IDEA Partnership

THE PURPOSE of Reach and Teach for Learning 2006 initiative is to improve learning results for middle and high school students who are hard for us to reach and/or hard for us to teach.

What are the key resources that serve as a framework for the Partnership, helping Michigan meet the adult learning obligations of the IDEA as well as the related federal No Child Left Behind Act?

The current State Board of Education (SBE) Strategic Goal:
Attain substantial and meaningful improvement in academic achievement for all students/children with primary emphasis on high priority schools and children.
The Universal Education Vision and Principles prepared by an SBE referent group to serve as a filter regarding public education’s responsibilities to all learners.
The SBE adopted Professional Development Vision and Standards for Michigan Educators.
The National Staff Development Council's Standards for Staff Development, Revised, 2001. (incorporated in the SBE Vision and Standards).
The Michigan Staff Development Council’s Collaborative for Advancing Quality Professional Development Position Statement for Statewide Quality Professional Development which includes beliefs, as well as roles and responsibilities, for each role in the educational community.
The SBE adopted School Improvement Framework
Standards-Based Instruction for All Learners: A Treasure Chest for Principal-Led Building Teams in Improving Results for Learners Most At-Risk is a toolkit for schools about delivering the right kind of instruction, at the right time and with the right intensity, to all children. It is about building capacity in schools through discussion of best practices in linking assessment, standards and instruction, so that all children can achieve at high levels.

Reach and Teach for Learning 2006 October 2, 2006 RESOURCES
Worksheet A - Practices within Three-Tiered Model of Support for Academic & Behavior, Steve Goodman, Co-Director, MiBLSi
Worksheet B - Practices within Three-Tiered Model of Support for Academic & Behavior, Steve Goodman, Co-Director, MiBLSi
Worksheet C - Practices within Three-Tiered Model of Support for Academic & Behavior, Steve Goodman, Co-Director, MiBLSi
Data Interpretation Worksheet, Shug Brandell
Daily Progress Report Form, Steve Goodman, Co-Director, MiBLSi
See the LINKS SECTION of this Web site for additional resources

Reach and Teach for Learning 2006 July 12-13, 2006 RESOURCES
Michigan Merit Curriculum
Michigan School Improvement Framework
Revolutionary & Evolutionary: The Effective Schools Movement, Lawrence W. Lezotte, 2002
Correlates of Effective Schools: The First and Second Generation, Lawrence W. Lezotte, 1991
See the LINKS SECTION of this Web site for additional resources

What does it mean to me?

The resources may be helpful to you in your work.
Some of the learning community processes for communicating with a broad array of stakeholders may be helpful for your work.
Some elements of the planning model may be helpful to you in your work.
The products developed by some action teams may be of interest (family, HS redesign, PD standards, technology).

Reach and Teach for Learning 2006 Application Packet
Memo of Invitation	Download [PDF]
Reach and Teach for Learning Basics	Download [PDF]
Team Registration Cover Sheet	Download [Word]
Individual Participant Registration Form	Download [Word]
Reach and Teach for Learning At-a-Glance	Download [PDF]
Facilitator Application	Download [Word]

Michigan's IDEA Partnership

Phase II: 2006 - 2007

Phase I: 2004 - 2006

Reach and Teach for Learning

Remaining Core Work Sessions: