1. Center for Improving Teacher Quality (CTQ) Funded through the Office of Special Education Programs, U. S. Department of Education

2. CTQ Presenters Kathleen Paliokas CTQ Director Susan Branon Arkansas Department of Education Lynne Ryan Providence College Rhode Island

3. CTQ: A Collaboration Among  Council of Chief State School Officers, INTASC  National Association of State Directors of Special Education (NASDSE)  American Association of Colleges of Teacher Education (AACTE)  Federal Regional Resource Centers  Federal Comprehensive Centers  National Comprehensive Center for Teacher Quality (NCCTQ )

4. State PK-12 Student Standards State Teacher Licensing Standards Pre-Service Preparation State Licensing Professional Dev For Re-Licensing For Re-Licensing State Program Approval Standards © INTASC/CCSSO State Licensing Assessment State Prof. Dev. Requirements State Teacher Licensing System

5. CTQ’s Core Principles  Use Systemic Interventions  Understand the leverage points  Involve the audiences that can act at the leverage point  Build affiliation among states engaged in similar work  Stimulate the growth of networks within the states that will support and sustain the system change

6. State Teams as Vehicles for Change Key Team Members  State Director of Teacher Licensing/ Program Approval  State Director of Special Education  Representative from Higher Education

7. Strategies for Helping States Effect Change  Annual Forums  Intensive Case Studies with 6 states AL, AR, HI, IN, NJ, RI AL, AR, HI, IN, NJ, RI  Communities of Practice Within-state Within-state Cross-State Cross-State Multi-Subject HOUSSEMulti-Subject HOUSSE Service Delivery Options – Co-TeachingService Delivery Options – Co-Teaching Low Incidence DisabilitiesLow Incidence Disabilities

8. Strategies for Helping States Effect Change (cont’d)  Brokered, customized technical assistance  Grant monies  Website

9. CTQ 2007 Forum  Held June 27-30, 2007, in Washington DC  40 states/territories sent teams (200 attendees)  Goals Were To Share Successes, Strategies, Lessons Learned over 5 years of project  To provide opportunities to network and strengthen state collaboration  To provide current information about relevant federal legislation; and  To provide time to discuss and create state action plans.

10. For More Information www.centerforteacherquality.org