Agenda
SPDG Program Area Meeting
OSEP Project Directors’ Conference
August 1, 2016 – 4:00-6:00 PM
4:00 – 4:10 Welcome, Program and Department Information
Jennifer Coffey, Ph.D., Project Officer, SPDG Program Lead, OSEP
4:10 – 4:20 General Updates: SPDG Professional Learning Communities
John Lind, Ph.D., Coordinator, Signetwork
4:20 – 5:10 3-2-1 Discussions
Topics:
· Sustainability
o Continued funding sources after grant has ended
o Continued support of practices within existing structures
o Administrative visibility and priority on core features of to reduce “drift” from implementation fidelity
o Ensure use of data and feedback systems for continuous improvement
· Alignment
o Alignment of SPDG with other key initiatives (e.g., SWIFT, SISEP, PBIS, CEEDAR, SSIP, Equity Plans, alternate achievement standards, revisions to teacher evaluation, Race to the Top)
o Alignment or braiding of District initiatives with SPDG work (e.g., fitting existing work in the district/schools with the broader SPDG)
· Using your program measure data to change your SPDG processes (decision rules and continual improvement)
· Regional discussions
o Implementation in large urban settings
o Implementation in rural settings
· Communication and marketing of the SPDG
· Promoting family engagement in SPDG initiatives
5:15 – 6:00 Communities of Practice Meetings
· Coaching
o Reflecting on our community
o Problem solving discussions on Systems Coaching
· SSIP-SPDG
o Reflecting on our community
o Future topics and directions
· SIM
o Developing a topics list/agenda for 2016-17 quarterly meetings.
§ Resources to be posted
§ Appoint an organizer
· Evaluator ISC (Information Sharing Community)
o Introductions
o Review of administration and organization of the ISC
o Planning for the SPDG Ntl Meeting in October
Non Community Member Topics
· Project management for SPDG activities
· Managing priorities
6:15 – 8:00 SPDG Night
· SPDG projects, partners and friends join up to socialize at Bar Civita