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IDEA Partnership Meeting. March 20, 2006. Lawrence Gloeckler, Executive Director Special Education Institute International Center for Leadership in Education. This is not about improved communication This is not about getting together more often This is not about having written agreements - PowerPoint PPT PresentationTRANSCRIPT
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March 20, 2006
IDEA Partnership MeetingIDEA Partnership Meeting
Lawrence Gloeckler, Executive DirectorLawrence Gloeckler, Executive DirectorSpecial Education InstituteSpecial Education Institute
International Center for Leadership in Education International Center for Leadership in Education
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• This is not about improved communication
• This is not about getting together more often
• This is not about having written agreements
• Those are merely vehicles/ strategies
• To accomplish improved results
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A Vision People with Disabilities Will:A Vision People with Disabilities Will:
• Live Independently• Enjoy Self Determination• Make Choices• Pursue Meaningful Careers• Enjoy Full Inclusion and Integration in the
Economic, Political, Social, Cultural and Educational Mainstream of American Society
New York State Education Department, Office of Vocational and Educational Services for Individuals with Disabilities, June 2003
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Who are we talking about?Who are we talking about?December 1, 2003
• Ages 6-17Classification Rate – 11.46%
• L.D. - 5.41%• Speech/Lang - 2.25%• Hearing Imp - .13%• Ortho Imp - .13%• OHI - .88%• Emotionally Dist - .92% 9.72%
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Michigan December, 2004 Student Count
Source: MICIS
Cognitive Imp11%
Hearing Imp1%
Visual Imp0%
Emotional Imp8%
Physical Imp3%
Other Health Imp6%
Multihandicapped2%
Autism3%
Speech24%
TBI0%
Learning Disabled40%
DevDelay2%
Cognitive Imp
Hearing Imp
Speech
Visual Imp
Emotional Imp
Physical Imp
Other Health Imp
Learning Disabled
Multihandicapped
Autism
TBI
DevDelay
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Another look…Another look…
81%
19%
0%
20%
40%
60%
80%
100%
Significant Cognitive/ BehavioralChallenges
Within Normal IQ Range
= 11.3% of the total Student Population
= 2.9% of the total Student Population
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When I grow up I want to...
Do without health insurance
for my family.
Work only part-time.
Be unable to go to
college.
Live in povertyLive in poverty
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Unemployment RateUnemployment Rate
• Today – 4.9%
• National Panic – 8%
• People with Disabilities – 60%
Where’s our outrage?
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Long-Term Results
• What is the percentage of people in the United States that own their own home?
The Washington, DC-based
"Homeownership Alliance" states that 68% of typical Americans own their own homes (2002).
• What is the percentage of people with disabilities that own their own home?
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Sidney’s House
Less than 5% of people with disabilities own their
own home.
A study released jointly by the
Technical Assistance Center, Inc. & the Consortium for
Citizens with Disabilities Task
Force (2000).
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Things I’ve Heard…
• I don’t have enough time• We don’t have enough staff• That’s not my job• Everything I’m doing is required• All of my work is already focused on the
Department’s priorities• How can I be held accountable for results of
schools• We’ve always done it this way
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• New testing requirements are unfair
• It will increase dropouts
Late 1970s
• Special Education students won’t be able to get a diploma and graduate
• Special Education students will never be able to pass the tests
New York State Education Department, Office of Vocational and Educational Services for Individuals with Disabilities, June 2003
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What We Hear Adults Say:What We Hear Adults Say:
• They’re poor
• Their parents don’t care
• They come to schools without breakfast
• Not enough books
• Not enough parents . . .
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But if they’re right, But if they’re right, then why are poor and minority then why are poor and minority children performing so high in...children performing so high in...
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7,226
9,680
14,101
16,309
8,305
5,675
6,790
2,832
4,9694,154
2,499
11,194
8,606
10,461
4,175
7,545
9,514
3,414
17,321
15,366
13,51812,607
5,6474,419
1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004
Number with Score of 65-100 Number with Score of 55-100
Number Tested
Since 1997, there has almost been a 300% increase in the number of students with disabilities tested. Of the students tested in 2004, 65% achieved a score of 55-100.
Regents English Exam
Public Schools-Including Charter Schools
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5,732
8,267
18,468
3,1625,736
10,068
6,0394,871
4,0282,675
7,709
13,663
4,867
8,151
6,7734,990
3,421
16,82619,015
13,016
17,074
13,304
5,776
8,327
1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004
Number with Score of 65-100 Number with Score of 55-100
Number Tested
*Results beginning in 1999 reflect students taking either of the two math examinations. Sequential Mathematics Course I examination was discontinued in 2002.
Regents Math
Public Schools-Including Charter Schools
Since 1997, there has been a 229% increase in the number of students with disabilities tested. Of the students tested in 2004, 72% achieved a score of 55-100.
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Regents Diplomas Since higher standards were adopted in 1996, the number of students with disabilities earning Regents diplomas (requiring eight Regents Exams) has more than quadrupled.
52
6
62
3
77
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1,1
15
1,3
29
1,8
39
2,2
57
2,86
5
86
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Total State
1995-96 1996-97 1997-98 1998-99 1999-00 2000-01 2001-02 2002-03 2003-04
Students with Disabilities
Public Schools-Including Charter SchoolsFinal OLAP 04-05
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9,001
16,641
20,000
5,450
11,099
2,373 1,643
6683,030
510 869
FFY 1991 FFY 00-01
VESID Consumers Placed
Homemaker/OtherSupported
Sheltered
Competitive
Total
GOAL
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• Staff development changes:
- focused on a critical few
- includes follow-up at the building and classroom level
- is persistent
- is measured, not by “happy faces”, but by improvement in performance
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Adult Learning: The Focus of the IDEA Partnership
• ‘Development’ is not just for the ‘staff’.• States and stakeholders need to become allies in
improving outcomes. • Partnership Pilots can model a new level of
collaboration .• Partnership Pilots can show how to achieve goals by
using the stakeholder networks to reach and engage the right people .
• Partnership Pilots can model show how collaboration is a strategy for achieving outcomes!
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Critical Questions for IDEA Partnership Pilots
• What is/are the strategic goal(s) of your State that you are trying to contribute toward reaching?
• What are the tactical goals that you have set to guide your work in contributing to the strategic goals?
• What standards have been set for your strategic and tactical goals so that you will know when you have achieved the desired results?
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• What indicators are you using as measures to determine if you are succeeding in your strategic and tactical goal implementation?
• What strategies have you set in place to get you to the performance results you desire for the indicators and goals you have selected as critical?
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Lawrence Gloeckler, Executive DirectorLawrence Gloeckler, Executive DirectorSpecial Education InstituteSpecial Education InstituteInternational Center for Leadership in Education, Inc.
1587 Route 146
Rexford, NY 12148
Phone (518) 399-2776
Fax (518) 399-7607
E-mail: [email protected]
www.LeaderEd.com