CTQ Resources & Links

Collaborative Programs in General and Special Teacher Education: An Action Guide for Higher Education and State Policymakers This Action Guide, which is based on a typology of dominant models of collaborative teacher preparation, is designed to provide higher education and state policymakers with an analysis of critical considerations in moving this work ahead to prepare all teachers to work with students who have disabilities. This revised version includes specific examples from colleges and universities and from states that are moving in this direction. National Community of Practice on Improving Teacher Quality The National Community of Practice on Improving Teacher Quality: General and Special Education Collaboration is sponsored by the Center for Improving Teacher Quality (CTQ) to help states reform, improve and align their teacher licensing systems for GENERAL and SPECIAL education teachers of students with disabilities. Funded by the Office of Special Education Programs at the U.S. Department of Education, CTQ is a national technical assistance center that is working with states to develop models for ensuring and raising the quality of teachers of students with disabilities. Federal Technical Assistance Providers Regional Resource Centers (RRCs) This flyer describes the work and services provided by the Regional Resource and Federal Centers Network. The website portal to reach all the centers is at www.rrfcnetwork.org/. Regional Comprehensive Centers This flyer provides a colored map showing the federal regional comprehensive centers and national content centers. The website link to each of the individual regional centers and their states' work plans is at www.ed.gov/programs/newccp/index.html. IRIS Center This new project, The IRIS Center for Training Enhancements, is expanding services not only to include college faculty who are preparing the next generation of teachers and education professionals, but also to support the efforts of professional development providers who work with practicing education professionals. National Comprehensive Center for Teacher Quality (NCCTQ) NCCTQ is the new national content center on teacher quality that serves as a resource for the 16 regional comprehensive assistance centers, states, and other education stakeholders. Their goal is to assist in strengthening the quality of teaching-especially in high-poverty, low-performing, and hard-to-staff schools-and for ensuring highly qualified teachers are serving students with special needs. IDEA Partnership The IDEA Partnership is dedicated to improving outcomes for students and youth with disabilities by joining state agencies and stakeholders through shared work and learning. The Personnel Center The National Center for Special Education Personnel and Related Service Providers (Personnel Center) works to increase the nation's capacity to successfully recruit and retain special educators, early intervention and related service providers to serve the needs of infants, young children and youth with disabilities and their families. CTQ National Invitational Forums 2006 CTQ Invitational Forum Digital Notebook 2005 CTQ Invitational Forum Agenda CTQ 2004 Forum, September 19-21, 2004, Charleston, SC Welcome Introduction Letter CTQ Fact Sheet Agenda List of States/Territories Attending Forum Summary (to be posted) Breakout Session Synthesis (to be posted) PowerPoint Presentations CTQ Orientation Session, Jean Miller and Kathleen Paliokas, CTQ Director and Coordinator, CCSSO Introduction to CTQ and Forum, Jean Miller, CTQ Director, CCSSO Changing a Secondary Delivery System for Students with Disabilities - A Practitioner’s Journey, Joe Simpson, Deputy Executive Director, CCSSO Rhode Island’s Journey Toward Aligning the State Teacher Licensing System: An Example of One State’s Reform Efforts - RI Panel Federal Grant Opportunities and Promising Strategies, Bonnie Jones, Ed.D. and Larry Wexler, Ed.D., Office of Special Education Programs, U. S. Department of Education Synthesis of State Team Feedback, CTQ staff – Lisa Stooksberry, David Paradise, Kathleen Paliokas, and Michele Cheyne Other Resources INTASC's Model Standards for Licensing General and Special Education Teachers of Students with Disabilities: A Resource for State Dialogue CEC-INTASC Standards Crosswalk: CEC Knowledge and Skill Base for All Beginning Special Education Teachers - Common Core Teacher Quality: More Reasons It Deserves Attention, Education Week, by Diana Pullin State Team Planning Materials State Teacher Licensing System Diagram INTASC Guide for Developing, Implementing and Aligning Teacher Licensing Standards (Policy Phases Chart) State Action Plan Template Photos from Forum  General Session Photos Reception Photos        CTQ 2003 Forums Welcome Introduction Letter CTQ Fact Sheet Agendas October 2-3, 2003, Alexandria, VA List of States Attending October 23-24, 2003, Kansas City, MO List of States Attending PowerPoint Presentations Aligning State Systems to Improve Teacher Quality for Students with Disabilities, Diana Pullin, J.D., Ph.D., Boston College, School of Education IBM Reinventing Change Web-Based Toolkit, Sasha Dichter, Program Manager, IBM Corporate Community Relations and Irv Richardson, Senior Consultant, TBA Consulting Alabama Teacher Education Reform: Ensuring No Child is Left Behind (Oct. 2, 2003) Other Resources INTASC's Model Standards for Licensing General and Special Education Teachers of Students with Disabilities: A Resource for State Dialogue Improving Teacher Quality--Non-Regulatory Guidance (Revised Draft September 12, 2003); Academic Improvement and Teacher Quality Programs, Office of Elementary and Secondary Education, U.S. Department of Education CEC-INTASC Standards Crosswalk: CEC Knowledge and Skill Base for All Beginning Special Education Teachers - Common Core CEC Bright Futures Report State Planning Materials State Teacher Licensing System Diagram INTASC Guide for Developing, Implementing and Aligning Teacher Licensing Standards (Policy Phases Chart) State Action Plan Template State Planning Report-Out Template (PowerPoint) Worksheets for Mapping State Standards Against INTASC's Model Standards Principle #1 - General Education chart, Special Education chart Principle #2 - General Education chart, Special Education chart Principle #3 - General Education chart, Special Education chart Principle #4 - General Education chart, Special Education chart Principle #5 - General Education chart, Special Education chart Principle #6 - General Education chart, Special Education chart Principle #7 - General Education chart, Special Education chart Principle #8 - General Education chart, Special Education chart Principle #9 - General Education chart, Special Education chart Principle #10 - General Education chart, Special Education chart

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