1. Looking To The Future: NASDSE’s Role
Jacque Thompson
Bill East
November 2006

2. Demonstrate Mission-Driven and Principles-Guided Leadership
Providing services to state agencies to facilitate their efforts to maximize educational outcomes for individuals with disabilities
Using principles to guide our daily work

3. Leadership Principles
Be true to your mission
Do things with a follow-up in mind
Spend your time with positive people
Seize your opportunities
Make others successful
Ask more than tell
Take the high road
Bill East
NASDSE

4. Keep NASDSE Strong Initiatives that support our mission
Partnerships with other organizations
i.e. CASE, CCSSO, CSAVR
Collaboration with RRCs
Skilled Executive Leadership
Diverse and Focused Board of Directors
Active Membership/100% goal

5. Help NASDSE Members and Partners Manage Knowledge
Project Forum
Partnerships for common and consistent messages
Dialogue Guides
Topical Publications

6. Make the Use of Communities of Practice the Norm for our Work
Collaborative sharing and problem-solving with a purpose
Mission-focused and outcomes-driven
Expanding shared understanding and practice of research-based interventions and services
Building strong networks of leadership and practice
Use existing partner networks
Connect partners to the work of the state

7. Make Serving Low-Incidence Populations a Priority
Blind Initiative
Deaf Initiative
Deaf/Blind
SWD who are ELL
Juvenile Justice
Other

8. Promote A Unitary System of Education Through NCLB and IDEA
Reauthorization/Regulations
Data Collection, Analysis and Use
Collaborative models of intervention and instruction (RtI)
Collaborative models of professional learning (IDEA Partnership)
Collaborative models of practice

9. Help Ensure and Maintain a Highly Qualified Workforce
Personnel Center
New Director Initiatives
CTQ

10. Promote Early Intervention with Evidence-Based Practices
Early Childhood Services
Early Intervening Services
Response to Intervention (Instruction)
Connections between RtI/EIS and School Improvement under NCLB

11. Make Transition to Appropriate Post-School Outcomes A Focus
Transition CoP
Assistant Secretary’s Initiative
Use National Centers for Support

12. Promote the Important Role of Special Educators in Education
State Director of Special Education
SEA Staff
Special education personnel including related service personnel
Integrated leadership across the education community