1. Leveraging Improvement Planning— Aligning Goals and Resources to Maximize Outcomes SPDG Webinar 4/16/10 Rorie Fitzpatrick Nevada Department of Education 1

2. Why it matters 2 Me + You + Them = Us We’re in it together We care about kids & families & educators & … Efficiency + Effectiveness = Sustained Results We get more for less We create longer term capacity

3. Possible Partners Levels: School, District, (Regional), State SPDG GEAR UP State/Local Mandates More … Programs Sp Ed Part B Title I Title II-A Title II-D 3

4. What we have in common Effective Instruction Student Achievement Accountability Not enough… 4

5. Let’s Be Friends Who do you know? Program leadership Program partners – explicit and implicit What do you know? Primary goals Supporting goals Targeted initiatives 5 What kind of coffee or chocolate they like…

6. What are your next steps? 6 People to talk to: Things to learn:

7. Rorie Fitzpatrick, Director Office of Special Education, Elementary and Secondary Education, and School Improvement Programs Nevada Department of Education rfitzpatrick@doe.nv.gov 775.687.9215 rfitzpatrick@doe.nv.gov 7