Purpose
The North Carolina State Improvement Project (NC SIP) will provide comprehensive, high quality professional development and follow up coaching focused on effective leadership and effective instruction to districts and schools. The project will build state-level capacity; enhance leadership skills in administrators; deliver research-based professional development on reading and mathematics instruction; align state and institutions of higher education instructional content; and improve family engagement at all levels of service delivery
North Carolina seeks to close the educational gap between students with and without disabilities. North Carolina State Improvement Project (NC SIP) will work with partners to ensure that special education teachers, general education teachers, and administrators receive comprehensive, high-quality professional development to meet the needs of students with disabilities. NC SIP will: (1) Build capacity at the state level to support professional development at the district and local levels; (2) Build effective leadership and organizational capacity at the district level; (3) Offer professional development and coaching to teachers and administrators on effective instruction; and (4) Integrate NC SIP professional development into pre-service and administrator courses at partner IHEs.
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2021 Maine
The goals of the Maine SPDG are to increase the mathematics proficiency of students in grades 3–8 with IEPs in seven school districts and to improve school climate through the reduction in exclusionary discipline practices.
2021 New Jersey
This project will expand capacity to implement Jersey Tiered Systems of Support for Early Reading (NJTSS-ER) by (a) providing multi-level (universal, targeted, and intensive) technology-facilitated training, coaching, and technical assistance; (b) increasing the intensity of professional developm
2021 Mississippi
The Mississippi State Personnel Development Grant (MS SPDG) focuses on the evidence-based practices of Universal Design for Learning (UDL), Positive Behavioral Interventions and Supports (PBIS), and Social-Emotional Learning (SEL), to improve (1) student performance by scaling-up and deepening im