State Personnel Development Grant (SPDG) Bidder’s Webinar April 19, 2010

1. State Personnel Development Grant (SPDG) Bidder’s WebinarApril 19, 2010 California Department of EducationSpecial Education DivisionJanet Canning-Digmon, Consultantjcanning@cde.ca.gov916-327-4217

2. Outcome:Collaboration with General Education Project Design: The extent to which the proposed project will establish linkages with other appropriate agencies and organizations providing services to the target population

3. A General Principle Approach • WHY – Legislative intent, educational research-based behind competition • WHAT – Common Tenets Across Our Main Efforts • HOW – Personal Research and Relationship Building • WHEN • WHERE

4. Collaborations With the Elementary Secondary Education Act (ESEA)Title Programs Title IV Safe and Drug-Free Schools • Required that districts, every 2 years, obtain an anonymous student survey • California Healthy Kids Survey (CHKS) • Environments conductive to learning, school climate, safety, harassment • California added a teacher survey – California School Climate Survey • Special Education paid to expand the surveyhttp://www.cde.ca.gov/eo/in/se/climatesurvey.asp Closing the Achievement Gap Initiative

5. Workbook for Improving School Climate & Closing the Achievement Gap Collaborative Project Title IV Save and Drug-Free Schools – Workbook to Use Data Purpose: How to use CSCS data constructively for developing better schools and helping students to succeed academically. http://www.wested.org/chks/pdf/CTAGWorkbook-complete.pdf

6. Key Strategies for Making it Work • Focus on Why, What & How • WHY – Legislative intent, educational research-based • WHAT – Common Tenets Across Efforts • HOW – Personal Research and Relationship Building • Strategies to Accomplish Collaboration • Research Department Contacts/Leads & Personal Contact • Stakeholder Group for SPDG • Include the possible collaborative partners • Write efforts into the State Performance Plan (SPP) • Leverage existing Department contracts