2025
Directors Webinar. Sustainability
The February Directors Webinar highlighted practical approaches to sustaining SPDG work and building statewide capacity. Tom Delaney (Minnesota SPDG) shared “tool of the month” sustainability resources states are using to plan for the long haul. Abby Foley and Dena Slanda introduced the LEAD IDEA Center and its supports for implementation and continuous improvement. Michael Gregory and Erin Sturgis (Virginia DOE) then showcased Virginia’s comprehensive approach to implementing and sustaining MTSS through coordinated SPDG and other grant-funded initiatives.
Directors Webinar. FLITE STEM and CIDDL & New Jersey’s SPDG–CLSD Partnership
This is a two-part webinar.
First, Dr. Lisa Dieker introduces FLITE STEM Coaching—an innovative virtual coaching model that uses real-time feedback (including biometrics) to help educators strengthen STEM instruction for students with disabilities. She also highlights resources from the national Center for Innovation, Design, and Digital Learning (CIDDL), sharing free tools, podcasts, and communities of practice that support educators in integrating technology into their teaching.
Directors Webinar. Encore Sessions from the 2025 SIGnetwork National Meeting
Join us for December’s Directors Webinar as we replay selected poster and forum sessions from the 2025 SIGnetwork National Meeting. This encore format gives you a second chance to see presentations you may have missed, revisit ideas you’d like to explore more deeply, and continue the conversations sparked during the National Meeting.
New SPDG / SIGnetwork Orientation
New to SPDG or SIGnetwork? This informal orientation introduces new grantees and team members to the SIGnetwork website, key resources (including grantee pages, the resource library, and events), and ways to stay connected through workgroups and communities of practice.
Directors Webinar. Leadership, Lessons, and Dissemination in Action
Join colleagues for November’s Directors Webinar featuring state updates, leadership insights, and lessons learned in sustainability. Highlights include Indiana’s SPDG team sharing their dissemination plan in action and reflections from Dr. Sandi Cole on her career in special education leadership.
Directors Webinar. Building Capacity Through Coaching: Maryland’s SPDG Operational Framework
Members of Maryland's SPDG Leadership Team will share insights, processes, and initial outcomes of their implementation of an operational framework for transformational coaching in support of evidence-based math, social-emotional, and specially designed instruction. The presenters will highlight the ongoing professional learning provided to facilitate the implementation of effective coaching processes.
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MTSS CoP: Going Beyond State Tests; Measuring What Matters
This month’s conversation will be facilitated by a panel of experienced SPDG evaluators exploring how to set meaningful measures for student outcomes that go beyond state test scores. Topics will include formative assessments of academic skills, student engagement and attitudes, and improvements in social-emotional and behavioral health and well-being. You’ll come away with fresh ideas and practical strategies for measuring outcomes that are more proximal to your interventions.
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