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• Representatives from Minnesota’s Comprehensive System of Personnel Development Team surveyed 500+ individuals about factors affecting recruitment and retention of professionals working with children with disabilities in early childhood education.
• They will share results of the 400+ person survey and focus groups and discuss implications for other states.

Purpose: Participants learn from each other about strategies that respond to a changing context. Participants learn of appropriate uses of the root cause analysis and how to link the analysis to action.

Learning Targets: (1) Participants are able to name at least 3 strategies to respond to a changing implementation landscape. (2) Participants are able to name one resource and one strategy for using root cause analysis to plan.

Purpose: Develop a shared understanding of the purpose, goals, and planned activities.

Learning Targets:  Participants will have a basic idea of their audience, how they want to reach them, and the messaging that will resonate with each audience.

The SPDG Program Area Meeting occurs the first day of annual OSEP Project Directors’ Conference. This is another opportunity for the SPDG Program Grantees to meet with one another to share best practices and strategies to effectively implement evidence-based professional development.

Project Director Interview Series: Brandi Gerry, South Dakota
My Child and their IEP Meeting: Family Engagement in Special Education: Alison Gauld, Tennessee