Director's Webinar

Join us for a two-part Directors Webinar featuring the Michigan SPDG team and a return visit from our National Meeting keynote speaker, Christopher Littlefield!

Part 1: Data-Informed Decisions for Implementation and Impact

The Michigan SPDG team will share how they use data to determine when schools are ready to add additional learning sessions. They will also discuss how data are used to continuously improve the statewide impact of the MiMTSS TA Center's efforts to build educators' MTSS knowledge and skills in classroom settings.

Missed the SPDG National Meeting or had to choose between concurrent breakout sessions? Here's another chance to catch some of what you missed!

During this Directors Webinar, presenters from the National Meeting will return to share their breakout presentations with the broader SPDG community. Join us for another opportunity to learn from their work, explore practical strategies, and connect with colleagues.

Adrienne Woods, PhD, of SRI Education will share how states can use aggregated IEP data beyond APR reporting to examine IEP quality, service patterns, equity, and needs for professional development or systems improvement. She’ll also introduce SEAMLESS, a privacy-conscious approach for transforming IEP narrative content into data that can be used for research and decision-making.

The October Directors Webinar will feature two sessions focused on preparing for the upcoming SPDG National Meeting and exploring new ways states can use IEP data.

From Learning to Action: Building Teacher Capacity Through Peer Coaching

Drawing on lessons learned from implementing a peer coaching model at an Ohio elementary school, participants will learn how peer coaching can build teacher capacity and support teachers’ implementation of evidence-based practices. Practical strategies and tools for implementing peer coaching to help educators move from learning to action will be provided and discussed.

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This SPDG Directors Webinar features presentations on two timely topics for SPDG projects: using artificial intelligence to strengthen dissemination and data visualization, and building local education agency (LEA) capacity to use IDEA Part B data for continuous improvement.

Lisa Dieker will demonstrate practical applications of AI for dissemination and data visualization, highlighting ways SPDG teams can communicate project outcomes more effectively to different audiences.

This SPDG Directors Webinar featured presentations from Indiana and Oklahoma SPDG teams focused on dissemination, critical perspectives, MTSS implementation, and systems feedback loops.

Lucy Fischman (Indiana SPDG) presented Dissemination Workbook and Engaging Critical Perspectives: A Comparative Analysis, exploring the complementary purposes and uses of the EIR Dissemination Workbook and the SISEP Engaging Critical Perspectives Tool.

This Directors Webinar featured two presentations focused on strengthening implementation and outcomes through professional learning and family engagement.

This is a two-part session. First, the Minnesota SPDG team (Tom Delaney) and Dominic Good Buffalo (PACER Center) will continue our spring series focused on family engagement and SPDG–parent center partnerships. Together, they will share how they are working across state and family partner roles to strengthen collaboration, support implementation, and advance shared goals. This session will build on the March conversation by highlighting another example of how SPDGs and parent centers can work together.