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State Performance Plan 2005-2012 - Part B - Arkansas Department Of Education Page 86

Arkansas Department of Education Special Education Unit

Part B State Performance Plan

• Arkansas Adolescent Literacy Intervention Project

The Arkansas Local Education Agency Resource Network (AR-LEARN): AR-LEARN will continue to

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

address the needs of students. Planned training includes:

• Help Me Get Social: AR-LEARN will host the training Help Me "Get Social", an overview of a

Michelle Garcia Winner program, Social Thinking Approach to Support Students with Autism

Spectrum Disorders to Develop Social Skills.

The ADE-SEU will continue to use LRE indicators as part of the monitoring system,

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providing technical assistance and oversight to districts that trigger. Districts that trigger are required to

include an action plan in their Arkansas Consolidated School Improvement Plan (ACSIP). In addition, the

Monitoring Program Effectiveness (M/PE) Section will review each ACSIP and work with districts to

ensure they are calculating the percentage of time accurately.

System of Care for Behavioral Health: The ADE-SEU representative and the Director of the Medicaid in the

Schools will serve as liaisons to this Commission, as well as participate in various stakeholder committees

addressing specific areas of need and providing recommendations to the Commission relative to policy

development, agency roles and funding.

ADE will continue to focus on improving student achievement building upon efforts associated with SPDG

activities.

The Arkansas SPDG: The Arkansas SPDG will maintain a collaborative relationship with the broader ADE,

while it continues to focus on activities supporting SPDG goals. These activities will include:

• SPDG staff is centrally involved in numerous ADE initiatives. SPDG staff will continue to serve as

full members on ADE Specialty Support Teams (SSTs) for schools in Improvement (or

“Differentiated Accountability”) status during 2010-2011. These Teams are comprised of a School

Improvement Advisor, a number of literacy, mathematics, and science specialists, a SPDG staff

person, and selected others. Each SST is assigned to one of five regions in the state (most regions

consist of a number of Education Service Cooperatives—ESCs), and is responsible for working with

either the District Leadership or School Leadership Teams (DLTs or SLTs). The work with the

DLTs and SLTs is requested by the district, and is provided on a consultative basis. Schools in Years

3-6 of School Improvement will be encouraged to use Strategic Instruction Model (SIM) Content

Enhancement Routines as a core academic intervention.

• The SPDG Literacy Coordinator will serve on the ADE State Literacy Team to develop a State

Literacy Plan

• SPDG staff will work with the ADE Professional Development Office/Smart Accountability

Initiative to provide a series of professional development/trainings on school leadership, strategic

planning, and organizational development, RtI/Closing the Achievement Gap (CTAG—the state’s

RtI process), and Positive Behavioral Support Systems.

• Arkansas Adolescent Literacy Intervention (AALI) project, based on the Strategic Instruction Model

from the University of Kansas Center for Research on Learning, has become an integral part of

educational reform in Arkansas for several years.

o The AALI uses the Strategic Instruction Model (SIM), which is comprised of a

variety of Content Enhancement Routines and Learning Strategies. The routines and

learning strategies are described as follows:

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