1. Tackling Equity in California: A Whole System Approach, Analysis and Plan for Improvement
California Department of Education
National Center for Systemic Improvement at WestEd
Hemet Unified School District
Matt Starts
1 minute overview

2. 2019 OSEP Leadership Conference
OSEP Disclaimer
2019 OSEP Leadership Conference
DISCLAIMER:
The contents of this presentation were developed by the presenters for the 2019 OSEP Leadership Conference. However, these contents do not necessarily represent the policy of the Department of Education, and you should not assume endorsement by the Federal Government.
(Authority: 20 U.S.C. 1221e-3 and 3474)
Matt
30 seconds

3. Our Presentation: Who Are We?
Matt: This is Not a race conversation, this is an equity conversation through an improvement lens (note highlighted by OSEP)
Matt Navo Director of System Transformation WestEd
Karen Valdes Assistant Superintendent Student Services Hemet USD
Kristin Wright California State Director of Special Education

4. Outcomes for Today’s Session
Tackling Equity- CA State Level- Multi-Agency Technical Assistance and Support
Tackling Equity- NCSI- Multi-District Support
Tackling Equity- Hemet USD- Multi-Agency Support
Matt
1 minute

5. California Education Code, Section 33080, Purpose of the Educational System
“Each child is a unique person, with unique needs, and the purpose of the education system of this state is to enable each child to develop all of his or her own potential.”
Matt- Set’s up and hands off to Kristin- 30 seconds
Handoff to Kristin

6. Tackling Equity in California: It Takes a Village
California’s Landscape
Education spending = $53.2 Billion
1026 School Districts
10,473 Schools
1228 Charter Schools
628,849 Students in Charter Schools
6,220,413 Students
313,989 Teachers
Student Population = 54.3% Hispanic/23.20% Caucasian
Dataquest 2018
Kristine- 2 minutes a slide

7. Snapshot: Students with Disabilities (SWD) in California Public Schools
Of the more than 795,047 SWD ages 0-22 comprising approximately 11% of the total student population in California:
68% are boys
26% are English Learners
Top 3 primary disability categories
Specific Learning Disability (37.77%)
Speech and Language (20.72%)
Autism (15.11%)
CASEMIS 2018
2 minutes

8. Students with Disabilities by Disability Category 2018
Percent of Students
Specific Learning Disability (SLD)
37.77
Speech or Language Impairment (SLI)
20.72
Autism (AUT)
15.11
Other Health Impairment (OHI)
13.12
Intellectual Disability (ID)
5.51
Emotional Disturbance (ED)
3.17
Hard of Hearing (HH)
1.34
Orthopedic Impairment (OI)
1.25
Multiple Disability (MD)
0.92
Visual Impairment (VI)
0.43
Deafness (DEAF)
0.41
Traumatic Brain Injury (TBI)
0.19
Established Medical Disability (EMD)
0.06
Deaf Blindness (DB)
0.01
2 minute
CASEMIS Dec 18

9. What are we doing to ensure equity for students with disabilities in California?
Our what: Focus on outcomes leading to employment, independent living, access to higher education and community inclusion Our how: Ensure access to grade-level standards, including specialized instruction, through universally designed general education with a focus on tiered supports (MTSS) and quality first instruction
2 minutes (OSEP asked for “including specialized instruction).

10. Looking Through a Funding Lens: Students in CA Local Control Funding Formula Student Groups with IEPs
2 min

11. In Relentless Pursuit of Ensuring LRE*
Every child with a disability has the right to be educated with their grade-level peers without disabilities to the maximum extent appropriate.
Kristin- 2 min
Big policy- OSEP added maximum extent.
*Least Restrictive Environment

12. Replacing IF we can with HOW we can
…Replacing “IF” with “HOW”?
Reframe school conversations with “how” a school team can include students with disabilities not “if” they can.
OSEP- changed title Content is good.
Kristin- 2 minutes

13. The Stars Continue to be Aligned in California
Alignment across policy making entities to support one coherent system of education
Governor, State Board of Education, Legislature, State Superintendent of Public Instruction
New Accountability System
Teacher credentialing changes from disability label driven to level of support driven
Governor and Legislative Support for Addressing Special Education Funding and Issues
Positive Fiscal Climate
Changes at California Department of Education
Cross state agency collaboration and collective work via an articulated state system of support
Policy Drivers Mapping to Employment: Employment First, Competitive Integrated Employment, Workforce Innovations and Opportunity Act (WIOA)
2 minutes

14. California System of Support
Kristin-3 minutes
CA MTSS is part of the Statewide system of support

15. All Hands on Deck Approach in California: Early Lessons and Continuing Challenges
Coordination of technical assistance to avoid district ”TA fatigue”
Larger system needs to model the same continuous improvement it touts
Strive for role definition and clarity across state, regional and local educational agencies and assistance providers
Start with ensuring basic systems are in place for long term improvement sustainability
HELP to align/make sense of monitoring and improvement activities
Krstin-2 minutes

16. Special Education Indicators for LEA Profile (IDEA): Annual Performance Report (APR) Indicators
Performance Measures: (state rate)
Graduation Rates
Dropout Rates
Participation & performance on assessments, reading and math
Suspension rates
Educational settings
Preschool settings
Preschool outcomes
Parent engagement
14. Post school outcomes
17. SSIP measure is academic performance on reading and math
Compliance Measures: 100%
Disproportionality (identification)
Disproportionality (identification with AUT, SLD, SLI, ED, OHI, ID)
Child find
Transition to school (IDEA Part C to B)
Post-secondary transition

17. Discuss and Revise Technical Assistance Crosswalk
Kirstin hands off to Karen.

18. Tackling Equity: Hemet Unified School District
Hemet USD Demographics (28 schools)
22,203 Students
60% Hispanic
9% African American
25% Caucasian
81% Free or reduced lunch
14% Special education
11% English Language Learners
1.1% Foster Youth
Karen- 2 minutes per slide

19. Tackling Equity: Multi-agency Support
California Department of Education
National Center for System Improvement (NCSI)
Hemet Unified School District

20. Understanding Improvement
Central law of improvement
Every system is perfectly designed to get the results it gets.
system = An interdependent group of materials, people, and processes with a common purpose

21. Learning to Investigate Our System
Learning Questions:
What do we know about our current performance?
What do we want to know?
What method might we use to investigate?
What do we predict we will learn?
Planning who will do what? By when?
Karen Hands off to Matt

22. National Center for Systemic Improvement (NCSI): Tackling Equity-in Multi-District Support
Central Valley School Districts Central Valley Special Education Network Improvement Community Rural Schools 12,000 students 10-12% SWD 80% Free and Reduced Lunch/80-90% Hispanic Pulling leaning knowledge together Focused: Building Capacity of leaders and practitioners to improve outcomes for students with disabilities.

23. Tackling Equity through the Theory of Improvement
Focusing on Directors of Special Education
Building an improvement team around them
Multi-disciplinary capacity
Learning how to answer each question
Network improvement community
Analyzing common data
Forming a narrative through consultancy (handout)
Helping them to see their system (handout)

24. Different Kinds of Expertise to Improve
Research Knowledge: Knowledge about what works.
Professional/Practitioner Knowledge: Knowledge of organizational context, structures, and processes.
Improvement Knowledge: The interaction of the theories of systems, variation, measurement, disciplined inquiry, user-centered design, and psychology.
Matt Hands off to Karen.

25. Tackling Equity by Ensuring We are Improving the Same Thing
Matt take it here.

26. Contacts
Kristin Wright
Karen Valdes
Matt Navo Phone:

27. Tackling Equity in a District: Whole Systems Analysis and Improvement
Thank You!

28. 2019 OSEP Leadership Conference
OSEP Disclaimer 2
2019 OSEP Leadership Conference
DISCLAIMER:
The contents of this presentation were developed by the presenters for the 2019 OSEP Leadership Conference. However, these contents do not necessarily represent the policy of the Department of Education, and you should not assume endorsement by the Federal Government.
(Authority: 20 U.S.C. 1221e-3 and 3474)