WY State Personnel Development Grant Holly Garrard SPDG

WY State Personnel Development Grant Holly Garrard SPDG Project Director SIG/SPDG Regional Meeting October 29 -30, 2007

State Personnel Development Grant 2006 -2011 • Prevention & Intervention Ø Response to Intervention (RTI) Ø School Wide Positive Behavioral Interventions & Support (PBIS)

+ Effective intervention practices Effective implementation practices Good Outcomes More information on implementing an innovation: http: //nirn. fmhi. usf. edu/ Dean L. Fixsen and Karen A. Blasé, 2007

• • SLD Eligibility Stakeholder Group Draft SLD procedures document (Sample) Format user-friendly with regulatory references Legally defensible SLD eligibility Sites will submit applications for WDE approval (Sup’s memo)

WY RTI Framework Stakeholder Group • Collaboration between General/Special Education (Every ED) • School Improvement, Early Literacy & Special Ed sponsors • Define WYO RTI Model

First Round 2005 -06 RTI Pilot sites (5) Hanna Elementary, Afton Elementary*, North Casper Elementary*, Northpark Elementary*, Jackson Elementary *Demonstration Sites/Innovation Zones

• • • Second Round March “Kick Off” 3 Practitioners, 3 Perspectives 2 Wyoming locations 100+ attended each/School teams Application/Implementation Plan/Self. Assessment distributed

2007 -08 2 nd cohort sites (8) Lusk Elementary, Westside Elementary (Powell), Overland Elementary (Rock Springs), Cottonwood Elementary (Casper), Pronghorn Elementary (Gillette), Douglas Intermediate, Washington Elementary (Green River), Jackson Elementary

External Consultants/Trainers: STEEP Learning Dr. Joe Witt, Professor Emeritus, LSU SPDG RTI Coordinator, Coach/Trainer: Edie Ring, RTI Coordinator Stephen Walters, RTI Coach/Trainer D. J. Yocom, UW Faculty/SPED

Ongoing Technical Assistance • • • Blackboard: http: //eclass. edgate. com/ Coaching (virtually & visits) Self-Assessment Survey (Annual) SPDG Advisory Team (internal & external) SPDG Sub-grants

State of Wyoming

Wyoming Demographics • Total Population – 509, 294 • Population per square mile -5. 2 (49 th in the nation) • Total area -97, 814 sq. miles (10 th in the nation) • Miles of major road -27, 000 miles • Annual miles driven/citizen -12, 000 miles (4 th in the nation)

Education Demographics • 48 public school districts -360 schools -Enrollment ranges from 93 -12, 831 students -Total enrollment K-12 – 63, 772 students • 18 Institutions -Total enrollment 591 students • 37 Child Development Centers -Total Enrollment 2, 466 children (3 -5 year olds) • 1 Bureau of Indian Education (BIE) school • Students in private schools -2% (50 th in nation)

Special Education Demographics • District Special Education -11, 681 students with disabilities -State Identification Rate is 13. 95% -Top three identified categories Learning Disability 40. 98% Speech Language 27. 27% Other Health Impaired 12. 30% • Institutions -247 students with IEPs, 41. 8% Identification Rate

EVALUATION Susan Wagner, Ph. D. SPDG External Evaluator