Experts in Your Own Backyard: Collaborating with Local Colleges and Universities for Professional Development- One Region’s Story

Presenters  Dr. Charity Roberts, Coastal GLRS Director  Dr. Michael Hazelkorn, Dean, CCGA  Dr. Claire Hughes, Assoc. Prof. CCGA

Backwards Chaining Approach  Moving from reactive to proactive 1. Leveraged panic  Establishing accountable goals

 Determining organizational goals  Evaluating alignment between goals  “Give and Get”- Mutually beneficial resource sharing  Evaluation of activities Backwards Chaining Approach

CCGA Goals  Development of pre-service teacher programs  Implementation of pre-service teacher training  Evaluation of pre-service teacher training  Support of graduates to ensure effectiveness

GLRS Goals  Support School Staff & Parents of SWD  Provide professional learning, coaching, & technical assistance  Deliver training & provide programs  Support academic achievement, graduation rate, & post-secondary success

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AGENCY COLLABORATION GLRS PARTNERS GADOE SpEd Division Parent Mentors School Improvement RESAs College & Universities School Systems SpEd Directors Staff

Meeting of the Minds  GOAL #1  Build Relationships & Partnerships  New GLRS Director  New COE Dean  Shared personal vision for our programs.  Offered support & resources to meet each other’s needs.

How Do We Fit Together? Pre-Service Teacher Development Pre-Service Teacher Implementation Pre-Service Teacher Evaluation New Teacher Support Veteran Teacher Support

What’s the Bottom Line?  ALL teacher graduates must demonstrate effectiveness with student instruction  ALL students with disabilities must demonstrate success with academics, graduation, & post-secondary transition

COMMITMENT to EXCELLENCE  MUTUAL GOALS  Graduate highly effective teachers  Confident in knowledge & expertise  Support SWD (& at-risk) in ALL environments  Encourage continuous learning by CCGA graduates  Transition graduates from CCGA to GLRS for professional learning to support SWD

Building Strong Support Systems  How can GLRS support Coastal College  develop strong teacher candidates  prepare ALL teachers to support SWD  What resources does GLRS have available  directly impact new teachers’ success in the field?

Trends & Issues  How can GLRS  support & sustain teacher retention in special education?  make connections at an early stage to increase teacher active engagement with our resources?  provide early access to instruction for pre- service teachers?

GLRS PL MODELS Professional Learning to Support Indicators for SWD ConsortiaCoursesEndorsementsProjects

Overlapping Collaboration GLRS / CCGA Pre-Service Teacher Development, Implementation, & Evaluation Teacher Graduates ProjectsGoal: Pre-Service Participation In-Field Participation Collaborative CommunitiesGoal: Virtual Pre-Service Community New Teacher Academy CoursesAccess to Virtual & Live Courses District & Online Participation EndorsementsPre-School Endorsement Advisory BoardGLRS Director is member of TEAB CCGA Dean is member of SpEd Director Advisory Board Instructional ResourcesPatron Accounts, Technology, & Materials Patron Accounts, Technology, & Materials Materials CenterGoal: GLRS Center on CCGA campus Goal: GLRS Center on CCGA campus

One Story in Progress  Professional Learning Gold Mines  GLRS approached CCGA staff to instruct workshops for teachers in-field  Co-Teaching Expert  In-progress project to provide regional professional learning in this topic

Another Story in Progress  Professional Resource Gold Mine  Instructional Resource Center  Pre-Service Teachers  Large district teaching staff  Provide books, instructional materials, and technology access  e-Book accounts  Materials Check-out  Assistive Technology  Apps  Computers  iPads  Chromebooks

Non-overlapping Needs You help me, I’ll help you… We’re all in this together…  Performance Indicators- Coastal GLRS  Evaluation- CCGA

Collaboration Plan-Overlapping  Services to the Community/ Implementation of Pre-service Teacher Training  Patron Accounts  Information about Hinesville Center  Information about Center materials  Proposal for IRC at CCGA  E-book access  Book & materials checkout

Collaboration Plan-Overlapping  Capacity Building/ Development of Pre- Service Teacher Training  TEAB participation  Capacity Building/ Implementation of Pre- Service Teacher Training  Communication of Online teacher training  Math training for CCGA

Collaboration Plan-Overlapping  Consortia/ Support of Graduates  New Teacher Cohort model

Collaboration Plan- Mutually Beneficial  Performance Indicators- Coastal GLRS  College Expert Training  Autism  Co-Teaching  Behavior  ELA & Math  Evaluation- CCGA  CAEP Participation

Collaboration Expansion  Regional  Coastal GLRS with Georgia Southern & Armstrong Atlantic  State  All GLRS centers with regional teacher prep colleges

Conclusions  Evolving Collaboration  Mission-driven Process  Relationship-driven Foundation  Effective Teachers  Outcomes for SWD  Academic Achievement  Graduate  Post-Secondary Success Desired Results

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