Meeting the Challenge Preparing Effective Special Education Teachers to Work with Students with High

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Meeting the ChallengePreparing Effective Special
Education Teachers to Work with Students with
High-Incidence Disabilities in Urban Districts
Dorothy Hargrove, M.Ed. Project Mentor

• Nancy L. Murray, Ed.D.
• Project Director

Tammy Soucie-Burke Project Assistant
October 21, 2008
Funded through the U.S. Department of Education
Office of Special Education and Rehabilitative
Services (OSERS)
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Meeting the Challenge

• Welcome
• Introductions

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FSC Graduate Continuing Education
Virtual Advisor

• http//www.fsc.edu/gce/virtualadvisor/

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Meeting the Challenge

• 2008 Directors' Conference
• Payback
• Service Payback can begin after the scholar has
  completed one full year of courses/training (18
  credits) if the scholar is in the position of
  SPED teacher from that point on.
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http//www.osep-meeting.org/
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2008 Directors' Conference

• Grant funds rollover/continuation
• At the end of the Grant period, December 2009, we
  can apply for a "no-cost extension" or rollover
  of any remaining funds if the reasons for unspent
  funds are
• inability to recruit the number of scholars in
  the allotted time
• actual costs were lower than anticipated
• the grant supported more part-time than full-time
  scholars
• a late start-up due to the original funding date 
  

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• 2008 Directors' Conference
• Service Obligation tracking
• Beginning in September 2008, STS (Scholar
  Tracking System), has a contract with OSEP to
  monitor scholar payback.
• This years emphasis was on the budget
• OSEP allows grants to extend (roll over) the
  grant funds at no cost for the first year.
• Grantees must dedicate 65 of the funds on direct
  student services.
• OSEP wants grantees to spend down 80 or more of
  total grant funding per grant year.

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Meeting the Challenge/OSERS ProjectPreparing
Effective Special Education Teachers to Work with
Students with High-Incidence Disabilities in
Urban Districts Project Goals and Objectives

• Initial Licensure Teacher of Moderate
  Disabilities
• 30 Teachers by 2010
• 20 Paraprofessionals by 2010
• English Language Learner Endorsement
• Special Education Teachers who serve ELL students
• Mentoring and Support Program
• Implement Training for Mentors of beginning
  Teachers
• Intensive mentoring and professional development
  for special education teachers in their first
  three years of teaching

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Project Enrollment Status
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Meeting the ChallengeInitial Licensure Teacher
of Moderate Disabilities(30 Teachers and 20
Paraprofessionals by 2010)
Goals 1 2 Progress Toward Licensure
Goal 1 2 As of October
21, 2008
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Meeting the ChallengeEnglish Language Learner
Endorsement

• Goal 3
• English Language Learner Endorsement
• Two options for endorsement
• Course work /professional development
• Category 1 Second Language Learning and Teaching
  (10-15 hrs)
• Category 2 Sheltering Content Instruction (30-40
  hrs)
• SPED7412 Sheltered Content Instruction for ELL
  (Scholarship elective)
• Category 3 Assessing Speaking and Listening (10
  hrs)
• Category 4 Reading and Writing in the Sheltered
  Content Classroom (15-20 hrs)
• MTEL Test - English Language Learner
• SPED 7031 ELL Preparation Workshop (grant
  funded)

NOW GRANT FUNDED!
pending MADOE approval
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Meeting the ChallengeEnglish Language Learner
Endorsement
Goal 3 Progress Toward ELL Endorsement

Goal 3 As of October 21,
2008
pending MADOE approval
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Meeting the Challenge English Language Learner
Endorsement

• Goal 3
• ELL Endorsement
• CAT Training
• Worcester opened enrollment to all MTC Scholars
• MTC funding CAT Training in districts
• Sergio Páez working on Elementary CAT 4 approval
• ELL MTEL
• ELL MTEL Preparation Course

pending MADOE approval
http//www.doe.mass.edu/ell/
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Meeting the Challenge Implement Training for
Mentors of Beginning Teachers

• Goal 4
• Mentor Training
• Mentor Institute Promising Practices for
  Mentoring
• Spring 2007
• Spring 2009
• Follow-up Sessions

Goal 4 As of October 21,
2008
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Meeting the ChallengeMentoring and Professional
Development for Special Education Teachers

• Goal 5
• Mentoring PD for SPED Teachers
• Scholar Mentoring
• Provide a mentor for paraprofessional scholars
• Provide mentoring for scholar teachers on a
  waiver
• Speaker Series and Seminar Series events
• In-office open sessions
• Advising support and mentoring via telephone and
  e-mail

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Meeting the ChallengeMentoring and Professional
Development for Special Education Teachers

• Goal 5
• Mentoring PD for SPED Teachers
• Seminar Series
• Fall 2007 Margaret OHearn-Curran, Ph.D.
• RTI Response to Intervention
  November 7, 2007
• Spring 2008 CEC 2008 Convention Expo
• Council for Exceptional Children
  April 3-5, 2008

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Meeting the ChallengeMentoring and Professional
Development for Special Education Teachers

• Goal 5
• Mentoring PD for SPED Teachers
• Seminar Series (continued)
• Fall 2008 Margaret Reed, Ed.D
• Specific Learning Disabilities Changes in
  Eligibility Process December 2, 2008
• Spring 2009 Nancy Murray, Ed.D
• Supporting Children With Autism Spectrum
  Disorders
• Fall 2009 VOLUNTEERS? IDEAS?

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Meeting the ChallengeMentoring and Professional
Development for Special Education Teachers

• Goal 5
• Mentoring PD for SPED Teachers
• Speaker Series
• Fall 2006 Thomas Hehir, Ed.D. (MTC)
• New Directions in Special Education
  November 30, 2006
• Spring 2007 Richard Lavoie, M.A., M.Ed. (FSC)
• Its So Much Work Being Your Friend Helping
  the Child with Disabilities Find Social
  Success March 2, 2007

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Meeting the ChallengeMentoring and Professional
Development for Special Education Teachers

• Goal 5
• Mentoring PD for SPED Teachers
• Speaker Series (continued)
• Spring 2008 Robert Brooks, Ph.D. (FSC)
• Working with Angry and Resistant Youth
  Strategies for Fostering Motivation,
  Self-Discipline and Resilience March
  19, 2008
• Spring 2009 Richard Lavoie, M.A., M.Ed. (FSC)
• The Motivation Breakthrough 6 Secrets to
  Turning On the Tuned-Out Child
  March 18, 2008

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Meeting the Challenge

• Questions and Comments
• http//www.fsc.edu/meetchallenge/
• Date for next meeting
• May 5, 2009

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Thank You
Meeting the Challenge