Purpose
Illinois Elevating Special Educators (Illinois ESE) will increase the capacity of school districts to recruit and retain highly qualified and equipped school personnel to improve the progress and performance in literacy for students with disabilities. The Illinois ESE will accomplish this by delivering professional development to district staff and families, in addition to providing mentoring to special educators.
The Illinois State Board of Education (ISBE) will partner with five Regional Offices of Education (ROE) across the state to design a needs-based, tiered system of professional development and mentoring supports provided by Illinois ESE. Oversight of Illinois ESE will be provided by ISBE, in addition to an advisory council comprised of higher education, ROE, and district staff. Per grant requirements, an independent evaluator will be responsible for evaluating grant performance.
Explore Cohort Projects
2020 Guam
The Guam Department of Education (GDOE) has designed a high-quality, sustainable professional development program to increase its personnel capacity to address the implementation of early intervention and special education evidence-based practices for improving functional outcomes and educational
2020 Washington, D.C.
The project purpose is to increase educator, leader and family competencies in inclusive practices and tiered services and supports for students with disabilities.
2020 Idaho
The purpose of the State Personnel Development Grant (SPDG) project is to deliver evidence-based professional development (PD) to improve the delivery of reading instruction to students with disabilities in grades K-3.