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Best
Practices
Revealed:
School/University
Preparation
Program
Partnerships that
Address Local
Personnel Needs
29th National
Conference for
Paraprofessionals
Personnel Improvement Center
US Department of Education, Office of Special
Education Programs (OSEP)-funded for five years.
In Year 3 now– work has been ongoing with UT for 2
1/2 years.
Housed at the National Association of State Directors
of Special Education (NASDSE)
Personnel Preparation Program Partnerships is one of
three services provided to selected states and their
local school districts.
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2. 5/13/2011
Multiple Levels of Collaboration
• Personnel Improvement
Center (PIC)
National • National Resource Center
for Paraprofessionals
(NRCP)
• UT Department of
Education/State
Personnel Development
State Grant (SPDG)
• UT Professional
Development Center
• LEAs -Districts and
charters
Local • IHEs – 2 and 4 year
colleges and universities
Presenters
Marilyn Likins
National Resource Center for Paraprofessionals
Utah State University
Kit Giddings
Utah Personnel Development Center
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3. 5/13/2011
Peggy Milligan –State Leadership Team
Assistant Director of Special Education Services
Bruce Schroeder– State Leadership Team
Director – UT Personnel Development Center /SPDG
State Leadership Team Members
A State Perspective:
Overview of the Utah State Performance
Plan (SPP)
With the reauthorization of IDEA 2004, states
were required to:
• develop a six-year State Performance Plan (SPP);
• submit the plan to the Secretary of Education and
• report progress on each of the key indicators
to OSEP in an Annual Performance Report (APR).
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4. 5/13/2011
Analysis of UT’s APR Indicators
Unsatisfactory or Significant Issues
with:
• Student achievement levels
• Student behavior & school discipline
• Graduation rates
UT’s State Professional Development
Grant (SPDG) designed to address:
• achievement gap between students with/without
disabilities;
• shortage of qualified special education teachers
• preparation of unlicensed special educators;
• support and utilization of research-based
instructional practices;
• recruitment of new special educators;
• retention of highly qualified special education
teachers and
• knowledge and skills of school personnel to meet
the needs of students with disabilities.
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5. 5/13/2011
Lisa Churchill
Personnel Improvement Center
State Service Provider
PIC Goal in UTAH
Increase state’s capacity to create opportunities for
LEAs/local programs to partner with community
colleges and four year institutions of higher education
(IHEs)
Focus on paraeducator-to-teacher programs to
increase accessibility to four year institutions for
community members in high need areas of the state
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6. 5/13/2011
UT Partnerships Plans
Developed targeted strategies for increasing
accessibility to IHE coursework for paraeducators
in partnering districts.
Consolidated resources at all levels to provide
support, funding and TA.
Increased awareness of need and opportunities.
Designed to meet the needs of state, districts,
IHEs, and paraeducators.
Partnership Plan Activities
Paraeducator survey
Paraeducator appreciation/celebration event
IHE information event
Paraeducator website
"Pathways to Becoming a Special Educator” brochure
for each IHE program
Financial aid resource chart
Smooth segue into IHE application and admission
Collaborative supports from both district and LEAs
for paraeducators in programs
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7. 5/13/2011
Marilyn Likins
NRCP Director
State Leadership Team Member
NRCP Role in Partnership Work
Provide resources to the partnership,
including:
building state website to support work;
posting a link to the Paraeducator Survey on that
website and
providing information about needed paraeducator
supports to both IHEs and LEAs.
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9. 5/13/2011
Granite School District
Located in Salt Lake City, Utah
• 61 elementary schools
• 6 junior high schools
• 8 high schools
• Other special schools
Additional Information:
Largest school district in Utah
Boundary includes 257 sq. miles
7,500 full & part-time employees
68,310 students (2009)
Paraeducator Survey
CONDUCTED TWO SURVEYS :
April 2009 (700 paraeducators surveyed, 370 responded):
to determine those who were interested in a teacher
certification; 166 expressed interest.
March/April 2010 (166 paraeducators, 52 responded):
to determine the current status, level of interest, and
needs of this focused population segment.
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10. 5/13/2011
Paraeducator Survey Results
What additional support and/or information do you need in
the application process?
Computer literacy/application process 5.8%
Financial aid 36.5%
Entrance test requirements 19.2%
Meet w/counselor to evaluate transcripts 15.4%
All of the above 38.5%
None of the above 21.2%
Paraeducator Appreciation &
Career Opportunity Night
January 21, 2010, 5:00-8:00pm
Created special invitation for each paraeducator,
hand-delivered.
Celebration with food, prizes, personal recognition,
with a program presentation.
University of Utah and Utah State University
presented information on their special education
programs.
135 paraeducators attended.
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11. 5/13/2011
University Counseling Event
District Paraeducator Support
Two district specialists provided individual
support to paraeducators regarding the teacher
certification process.
Encouraged the universities to design and
implement a simplified process for delivering
program application and financial resource
information to these prospective students.
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12. 5/13/2011
OUTCOME: University Acceptance
19 Granite paraeducators were admitted
to 2 universities for the 2011 school year
for the special education teacher
certification program!
USU U of U 19 Granite
10 9 paraeducators
Dept of Special Education & Rehab
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13. 5/13/2011
Paraeducator Applicants to On-Campus Program
Number of appreciation
2010-11
events
Number of paraeducator
applicants
2009-10
(O Events)
2008-09
0 5 10 15 20 25 30 35
Paraeducator Applicants to Distance Program
Number of
appreciation events
2010-2011 Number of
paraeducator
applicants
(O Events)
2008-2009
0 10 20 30 40 50
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14. 5/13/2011
Ongoing State Partnership Needs
Increase capacity of IHE programs to accept more
qualified applicants.
Continue to increase accessibility of coursework
through additional online and on-site course offerings.
Funding to provide tuition assistance.
Contact Information
Lisa Churchill
Personnel Improvement Center, lchurchill@csuchico.edu
Marilyn Likins
National Resource Center for Paraprofessionals, marilyn@nrcpara.org
Peggy Milligan
Utah State Office of Education, peggy.milligan@schools.utah.gov
Robert Morgan
Utah State University, bob.morgan@usu.edu
Jerry Purles
Granite School District, jlpurles@graniteschools.org
Bruce Schroeder
Utah State Office of Education, bruce.schroeder@schools.utah.gov
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