National Center for Systemic Improvement

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What Does Effective Coaching Look Like? Ohio’s State Systemic Improvement Plan (SSIP) Team Focuses on Identifying and Implementing Effective Coaching Practices

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Decades of research show that coaching can be an effective mechanism for improving teacher practice and student learning outcomes. In fact, coaching is an important follow-up to trainings that often are decontextualized from the reality of the classroom setting. For that reason, several states plan to use coaching as a part of the SSIP. Ohio is one such state. As the Ohio SSIP team crafted … [Read more...]

2016 Improving Data, Improving Outcomes Conference

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Presentations Now Available: The 2016 Conference on Improving Data, Improving Outcomes was sponsored by The Center for IDEA Early Childhood Data Systems (DaSy), in collaboration with the Early Childhood Technical Assistance (ECTA) Center, the IDEA Data Center (IDC), and the National Center for Systemic Improvement (NCSI) in New Orleans, LA on August 15-17 , 2016. Full information can be found … [Read more...]

Rhode Island: Aligning Supports to Build Capacity Toward Meeting Its SIMR Goal

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Since 2013, The Rhode Island Department of Education (RIDE) has worked with the National Center on Intensive Intervention (NCII) to implement data-based individualization (DBI) in reading, mathematics, and behavior for students with severe and persistent learning and behavioral needs. Specifically, NCII has supported schools in two districts and worked with a team of coaches representing staff … [Read more...]

NCSI & NTACT Secondary Transition Webinar

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National Center for Systemic Improvement (NCSI) & National Technical Assistance Center on Transition (NTACT) Secondary Transition Webinar The National Center for Systemic Improvement (NCSI) and the National Technical Assistance Center for Transition (NTACT) co-sponsored webinar on Secondary Transition will present best evidence practices and predictors. Transition language in the … [Read more...]

State Teams Network and Collaborate at the IDC Institutes

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“State directors reported to me that the content provided in the sessions was helpful, and the opportunities to network with their state team and across state teams was very useful for moving to Phase II of the SSIP. I attended the meeting in Jacksonville and found this to be true.”- Bill East, Executive Director, National Association of State Directors of Special Education (NASDSE), and member of … [Read more...]