NASDSEs Role in a Unitary Education System

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NASDSEs Role in a Unitary Education System

• Jacque Thompson, President
• Bill East, Executive Director
• October, 2007

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Working with the Dual Education System
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What is the Unitary System?
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NASDSE Vision

• Performance-based education system responsive to
  the needs of all children and youth
• Families/community members and professionals as
  full partners in the educational process
• Diversity encouraged and appreciated

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NASDSE Mission

• NASDSE operates for the purpose of providing
  services to SEAs to facilitate their efforts to
  maximize educational outcomes for individuals
  with disabilities.

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NASDSEs History of Leadership

• 1993 Leading and Managing for Performance An
  Examination of Challenges Confronting Special
  Education
• 1996 NASDSEs Plan for Strategic Action
• 1997 Guiding Principles for An Inclusive
  Accountability System

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Making the Promotion of the Unitary System a
Priority
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Making Sure Education Works for SWD by Commitment
to Implement IDEA and NCLB
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Blending NCLB and IDEA into One System with Focus
Areas
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Getting NASDSEs Ideas and Initiatives Out Front
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Not Letting Our Rules Become More Important
Than the People We Serve
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Modeling a Different Way of Working
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Using RtI Principles as Vehicle for Instruction
and Accountability for All Students
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Supporting Leadership Development in Special
Education
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Focusing on Diversability
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Keeping a Focus on Low-Incidence Disabilities
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Being an Example of Partnership and
Inclusiveness