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Arkansas Department of Education Special Education Unit

Part B State Performance Plan

Literacy Intervention Program Menu: The Literacy Intervention Program Menu was developed in Year 5

and will be posted on the Arkansas IDEAS on-line professional development website at the beginning of

Year 6. The primary goal of the Literacy Intervention Program Menu is to assist schools in the selection of

research-based literacy intervention programs.

Arkansas Reading First Model: Professional development specifically designed to support the Arkansas

Reading First Model is provided for teachers in grades K-3 in qualifying schools; however, K-12 special

education teachers statewide are also targeted to participate in this high quality research–based professional

development. This provides participating special education teachers an added degree of expertise in the

teaching of reading and literacy. During year 6 (no-cost extension year), the SIG/SPDG, Arkansas Reading

First staff, and staff from the ADE K-12 Literacy Unit and Professional Development Unit will continue to

partner in supporting scientifically-based literacy strategies, with the SIG/SPDG staff taking the lead for

non-responding students. In addition to being fused into other SPDG professional development and

consultation, statewide, regional and school-based trainings involving a combination of the RIDE, Arkansas

Literacy Matrix, Closing the Achievement Gap and ChartMaker will be held.

ChartMaker: The ChartMaker electronic progress monitoring tool was developed and posted on the SPDG

website during Year 5. It will be disseminated to Goal 1 Schools through on-site consultation visits and

presented at various state and regional conferences including the Arkansas Reading First State conference in

the summer of 2008.

Home Based Literacy and Partners in Literacy Trainings: During year 6, Home Based Literacy and Partners

in Literacy trainings will be conducted for parents.

Literacy Practices and Trainings: Effective Literacy Practices and Using Web-Based Literacy trainings will

be provided during year 6.

The 2008 Special Show: The 2008 Special Show will be held in Hot Springs, AR July of 2008 with a theme

of planning for the future. Several sessions will be devoted to assessment including portfolio preparations,

alignment of standards to assessment, and other aspects of the assessment system in the state.

Arkansas Association of Special Education Administrators (AASEA): A special presentation will be made

to the Arkansas Association of Special Education Administrators (AASEA) at their meeting in Hot Springs

in November 2008. Detailed information will be presented on assessment and aligning instruction to state

standards.

Regional Workshop: A regional workshop will be held in August 2008 at the OUR Service Cooperative in

Harrison, AR for administrators on the topics of assessment, achieving AYP targets, and improving scores

of students with disabilities.

AR-LEARN: The Arkansas Local Education Agency Resource Network (AR-LEARN) continues to expand

its assistance to LEAs in meeting the challenges of providing quality special education services to address

the needs of students. AR-LEARN workshops planned for the 2008-09 school year include:

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Social Communication Emotional Regulation Transactional Support (SCERTS)

• Autism Diagnostic Observation System (ADOS)

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