Collaboration for MTSS General & Special Education & Leadership Faculty H325A120003

Facilitated by Paul Beare & Colleen Torgerson Marty Hougen California State University, Fresno Marty Hougen CEEDAR CEEDAR-IRIS Convening June 23, 2016

Discussion of Panel Presentation At your table…. Introduce yourselves Share & post “ah-ha’s” Suggest comments & questions 7 minutes

Collaboration across teacher/Leader Prep

Objective 1 Discuss process to collaborate with special & general educators and leaders to modify the educator preparation curriculum to address teacher standards.

Objective 2 Share a process of integrating in candidate preparation (special & general education and leadership programs) various philosophies and practices, i.e. MTSS, UDL, differentiation.

Objective 3 Discuss how to leverage your dean’s support for this work.

One Model To reduce silos among departments and increase collaboration across programs To increase collaboration among IHEs and LEAs

California Context California is a post-bac prep state Credentials are: Elementary = Multiple Subject Secondary = Single Subject Special Education = Education Specialist Administrative = Educational Leadership

Fresno State Established in 1911 Part of the California State University system 23,000 students Hispanic Serving Institution Kremen School of Education and Human Development 1911 first grads were teachers NCATE accredited since 1953 ??? Credentials in 2014/15 ??? Graduate Degrees in 2014/15

Non-siloed departments Elementary Teacher Clinical Fieldwork LEBSE department: Literacy, EL context & strategies, UDL, DI and SPED CI department: Curriculum, Educ Psych, content pedagogy, instructional technology

Trunk and Branch Model

Preliminary Coursework

Program Meetings (both business & curriculum) Review Committees – representation from each course, two departments, advising, partnership, fieldwork, Dean’s office, leadership faculty, districts, candidate(s) Make recommendations that approved and forwarded by whole School curriculum committees to the Dean

Residency Planning

Venue for Change

UDL and the Flipped Classroom Differentiation, UDI, UDL, philosophy…

RTI Tiers

Dean’s Support Empower program coordinators to work across departments Hire faculty with a vision for collaboration and partnership focus Support grant writing, conference attendance for those promoting vision of school Support professional development of faculty

Dean’s Support Part 2 Make Pk-12 student achievement the focus of all work. Bring district partners to the table Prioritizes and participates in Instructional Rounds/District Walk- throughs (faculty and district admin) Fresno State is committed to the leadership and collaboration needed so that ‘Every classroom has an exceptional teacher where students thrive!’

Facilitated Discussions Select a table facilitator and scribe Consider the guiding questions Post major points

Guiding Questions How do we facilitate deep discussions about topics on which faculty have differing philosophies? How can we agree upon a common understanding of terms, such as MTSS, UDL, differentiation?

Guiding Questions Part 2 What are the roles of educators in MTSS: general & special educators? Leaders? How can we ensure special educators are knowledgeable about the general education curriculum?

Guiding Questions Part 3 What resources are available to support teachers? What resources could the dean provide to support faculty? How will you leverage your dean?

Reflections Share one major point per table Review comments on charts Share next steps

Thank you! Paul Beare, Dean, Kremen School of Education; Fresno State pbeare@csufresno.edu Colleen Torgerson, Professor & Partnership Coordinator; Fresno State colleent@csufresno.edu Marty Hougen, CEEDAR mchougen@coe.ufl.edu