National Center for Systemic Improvement

Strengthening State Capacity to Realize Positive Outcomes for Students with Disabilities

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EI: State Share: Developing SDI Guidance

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Thank you to those who joined us at last Tuesday’s Effective Instruction Collaborative meeting!

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A special thank you to Emily Klein and Jenna Richard for sharing about Rhode Island’s process for developing guidance around specially designed instruction. We also shared resources including the National Center for Improving Literacy’s updated website. Visit our Effective Instruction blog for the NCSI meeting slides. Please reach out if you would like the slides from Rhode Island’s presentation.  

We hope you can join us for next month’s Collaborative meeting on June 24 at 11:30 AM ET when we will share key takeaways and resources from our State IEP Policy and Practice Workshop. Please register using this link if you haven’t already done so. Please remember to add the invite to your calendar so you don’t miss any of our meetings this year. After you register, you will get a confirmation email with links to Add to Calendar (below the list of meeting dates).

EI: State Share: SDI Supports Document

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Thank you to those who joined us April 22, 2025 for the Effective Instruction Collaborative meeting!

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A special thanks to Lynn Lockard for sharing Kentucky’s Specially Designed Instruction Supports Document. State participants were excited to learn from KY’s work. We also shared resources from the Institute of Education Sciences including Tips for Supporting Reading Skills at Home.

And don’t forget about the upcoming Research to Practice Series Teacher-Delivered Behavior Interventions in Grades K-5 webinar on May 6 at 3 PM ET. Click here to learn more and register.

Finally, we would greatly appreciate you taking a moment to fill out this short survey so we can better meet your needs. Your responses help us improve our assistance and measure our impact.

Thank you!

Elizabeth and Laura

Research to Practice Spotlight Series, Session 6: Teacher-Delivered Behavioral Interventions in Grades K-5: Seven Practical Recommendations

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Tuesday, May 6, 2025
3:00pm-4:00pm ET / 12:00pm-1:00pm PT 

About the Session:
The National Center for Systemic Improvement (NCSI) is pleased to present the next session in our Research to Practice Spotlight Series. This session will focus on the key findings from recent research on tiered behavior frameworks. Drs. Dymnicki and Lane will share seven recommendations designed to assist teachers in supporting students engage in productive, positive behaviors all students can engage in learning. This content is designed for immediate use by teachers, as well as by state leaders, professional development providers, and local education agencies to inform professional learning efforts for general and special educators.

Presenters:

  • Kathleen Lynne Lane, Ph.D., BCBA-D, CF-L12
  • Allison Dymnicki, Ph.D.
  • Lauren Artzi, P.h.D., and Kathleen Pfannenstiel, P.h.D., NCSI
About the Series:
NCSI is hosting a series of webinars aimed at unpacking key evidence-based practices and recommendations to promote learning for students with disabilities and others struggling to learn reading, writing and math. Participants will hear about key practices and considerations for SEAs and LEAs in supporting educators with implementation. View previously hosted sessions on the NCSI website at https://ncsi.wested.org/collection/research-to-practice-spotlight-series/.

EI: Using LMS to Build SDI

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Thanks to those who were able to join us on March 25th! We learned about and discussed using Learning Management Systems (LMS) to build knowledge of specially designed instruction and IEPs, looking at examples from Wyoming and Northern Mariana Islands. The meeting slides attached here include links we shared in the chat. We also shared the PROGRESS Center Online Learning Courses.

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We hope you can join us for our next meeting when we will hear from Kentucky about their SDI guidance.

GS: Enforcement

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Thank you so much for joining us Wednesday for our March NCSI General Supervision Cross-State Learning Collaborative. We had great discussions about Incentives, Sanctions and Enforcement Actions.

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Your input and perspective are important to us. Please take some time to respond to our survey (https://forms.gle/K9dhUFrnUv5obJc69). As we discussed during our call, it will be particularly helpful to know your interest and recommended focus should we launch a Dispute Resolution related Shared Interest Group.

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