: The Year in Review New York Higher Education Support Center for SystemsChange Prepared for the Statewide meeting of the Task Force on Quality Inclusive Schooling October 3, 2003

Goals: 1) to plan & implement an inclusive teacher education program, or to sustain such a program already in effect 2) to engage in & support the professional development efforts of selected high need schools

HESC Activities Statewide Meetings Regional Task Force Groups Website Initiatives

Statewide Meetings October 4, 2002 Introduction of initiatives Stages of development in inclusive teacher preparation programs Regional meetings

Statewide Meetings April 11, 2003 Partnership Rubric Break-out groups:  Leadership in Inclusive Settings  An introduction to UDL  Low Incidence Disabilities  Tools for Schools videos and dvd production news  A regional partnership approach

2002 – 2003 Regional Task Force Groups Liaisons and Summer Action Grants Long Island – Dara Pace, Hofstra & Dolores Burton, NYIT Hudson – Joan Black, Marymount Fordham East – Terri Ward, College of St. Rose MidState – Tracy Knight-Lackey, Syracuse U MidWest – Ann Monroe-Baillargeon, Nazareth West – Ida Jean Windell, Buffalo State College NYC – Marilyn Bartlett, NYIT Thank you!

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Initiatives Co-teaching Seeds and Co-teaching Partnership Grants and SIG Partnerships Exploration and Enactment Faculty Fellowships Study Groups UDL Teacher Decision-Making Preparing Teacher to Engage with Families Teacher Retention Final Reports for initiatives will be available on-line by November 1, 2003.

Things we’ve learned…

Communicate, communicate, communicate! Applicants need to make connections at their own institutions prior to submitting an application … and keep the lines open throughout the project.

Subcontracts are between institutions HESC can’t issue subcontracts while we are on forward funding. SU issues subcontract payments on a cost- reimbursable basis. Grantees must follow their own institution’s budget procedures and records.

Regarding proposal budgets… Supplies & materials may only be a small portion of a budget (typically, $200 and under). Indirect cost rate calculations can be tricky. Some institutions will require that fringe benefits be added. Keep the calculators fully charged!

The MOST important things we’ve learned…. Everything takes longer than we think it should. No two institutions do things the same way. Folks who work in finance live in different world than we do!