Dr. Kathleen Magiera, Project Director

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Raising the Bar through Curriculum Enhancements
SUNY Fredonia's 325T OSEP Grant

• Dr. Kathleen Magiera, Project Director
• Dr. Rhea Simmons, Co-PI
• Dr. Christine Givner, Co-PI

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325T GrantU.S. Department of EducationOffice of
Special Education Programs

• GOAL 1 To IMPROVE SUNY Fredonias teacher
  preparation program by graduating highly
  qualified special education teachers.
• Grant Criteria
• Must have an established special education
  teacher preparation program when applying for
  grant
• One-time five year grant requiring a cooperative
  agreement with OSEP

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Setting the Context

• Our Childhood Inclusive Education Program is a
  merged teacher preparation program.
• College of Education includes two departments
• Curriculum Instruction
• Language, Learning Leadership
• 7 special education faculty (including Dean
  Givner)
• Rural university setting in Western New York

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Purpose of Grant

• Revise general education teacher preparation
  curriculum by embedding special education content
  and knowledge supported by evidence-based
  practices into course syllabi throughout the
  curriculum
• Enhance the collaboration skills of our program
  graduates to work with parents of students with
  disabilities and other educational professionals

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Project Activities

• Professional development for special and general
  education faculty
• Extension of inclusive field experiences
• Refinement of on-and-off campus activities

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Developing a Process

• Five-year funded grant - 500,000 (funded July,
  2009)
• Fall 2009 was our planning semester
• Drs. Magiera and Simmons received a course
  release
• Grant Planning Group Dr. Christine Givner, Dr.
  Larry Maheady, Dr. Barbara Mallette, Dr. Laura
  Geraci
• Met twice a month during Fall 2009
• Focused on Inclusion, Evidence-Based Practices,
  and Partnerships (IEP for the LRE)

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Developing a Process (contd)

• Used Dr. Dan Reschlys work on Innovation
  Configurations
• (ICs) to develop tools to analyze our syllabi
  (all syllabi were
• submitted with grant application)
• OSEP will analyze re-submitted syllabi in April
  2011
• SUNY Fredonia Student CEC Chapter approved
  October, 2009
• Hired Project Administrative Coordinator to reach
  out to rural
• school districts

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Winter Institute January 20 21, 2010

• Two-day professional development for all faculty
• Day 1 Outside evaluator, Dr. Spencer Salend
  from SUNY New Paltz joined 20 faculty members to
  discuss Childhood Inclusive Education Program
• Day 2 IRIS training and use in University
  classroom

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Future Project Activities

• Pilot Innovation Configuration s (ICs) with
  selected
• syllabi - Spring 2010
• Revise ICs - Summer 2010
• Analysis of all syllabi - Fall 2010
• Resubmit syllabi to OSEP - April 2011

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Year Three and Beyond Project Activities

• Revise Inclusive Field Placements
• Partner with rural school districts to mentor
  our
• teacher candidates
• Develop teacher candidate collaboration skills
• through on-and-off campus activities

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Questions?Submit a 325T proposal of
your own. Tina Diamond is OSEP Competition
Manager

• Kathleen.Magiera_at_fredonia.edu
• Rhea.Simmons_at_fredonia.edu
• The contents of this power point presentation
  were developed under a grant from the US
  Department of Education, Cooperative Agreement
  H325T090014.  However, those contents do not
  necessarily represent the policy of the US
  Department of Education, and you should not
  assume endorsement by the Federal
  Government. Project Officer, Bonnie Jones.