Technical Assistance Common approaches to TA, an understanding about what practices actually produce results Targeted and intensive TA with individual students and teams how do others do – Characteristics of states (location, size) affect TA delivery School districts need to know that some TA will involve distance technology Time Not enough of it, can’t structure it to include national initiatives or participation in conversations for Year 4 & 5” “Hopes Collectively planning for next grant cycle Shared initiatives and priorities use the network to help determine – Shared focus on TA National Needs assessment should help inform Collaboration across state lines for sharing/trading expertise and activities create more – formality in advance of grant writing Network TA How can a network focus improve state TA: effective, efficient, shared activities, collective planning Use of the TA guide to improve state efforts States to action plan and focus together using the TA Implementation Guide National needs assessment to create understanding of TA needs and what would be helpful to states Build similar approaches Have a webinar about TA Tools Qualified Personnel Infrastructure and recognition for teachers Problems with high turnover with any trained individuals Interveners State adoption of Intervener role maybe a letter from NCDB or OSEP – Difficulties of getting interveners thru any kind of training Partnerships between states in providing training would be helpful Low pay, high turnover Information Condensed information on website linked directly to TA outcomes Access to all of the good materials developed by the network Current topics: research, technology Infrastructure Issues
Technical Assistance Common approaches to TA, an understanding about what practices actually produce results Targeted and intensive TA with individual students and teams – how do others do Characteristics of states (location, size) affect TA delivery School districts need to know that some TA will involve distance technology Time Not enough of it, can’t structure it to include national initiatives or participation in conversations “Hopes for Year 4 & 5” Collectively planning for next grant cycle Shared initiatives and priorities – use the network to help determine Shared focus on TA National Needs assessment should help inform Collaboration across state lines for sharing/trading expertise and activities – create more formality in advance of grant writing Network TA How can a network focus improve state TA: effective, efficient, shared activities, collective planning Use of the TA guide to improve state efforts States to action plan and focus together using the TA Implementation Guide National needs assessment to create understanding of TA needs and what would be helpful to states Build similar approaches Have a webinar about TA Tools Qualified Personnel Infrastructure and recognition for teachers Problems with high turnover with any trained individuals Interveners State adoption of Intervener role – maybe a letter from NCDB or OSEP Difficulties of getting interveners thru any kind of training Partnerships between states in providing training would be helpful Low pay, high turnover Information Condensed information on website linked directly to TA outcomes Access to all of the good materials developed by the network Current topics: research, technology Infrastructure Issues
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