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State Performance Plan 2005-2012 - Part B - Arkansas Department Of Education Page 49

Arkansas Department of Education Special Education Unit

Part B State Performance Plan

Staff funded by the State Improvement Grant (SIG) will continue to provide on-site consultation in

Arkansas elementary schools, their feeder middle schools and high schools to ensure special educators have

the training and expertise to provide consultation to general education teachers in implementing

scientifically based literacy interventions to students with disabilities.

SIG activities will continue to focus on improving student achievement including parent involvement

through home-based literacy and positive behavioral supports.

Staff of the State Improvement Grant will develop web-based Literacy Intervention Modules to address the

five essential elements of literacy developed for special education teachers statewide.

Training of district personnel in test administration and portfolio preparation will be

FFY 2006

conducted by staff of the Special Education Unit in the fall of 2006 and in the spring of 2007. Training in

standards-based curriculum and assessment will be given in the fall of 2006 to all special education

teachers.

Staff funded by the State Improvement Grant (SIG) will continue to provide on-site consultation in

Arkansas elementary schools, their feeder middle schools and high schools to ensure special educators have

the training and expertise to provide consultation to general education teachers in implementing

scientifically based literacy interventions to students with disabilities.

Training modules will be developed through the SIG for parents of children with IEPs. These modules are

designed to train a network of parents with children with disabilities to mentor other parents on working

with their children at home in the areas of literacy and positive behavioral practices.

Through the SEU partnership with the ADE K-12 Literacy Unit, SIG activities will incorporate a more

targeted focus on adolescent literacy by providing professional development and follow-up to secondary

educators (general and special education) in the Strategic Instruction Model (SIM), with an ultimate goal of

all students reaching proficiency.

The SEU will participate in the ADE’s Closing the Achievement Gap (CTAG) initiative which is broadly

formulated on an infrastructure aligned with a problem solving decision-making model and response to

intervention design.

Training will be provided by the staff of the ADE-SEU and nationally recognized experts on the selection,

use, and evaluation of accommodations for students with disabilities on statewide assessments.

Staff of the State Improvement Grant will finalize the development of web-based Literacy Intervention

Modules to address the five essential elements of literacy developed for use by special education teachers

statewide.

Training of district personnel in test administration and portfolio preparation will be

FFY 2007

conducted in the fall of 2007 and in the spring of 2008 by staff of the Special Education Unit. Training in

standards-based curriculum and assessment will be provided in the fall of 2007 to all special education

teachers.

State Improvement Grant Staff will provide statewide professional development to Arkansas general and

special education teachers in the use of two web-based Literacy Intervention tools (developed through the

State Improvement Grant) addressing the five essential areas of literacy.

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State Performance Plan 2005-2012 - Part B - Arkansas Department Of Education Page 49