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www.pda-ese.org
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• The PDA-ESE online professional development
  program was developed through the collaborative
  efforts of the
• Florida Department of Education
• Bureau of Exceptional Education and Student
  Services
• Bureau of Educator Certification

The program is coordinated by the FDLRS
Administrative Project and the nineteen FDLRS
Centers and moduelsare offered statewide at no
cost to Florida educators.
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What is PDA-ESE?

• Online content and instruction for self-paced
  study
• Ongoing communication with expert local
  facilitator
• Group meetings with colleagues and expert
  facilitator
• Classroom-related assessment tasks
• Modules have been available to Florida educators
  since 2003, but content is refined and updated,
  regularly, by module contact writers
• Modules are offered on a rotating basis by each
  of the 19 FDLRS Associate Centers in Florida
• The Language Development and Communication module
  also offered on a statewide basis for SLPs
  seeking CEUs

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Target Audience

• Educators seeking to enhance their skills for
  working with students with disabilities and to be
  more responsive to all learners.
• Educators seeking certification in ESE and
  preparing to take the ESE K-12 certification exam
• Educators working on their Reading Endorsement
• Educators seeking to renew their certificate
• Educators assigned out-of-field in ESE
• Educators seeking targeted instruction to address
  areas of need as indicated on annual performance
  evaluations or in Individual Professional
  Development Plans (IPDP)
• It is not an alternative certification program
  and the modules cannot be used towards gifted
  endorsement

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Current PDA-ESE Modules
Foundations is also available as an independent
study module with no inservice credit
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PDA-ESE Modules Coming Soon
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July 2008 June 2009
ANNUAL DATA
Total Number of Modules Offered Statewide -
143 Total Number of Completing Participants-
1123 Foundations - 119 Assessment and Evaluation
- 93 Instructional Practices - 111 Positive
Behavior Support - 228 Language Development and
Communication - 80 Interpersonal Interactions and
Participation - 16 Transition -
130 Differentiating Reading Instruction - 346
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October 2003 June 2009
CUMULATIVE DATA
Total Number of Modules Offered Statewide
676 Total Number of Completing Participants -
4633 Foundations - 768 Assessment Evaluation -
427 Instructional Practices - 565 Positive
Behavior Support - 863 Language Development
Communication - 357 Interpersonal Interactions
Participation - 162 Transition -
519 Differentiating Reading Instruction 972
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ESE K-12 EXAM DATA

• PDA-ESE modules
• January 2006 June 2009
• 1544 participants completed PDA-ESE modules and
  took the ESE K-12 Exam. (number does not reflect
  participants in Foundations for independent
  study)
• 1350 of the 1544 PDA-ESE participants who took
  the exam received a passing score. This is a
  passing rate of 87.
• Foundations Module Independent Study
• July 2005 June 2009
• 765 participants accessed the PDA-ESE Foundations
  Pilot and took the ESE K-12 Exam.
• 576 of the 765 PDA-ESE Foundations Pilot
  participants received a passing score on the
  exam. This is a passing rate of 75.
• Data Correlated with FLDOE Data Warehouse

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Feedback from the Field

• PDA courses on-line are both convenient and
  informative!
• Lots of good resources! Good information and
  assessment activities.
• The content of this course was complete. It
  provided me with everything that I needed to
  complete tasks. It offered extra reading
  materials and data if I wanted or needed to go
  beyond the minimum requirements. The most
  current information was made available.
  Organized and some tough stuff I was very
  impressed!
• I feel that all general education teachers should
  take this course in order to prepare for
  inclusion. I took this course after the fact and
  have really had my eyes opened.
• I believe this course has helped me to be a
  better teacher.

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Collaborating Partners

• Florida Department of Education
• Bureau of Educator Certification
• Bureau of Exceptional Education and Student
  Services (BEESS)
• North East Florida Educational Consortium (NEFEC)
• Florida Center for Interactive Media (FCIM)

• Florida Diagnostic and Learning Resources System
  (FDLRS) Associate Centers
• FDLRS Administrative Project
• PDA-ESE Advisory Committee Members
• Writers from FDLRS, Districts, FIN,
  Universities, Agencies and Other
• Just Read, Florida! Office

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Module Implementation

• Statewide Coordination of PDA-ESE
• DOE FDLRS Liaison, Cathy Bishop
• FDLRS Administration Project
• Administrator, Mary Ann Ahearn
• PDA Support, Susan ORear
• FCIM PDA-ESE Technical Support Staff
• Local Implementation of PDA-ESE
• FDLRS Associate Center Managers
• Local FDLRS Coordinators, Module Facilitators and
  FDLRS Technical Support

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Module Implementation

• FDLRS Administrative Project PDA-ESE
• Supports FDLRS PDA-ESE Coordinators
• Supports FDLRS PDA-ESE Tech Specialists
• Collaborates with the Florida Center for
  Interactive Media
• Coordinates PDA-ESE Module Contact Writers
• Handles Reimbursements to FDLRS Managers
• Maintains Module Content
• Communicates with DOE
• Uses the PDA-ESE Administrative System

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Module Implementation

• Florida Center for Interactive Media (FCIM)
• Collaborates with the FDLRS Administrative
  Project
• Supports FDLRS PDA-ESE Coordinators
• Supports FDLRS PDA-ESE Tech Specialists
• Maintains D2L
• Maintains PDA-ESE Administrative System
• Updates module content upon request from FDLRS
  Administrative Project

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Module Implementation

• FDLRS PDA-ESE Coordinators
• Schedule modules following a quarter system
• Advertise the modules
• Register participants
• Obtain usernames and passwords
• Use the PDA-ESE Administrative System
• Support facilitators
• Support use of D2L learning management system
• Manage inservice points
• Collaborate with other PDA Coordinators and FDLRS
  Administrative Project
• Other

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Module Implementation

• PDA-ESE Facilitators
• (District, FDLRS, FIN, etc. personnel)
• Content experts
• Work with participants
• Conduct face-to-face sessions
• Review assessment tasks
• Determine satisfactory completion of the module
• Communicate with PDA-ESE Coordinator, as needed
• Access the PDA-ESE Admin System for class roster
  and participant surveys
• Other

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Module Implementation

• FDLRS Technology Specialists
• Support use of Desire2Learn (D2L) learning
  management system
• Support use of PDA Administrative System
• Other

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Module Access
Module content is accessed by participants using
the Desire 2 Learn (D2L) Learning Management
System. D2L support is provided by the Florida
Center for Interactive Media (FCIM)
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Module Organization
PDA-ESE modules use a consistent format and color
scheme. Each module has objectives. Modules are
divided into units with unit objectives. Units
have sections and subsections. Modules may be
taken in any order but within a module it should
be completed in the order in which it is
organized.
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Module Organization
Learning Activity Anything a participant does to
learn content Assessment Task Anything a
participant is required to submit to a
facilitator The first assessment task is in the
Introduction section before Unit 1 in most
modules.
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Mary Ann Ahearn ahearnm_at_nefec.org
386-312-2265 Susan Parker ORear
orears_at_ocps.net 407-317-3671 www.pda-ese.org