Special education improvement consultants provide professional development , coaching, and technical assistance to local administrators, teachers, and support staff in implementing effective practices to improve educational performance and services of students with disabilities.
Professional Development Opportunities
· Components of Effective Literacy
o Phonological and Phonemic Awareness
o Phonics
o Fluency
o Vocabulary
o Comprehension
· Specially Designed Instruction
· Data Collection and Progress Monitoring
· Post-Secondary Transition
· Missouri Assessment Program-Alternate (MAP-A)
· Standards-Based IEPs
· Professional Partnerships: Co-Teaching
· Differentiated Instruction
· High Leverage Practices
Resources
- Council for Exceptional Children
- Council of Administrators of Special Education
- Dynamic Learning Maps®
- Local Administrators of Special Education
- MAP-A
- Missouri Council of Administrators of Special Education
- Missouri Council for Exceptional Children
- Missouri DESE
- Office of Special Education
- Virtual learning platform
