2010 OSEP Leadership Mega Conference

 

8:00-6:00 Regency Foyer

12:45-1:15 Regency Ballroom EF

Pre-Session Welcoming Remarks and SPP/APR Updates (S4 – 100)

Participants will be briefed on updated information regarding reporting for the FFY 2009 APR, due February 1, 2011, and verification visits planned for fall 2010.

Ruth Ryder, Division Director, Monitoring and State Improvement Planning (MSIP), OSEP

Rebecca Walawender, Deputy Division Director, MSIP, OSEP

1:15-2:45 Regency Ballroom EF

Fiscal Issues (S4 – 101)

Participants will be briefed on updated information on various topics including State maintenance of financial support, LEA maintenance of effort, and findings made in recent A-133 audits and OSEP verification visits. Participants will have the opportunity to engage in group discussions to problem solve using examples relative to the topics and will be provided a packet of resource materials, including a copy of relevant regulations and Department-issued guidance.

Ruth Ryder, Division Director, MSIP, OSEP

Deborah Morrow, Special Assistant to the Division Director, MSIP, OSEP

Cynthia Bryant, MSIP, OSEP

Debra Jennings, MSIP, OSEP

Charlie Kniseley, MSIP, OSEP

Lisa Pagano, MSIP, OSEP

3:00-4:00 Regency Ballroom EF

OSEP Update on Identification and Correction of Noncompliance (S4-102)

OSEP will provide further guidance on identification and correction of noncompliance based on what it has learned through APR review, verification visits, and States’ questions.

Gregg Corr, Associate Division Director, MSIP, OSEP

Larry Ringer, Associate Division Director, MSIP, OSEP

Daniel Schreier, MSIP, OSEP

4:15-5:15 Regency Ballroom EF

State Special Education Advisory Panel's Role in Improving Services for Children and Youth with Disabilities (S4 – 103)

Participants will be briefed on the following topics: (1) the structure and function of State Advisory Panels (SAP); (2) SAP roles within the SPP/APR process; (3) strategies for engaging parents meaningfully in advising the State Educational Agency (SEA) and providing leadership on the SAP; (4) strategies for supporting the work of the SAP; (5) strategies for partnering with ICC; and (6) a joint Regional PTAC and RRC Program resource website for SAPs.

Barbara Buswell, Project Director, Region 5 PTAC at PEAK Parent Center, CO

John Copenhaver, Project Director, Technical Assistance for Excellence in Special Education (TAESE), UT

Lesli Girard, Center Director for Families Together, Inc., KS

Martin Ikeda, Bureau Chief, Student and Family Support Services, IA Department of Education

Larry Meyer, Director of Special Education Southeast KS Education Service Center

Jeanna Mullins, TA Service Coordinator, Mid-South Regional Resource Center (MSRRC), KY

Susan Myers, Executive Director, Access for Special Kids (ASK Resource Center), IA

Colleen Riley, Kansas State Director of Special Education

Powerpoint (Mullins)

State Advisory Announcement (Mullins)

5:30-6:00 Tidewater Room

5:30-7:00 Regency Foyer

8:00-5:30 Regency Foyer

7:45 -9:30 Regency Foyer

8:45-9:00 Regency Ballroom EF

Welcoming Remarks (S4 – 200a)

Alexa Posny, Assistant Secretary, OSERS

9:00-10:15 Regency Ballroom EF

Creating Effective Collaborative Transition Models for Youth through Business and Community Partnerships (S4 – 200b)

Virginia Commonwealth University (VCU) and the Virginia Department of Rehabilitative Services (DRS) are conducting a research study looking at students with Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD) participating in school based vocational training versus community based (Project Search) vocational training. This is a collaborative effort between VCU, Virginia DRS, Bon Secours St. Mary’s Hospital, and Henrico County Public Schools. DRS Staff Project Coordinator and Business Liaison will share the collaboration that occurred to ensure a successful program. Discussion will include relationship building in the community and the business, selection of students, internship activities, and lessons learned to make year two even better. Youth participants will share their perspective on the values of the project search model community-based training.

Joseph M. Ashley, Assistant Commissioner, Grants and Special Programs, VA DRS 

Jennifer McDonough, Associate Director, Training and Project Coordinator, VCU

Weston R. Thiss, Director, Environmental Sciences, Patient Transport, Linen Management, and Nutrition Services, Bon Secours St. Mary’s Hospital, VA

Lynnae Ruttledge, Commissioner, RSA

10:45-12:00 Regency Ballroom EF

College- and Career-Ready Standards (S4 – 201)

State and local educational agency representatives will describe their States’ initiatives to adopt and fully integrate College- and Career-Ready Standards into curriculum, instructional practices, and assessment systems with an emphasis on how those initiatives impact students with disabilities. Session participants will be actively engaged through facilitated discussions.

Julie Bowers, Transition Specialist, Middletown High School, Appoquinimink School District, DE

Larry Taylor, Director, KY Department of Education, Division of Exceptional Children Services

Martha Toomey, Director, DE Department of Education, Exceptional Children and Early Childhood Education Group

Dale Winkler, Principal, Area Technology Center, Montgomery County Schools, MD

12:00-1:30 Prince William Room

RRC Luncheons (by invitation)

(S4 – 202) Potomac Room 2

Participants will engage in a discussion with panelist comprised of Office of Elementary and Secondary Education (OESE) Title III, OSEP, and local staff regarding the challenges, best practices, and legal requirements in educating EL students with disabilities. Issues discussed will include identification, instruction, and assessment. 

Latif Abdulalim, Vice Principal, Fairfax County Public Schools, VA

Supreet Anand, Director, OESE Title III

Julie Esparza Brown, Portland State University, OR

Paula Watts, Department Chair of English as a Second Language, Arlington Public Schools, VA

 

Powerpoint (Abdulalim and Watts)

Powerpoint (Anand)

Powerpoint (Esparza Brown)

 

 

 

(S4 – 203) Washington Room B

In this breakout session, the OSEP-funded Teacher Quality Center will share the results of a recently conducted survey among special education administrators regarding policy and practice for the evaluation of special educators. Presenters will highlight promising practices, provide policy and practice recommendations, and conclude with a lively discussion among participants. 

Tony Bagshaw, Managing Director, Human Capital, Battelle for Kids, Columbus, OH

Lynn Holdheide, Special Education Research Associate, National Comprehensive Center for Teacher Quality, Vanderbilt University, TN

Bambi Lockman, Chief, Bureau of Exceptional Education and Student Services, FL Department of Education

Daniel J. Reschly, Chair, Department of Special Education Peabody College, Vanderbilt University, TN

Bill East, Executive Director, NASDSE, VA

 

Handouts (Holdheide):

 

Powerpoint (Reschly) 

 

 

 

(S4 – 204) Regency Ballroom EF

In this panel presentation, members of the Systems and Improvement Planning Priority Team will discuss ways SEA staff and technical assistance providers can design meaningful evaluations for SPP/APR improvement activities. Additionally, SEA representatives will describe the efforts that have been at the State and local level to implement systems improvements.

Valerie Arnold, Special Education Program Supervisor, Office of Superintendent of Public Instruction, WA (via iLinc)

Peg Brown-Clark, State Director of Special Education, WY Department of Education

Cesar D’Agord, State Technical Assistance Liaison, WRRC, OR

Audrey Desjarlais, SIGnetwork Coordinator, WRRC, OR

Michael Harris, Supervisor, Monitoring and Accountability, WY Department of Education

Maureen Hawes, Co-Coordinator/Systems and Improvement Planning Convener, Regional Resource Center Program, MN

Leslie Pyper, Learning Improvement Coordinator/SPDG Director, Office of Superintendent of Public Instruction, WA (via iLinc)

 

Powerpoint (All presenters)

 

(S4 – 205)  Washington Room A

Panelists will discuss the coordination of Federal, State, and university-based programs and practices to improve access to higher education for students with intellectual disabilities. Participants will become familiar with: (1) recent amendments to the Higher Education Act, referred to as the Higher Education Opportunity Act (HEOA); (2) analyses of State policies, practices, and effective strategies in establishing and sustaining comprehensive transition and postsecondary programs that lead to student success; and (3) the ongoing collaboration necessary for these programs to be established and sustained.

Debra Hart, Director, Center on Postsecondary Education for Individuals with Intellectual Disabilities, MA

Judy Shanley, Education Program Specialist, Office of Postsecondary Education

Kristine Webb, Director, Disability Resource Center at the University of North FL; and Associate Professor, Department of Exceptional Student and Deaf Education

 

Powerpoint (Hart)

 

(S4 – 206) Potomac Room 6

This session will explore the ways in which systemic (State, region, district) UDL initiatives can increase positive academic outcomes for all students by supporting academic standards, instructional practices, the selection and acquisition of curriculum materials and the ways in which student achievement is assessed.

Jamie Basham, Assistant Professor, STEM Research/Outreach Center, Special Education, Instructional Design & Technology, University of Cincinnati, OH

Jeff Diedrich, Director, MI Integrated Technology Supports

Dave Edyburn, Professor, Department of Exceptional Education, University of WI at Milwaukee

Barbara Liedahl, Creative Arts Technology, Prince George’s County Public Schools, MD

 PDF Presentation (Basham)

Powerpoint (Liedahl)

(S4 – 207)  Potomac Room 2

 

 

(S4 – 208) Washington Room B

Handouts (Holdheide):

 

Powerpoint (Reschly) 

 

(S4 – 209) Regency Ballroom EF

Heidi Atkins Lieberman, Assistant Commissioner, Office of Special Education, MO Department of Elementary and Secondary Education

Ann Bailey, Associate Director, NCRRC, MN

Maureen Hawes, Co-Coordinator/ Systems and Improvement Planning Convener, RRCP, MN

Bobbie Grammer, Monitoring Consultant, Policy, Exceptional Children Division - Monitoring and Audit Section, NC Department of Public Instruction 

Nancy Johnson, State Performance Plan Consultant, Exceptional Children Division - Monitoring and Audit Section, NC Department of Public Instruction 

Jeanna Mullins, State Technical Assistance Liaison, MSRRC, KY

Pam Williams, Director of Special Education Compliance, Office of Special Education, MO Department of Elementary and Secondary Education

 

Powerpoint (All presenters)

Handouts:

 

(S4 – 210)    Washington Room A

Powerpoint (Hart)

 

(S4 – 211)  Potomac Room 6

  PDF Presentation (Basham)

 Powerpoint (Liedahl)

4:30-5:00 Regency Ballroom EF

Closing (S4 – 212)

Ruth Ryder, Division Director, MSIP, OSEP

Larry Wexler, Division Director, RTP, OSEP