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State Performance Plan 2005-2012 - Part B - Arkansas Department Of Education Page 29

Arkansas Department of Education Special Education Unit

Part B State Performance Plan

Additional local school district and postsecondary partners will be added as these initiatives continue to be

deployed and implemented statewide. CIRCUIT and will continue to be utilized as

vehicles for improving dropout indicators. The P.O.I.S.E. Technical Advisory Teams will implement the

Changing Outcomes through Retention Elements (C.O.R.E.) project.

Activities planned by the P.O.I.S.E Team for 2007/08 school year include:

• Continuing student-centered problem solving conferences for each referral received through

CIRCUIT. District level P.O.I.S.E. Teams will be formalized in districts to assist with additional

youth that require intense team support to remain in school.

• Completing its website redesign and partnership with agency linkages to participate as a source for a

state-wide “Solutions Desk” for youth (Youth of Promise). Technical assistance for agency, school,

family and service providers will address gaps in service delivery.

• Assisting districts that triggered for dropout to establish data sets from retention data. Data-driven

information will assist in identification of students to refer for interventions through CIRCUIT.

Districts will be provided key points of translating national data into state and local practice as a

framework to review their local data to identify academic gaps.

• Hosting the P.O.I.S.E. Youth Development Summit 2008 in partnership with Arkansas Youth

Development Collaborative “Youth of Promise” will provide an opportunity for youth referred

through CIRCUIT, and other youth serving entities, to develop cross agency supports for innovative

education, employment, and independent living options.

• Providing cross agency training and resource sharing for professional staff development for member

groups of the Arkansas Youth Development Collaborative. Districts that refer students through

CIRCUIT around interventions and evidence-based transition practices will receive assistance with

programming based upon the unique needs of the students referred for services, and additional

parent information sessions to facilitate interventions.

• Convening a forum of stakeholders of youth involved in Alternative Education, Juvenile Justice, and

Foster Care to provide the benefits of the effective systematic technical assistance direct service

model. Youth development during the transition strategic planning (prior to age 16) in the areas of

academic development and functional needs of the child are critical for successful outcomes.

• Identifying LEAs for C.O.R.E. to formulate the Cohort in partnership with IDEA Data & Research

to design the research bases for data collection.

• Providing professional development for pilot districts for C.O.R.E. for Check and Connect, KUDER

and student-centered problem solving.

• P.O.I.S.E. will provide professional development through AR-LEARN for behavioral interventions

for Secondary students.

Additional activities aimed at improving dropout rates will be conducted throughout the year by the

secondary transition consultants, with an emphasis on local transition planning for low incidence

populations and college bound students.

The ADE-SEU will launch the Arkansas Local Education Agency Resource Network (AR-LEARN) to

assist in meeting the challenges of providing quality special education services to meet the needs of students

in 21

century schools. Based out of the Dawson Education Services Cooperative, the mission of AR-

LEARN is to promote sound research-based building and classroom educational practices to achieve the

educational results required by the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA), assisting the

Arkansas Department of Education in responding to statewide needs as well as those of individual school

districts. In the near future, customized technical assistance will be delivered on-site by independent special

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