1. What’s New? Kansas Child Outcomes Training and TA Materials Measuring and Improving Child and Family Outcomes Conference September 18, 2011 New Orleans, LA Dave Lindeman, Ph.D., Project Director Phoebe Rinkel, M.S., TA Coordinator Peggy Miksch, M.S., Infant Toddler TA Specialist Kansas Inservice Training System University of Kansas – Life Span Institute at Parsons

2. This project is for early intervention and early childhood special education professionals, paraeducators, related services professionals and parents. The framework supporting this system is composed of collaboration /linkages, information services, training, and technical assistance. Professional development is addressed at three levels of training - Proactive/General Issues Staff Development, Focused Staff Development, and Intensive Staff Development.

3. Goals  Sustain collaborative partnerships between State Agencies, Institutions of Higher Education, Local Education Agencies, and Professional Organizations working in the area of early childhood.  Develop and disseminate evidence and research-based materials.  Increase the knowledge, skills, and capacity of individuals and/or organizations across the state through results-based training and technical assistance.  Contribute to the development of state level guidance documents, processes, and training materials.

4. System Components  Collaboration/Linkages  Information Services  Training  Technical Assistance

6. www.kskits.org/ ta/ECOOutcomes/Index.shtml 6

7. Navigating the KITS ECO Web Page 7 Navigation Pane for KITS Website on every page

8. KITS ECO Home Page 8

9. State Agency Administrators Tiffany Smith, KSDE, Part B/619 Coordinator tsmith@ksde.orgtsmith@ksde.org Sarah Walters, KDHE, Part C Coordinator SWalters@kdheks.govSWalters@kdheks.gov KITS Collaborative Training Calendar 9

10. Introduction What are the Early Childhood Outcomes? What is the purpose of the KITS ECO Information web page? 10

11. Hot Topics What’s new? What’s on the horizon? 11

12. Outcome Web System (OWS) Login (opens new window) User login page for KSDE Web Applications  Flash tutorials about the User Login  Link to register for login and password for accessing KSDE web applications 12

13. What an Administrator Needs to Know 13

14. What a Data Entry Person Needs to Know 14

15. What A Direct Service Provider Needs to Know 15

16. What a Trainer Needs to Know 16

17. Independent Study 17

18. Group Training 18

19. Group Training Tools and Materials 19

20. COSF Examples 20

21. New COSF Examples 21

22. How to Keep Current With Kansas ECO Training and Guidance http://kskits.org/ta/ECOOutcomes/Index.shtml http://www.kskits.org/listserv/ http://kskits.org/publications/ http://www.kskits.org/training/ http://www.ksits.org/index.html http://www.ksde.org/Default.aspx?tabid=101 daniel@keystonelearning.org (“Subscribe Spedexpress”) daniel@keystonelearning.org http://www.fpg.unc.edu/~eco/ 22

23. Resources -Links 23

24. Resource Archives 24

25. Plans for Future ECO Training Annual Webinar on ECO Updates (Archive of September 2011 ECO Webinar Update on KITS website) COSF Training for New Staff (State-wide regional events, October 2011) Understanding Your ECO Data Investigative Questions and Resources for Administrators (KITS website) Understanding Your ECO Data (KDEC conference) Online Tutorials (KITS website) 25

26. David Lindeman, Project Director lindeman@ku.edulindeman@ku.edu Misty Goosen, Project Coordinator mistyg@ku.edumistyg@ku.edu Phoebe Rinkel, TA Coordinator prinkel@ku.eduprinkel@ku.edu Peggy Miksch, Infant-Toddler TA Specialist pmiksch@ku.edupmiksch@ku.edu Chelie Nelson, Preschool TA Specialist chelie.nelson@ku.educhelie.nelson@ku.edu Carla Heintz, Preschool TA Specialist carlaheintz@ku.educarlaheintz@ku.edu Kim Page, ECRC Coordinator kpage@ku.edukpage@ku.edu Karen Lawson, Project Assistant klawson@ku.eduklawson@ku.edu

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