IDEA Partnership Meeting

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IDEA Partnership Meeting
March 20, 2006
Lawrence Gloeckler, Executive Director Special
Education Institute 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

• 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?December 1, 2003

• Ages 6-17
• Classification 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
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Another look
2.9 of the total Student Population
11.3 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.
Live in poverty
Be unable to go to college.
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Unemployment Rate

• Today 4.9
• National Panic 8
• People with Disabilities 60
• Wheres 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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Sidneys House
A study released jointly by the Technical
Assistance Center, Inc. the Consortium for
Citizens with Disabilities Task Force (2000).

• Less than 5 of people with disabilities own
  their own home.

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Things Ive Heard

• I dont have enough time
• We dont have enough staff
• Thats not my job
• Everything Im doing is required
• All of my work is already focused on the
  Departments priorities
• How can I be held accountable for results of
  schools
• Weve always done it this way

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• New testing requirements are unfair

Special Education students will never be able
to pass the tests
Special Education students wont be able to get
a diploma and graduate

• It will increase dropouts

Late 1970s
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

• Theyre poor
• Their parents dont care
• They come to schools without breakfast
• Not enough books
• Not enough parents . . .

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But if theyre right, then why are poor and
minority children performing so high in...
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Regents English Exam
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.
Public Schools-Including Charter Schools
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Regents Math
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.
Results beginning in 1999 reflect students
taking either of the two math examinations.
Sequential Mathematics Course I examination was
discontinued in 2002.
Public Schools-Including Charter Schools
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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.
Students with Disabilities
Public Schools-Including Charter Schools
Final OLAP 04-05
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G O A L
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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 DirectorSpecial
Education InstituteInternational Center for
Leadership in Education, Inc.

• 1587 Route 146
• Rexford, NY 12148
• Phone [phone]
• Fax [phone]
• E-mail larry_at_LeaderEd.com
• www.LeaderEd.com