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Who Can Enroll?
PDA-ESE modules are targeted for any Florida
educators who works with students with
disabilities.
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S A M P L E
Lets Take a Look at the Layout of the PDA-ESE
Modules
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D A T A
What Does The Data Say???
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D A T A
PDA-ESE Satisfaction Survey Results
This Data Analysis is based on survey feedback
collected from PDA-ESE Modules offered October
2003-June 2004. Indicates the number of surveys
returned.
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D A T A
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E X P E R T S
Feedback From The Field
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Feedback From The Field
Overall Impressions

• The readings were direct and to the point. Very
  useful
• for a busy professional.
• I did not know much about Assistive Technology
  and
• the options that are available to students.
  This class
• definitely introduced me to a wide variety of
  options.
• Also, I learned a lot about language and
• communication
• Very good class with a lot of information. The
  class
• was a bit overwhelming at first with all of
  the other
• things necessary as a first year teacher, but I
  believe
• that after completing this Module I will pass
  the ESE
• K-12
• I feel that all general education teachers should
  take
• this course or a similar facsimile in order to
  prepare
• for inclusion. I took this course after the
  fact and have
• really had my eyes opened. The ladies that
  conducted
• this course were excellent and very well versed
  in
• IDEA and the classroom.
• I enjoyed taking online courses and found this
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Feedback From The Field
Overall Impressions Continued

• I found it very thorough and exhausting, but I
  feel
• prepared now to do what I am doing and I feel
• confident that I can easily ace the upcoming
• certification test in April. And, for me, that
  was what it
• was all about. So may I take this opportunity
  to say,
• Thank you!!
• A fantastic course of study for the busy
  professional. I
• was able to do it when I had time, not when
  time was
• scheduled for me. Very interesting course!
• This was my first online course. I found it very
  easy to
• navigate through the course, and would
  recommend
• an online course to anyone needing in-service
  points.
• I love the idea of being able to work on my own
  time
• instead of attending a class somewhere. And the
• information presented is right on target to
  what I do
• everyday.
• Excellent course, excellent facilitators. A great
• refresher course for anyone in the ESE field.
• Great Course!

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T H A N K S
Statewide Implementation Planning and Regional
Collaboration is the Key!
Thanks to all our PDA-ESE Partners!
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One Last Note
PDA-ESE is not a static project it is an ever-
growing option to provide staff development
opportunities to ESE teachers in a consistent
fashion in all reaches of the vast demographics
of Florida.
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One Last Note
For Additional Information

• Mary Ann Ahearn- ahearnm_at_nefec.org or
  386-312-2265
• Sue Kupchunas- kupchunasa_at_nefec.org or
  386-312-2265
• Lezlie Cline- lezlie.cline_at_fldoe.org or
  850-245-0478
• Mike Ferguson- mike_at_fcim.org or 850-645-1759
• www.pda-ese.org