Partner Commitment to Levels of Engagement & Impact IDEA Partnership Meeting August 7-8, 2007

Organizations Levels of Engagement/Levels of Impact Transform Collaborate Network Inform 100 Black Men of America Use a combination of communities of practice, Dialogue Guides and Dr. Howard Rasheed’s IDEA Accelerator to develop specific targets and goals for reducing disproportionality in Special Education American Association of Seek out additional Work with NAEP to send out School (business) funding to support blasts to all members of our Administrators/National technical assistance teams organizations on RTI concepts Association of Elementary (cross stakeholders) to customized to our roles. School Principals provide assistance to local (AASA/NAESP) schools (Rich and I will contact McDonalds)

American Association of Get our national School Administrators organization to provide a (AASA) forum to meet with State Executive Directors.

Get articles in The Administrator on CoP, RTI and Dialogue Guides

1 Organizations Levels of Engagement/Levels of Impact Transform Collaborate Network Inform American Federation of National- Will work with Will network at the state level by Teachers (AFT) other stakeholders to connecting with state affiliates collaborate on RTI and state education agencies to implementation at the gauge various levels of national level (NEA, NASP, implementation and etc.) opportunities for collaboration

American Occupational Collaborate with state leaders to Develop FAQ on Transition Therapy Association disseminate information on RTI to inform (AOTA) and Dialogue Guides

American School Health National- User the ASHA Staff a working Task Force State- Link early childhood Break down the Regulatory Association (ASHA) website to model shared on the link between council, nurses section and documents and send in bits work among councils and Health/Mental mental health section on a and pieces through the list sections to generate Health/Special Education for special education task force to servs to councils and resolutions and guidelines Part C investigate Part C sections starting with Part C linking school health and the council on Early programs to special Childhood education education. American Society for Deaf Will inform our community Children (ASDC) by posting information on our web site, distributing information through our list serv, article in Quarterly magazine. Will encourage members to be involved through their state organization. Association for Career and Share information at the Technical Education (ACTE) National ACTE

2 Organizations Levels of Engagement/Levels of Impact Transform Collaborate Network Inform

Children and Adults with NEA (through Patti Ralabate) Write an article about Attention- will help to inform Dialogue Guides fro Deficit/Hyperactivity teachers about the special session Attention magazine (for the Disorder (CHADD) being offered for them at regular feature, “Promising CHADD's annual conference in Practices”. November in DC. The whole point of developing the session Send Partnership press was to reach out to teachers releases to CHADD chapter and strengthen home-school coordinator to inform them partnerships to improve about CHADDs involvement educational outcomes for in the Partnerships work thru students with AD/HD. the leadership list serve.

Council for Exceptional State- We will collaborate Children (CEC) more within Divisions

Council for Exceptional National- Consider using Will continue newsletter Children Division of Career (board must approve) the information about Development and Transition Dialogue technique to Partnerships to: (DCDT) identify “work” issues, - recruit members in CoP develop an action plan and Transition states investigate implementing - inform about focus on shared work process. CoP transition states (feature a different state in each newsletter - Will begin to use our e- blasts to inform members about the IDEA CoP Transition state activities, etc.

Council of Administrators of National- Hold conference

3 Organizations Levels of Engagement/Levels of Impact Transform Collaborate Network Inform Special Education (CASE) calls between IDEA Partner representatives and the elected offices to develop a plan to use the Dialogue Guide process to institute a new problem-solving approach to involve the Board of Directors in decision-making (get a way from the discussion by committee process).

Chief Council Of State National- present National- Work with Redesign IDEA Partnership School Officers (CCSSO) intermediate RTI NASDSE and others to share page and announce tools and presentation to Chiefs and best practices with APBES page redesign via Chief line. lead them in a Discussion (Japanese Chiefs) on special Guide activity at the Annual education implementation. Policy Forum in the Fall in preparation for their leading at the RTI Summit. Easter Seals Will inform local organizations about communities of practice and invite them to contact SEA, LEA, etc, to increase involvement.

Family Voices National- Request NASDSE to include Nora Wells, Director of the National Center for Family/ Professional Partnership in this process.

4 Organizations Levels of Engagement/Levels of Impact Transform Collaborate Network Inform State- Speak with Diana Autin, Family Voices Board member and Regional State Coordinator of New Jersey on how to get this process going with other regions/states. Fiesta Educativa Inform/In-service Fiesta Educativa Board members on the Dialogue Guides and CoP tools.

Recommend to link Fiesta web site to regional Web sites and IDEA Partnership to shared work.

Train parents and professional co-chair regional sites on the tools.

Higher Education National- Presentation at 2008 Collaborative session at the Consortium for Special Annual meeting in D.C. Colorado Consortium of Education (HECSE) Special Education Teacher Educators (CCSETE) Institute in Breckenridge in September 2007.

Presentation to faculty at Annual Fall retreat and Fall leadership retreat with other college administrators.

Learning Disability State- Hold information Collaborate on common Involve additional LDA Share Partnership materials

5 Organizations Levels of Engagement/Levels of Impact Transform Collaborate Network Inform Association (LDA) sessions at national messages (LDA & NCLD volunteers in Partnership work – and information on conference for state affiliate specifically). specifically state level initiatives on website, presidents and national volunteers. national newsletter, E-news volunteers to encourage for state presidents and involvement in communities national volunteers. of practice and shared work.

National Association of Will convene a Task Force Continue to focus on Secondary School Principals on IDEA…Jay Engeln will Transition and SPED issues (NASSP) serve on this Task Force). as it relates to school reform; Breaking Ranks II And BRIM.

Establish link to shared work site and/or specifically to CoP books.

Include information on “communities of practice” and “facilitating community” in presentation at NASSP convention. National Education National- Transform how we Collaborate with AFT and Will network with other IDEA Will inform our state and Association (NEA) approach High School NASP to educate Partnership organizations to national leaders about the Redesign by connecting our members/practitioners at a ensure that practitioner voices communities of practice. work with the Partnership’s Fall summit on RTI. are present in/at local Transition work. communities of practice (e.g., Behavioral Health and Transition).

6 Organizations Levels of Engagement/Levels of Impact Transform Collaborate Network Inform School Social Work National- Convene Association of America community of practice with (SSWAA) NAPSO on “specialized instructional support personnel”.

National/State- SSWAA Board community of practice training at national conference.

State- SSWAA will talk to different regions of SSWAA regarding shared work and sign-up/computer banks.

State- Begin expansion of state community of practice at Ohio Summit in October 2007. Work with State Directors to convene a statewide community of practice in Spring/Summer 2007. The ARC Invite Partnership on Summit I will inform others from the and other Partnership ARC with a written activities to the CCD document explaining RTI, education task force. communities of practice and Dialogue Guides. HECSE State- Work with district, state and local education stakeholders to better meet the perceived needs of students and their families in

7 Organizations Levels of Engagement/Levels of Impact Transform Collaborate Network Inform their local schools and classrooms. Paul Flashpoler Share RTI materials with school psychology colleagues, request review and response, arrange dialogue across areas via CSBMHP regular meetings (task GA’s across areas – school psychologists, clinical community psychologists, social work?) to engage and facilitate dialogue and engage local school folk. ? I will tell others in my community who have children in schools, especially those having difficulty of the ideas that NCLB has on communities of practice. CEC State- At the level we will collaborate more within Divisions. HECSE Work with NASDSE to support other State Directors with transforming the way we work—outcomes. - support system for the Directors to share their work - promote effective evidence-based practice nationally

8 Organizations Levels of Engagement/Levels of Impact Transform Collaborate Network Inform ? ? Better understand (investigate, study, synthesize) complimentarily overlap, common language and value-added of the community service— community of practice connections. Is there value in integrating or merging the ideas? What is gained and what is lost? Bring recommendations to CSMH in Florida.

OMHNSS (Paul Flaspoler) Distribute CoP Dialogue Guides via the MH networks Do additional training/TA to promote use in Regional and local active networks. Student Intern (LEA) As an intern and in my role on the LEA level, my ability to influence is limited. I can inform/share information with individuals on the local level (teachers, administrators, central office staff, and parent organizations.

? I strategically inform people who I think would actually involve themselves in a community, but also share it

9 Organizations Levels of Engagement/Levels of Impact Transform Collaborate Network Inform with my professors so they could inform a broader scope audience in their classroom.

? Modeling Dialogue Guides and CoP to undergraduate students in special education, integrating the process into course delivery’.

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