Oregon’s State Personnel Development Grant (SPDG):Past, Present & Future

Martha Buenrostro, PhDMartha Buenrostro, PhDSPDG Project DirectorSPDG Project DirectorODE Education Program SpecialistODE Education Program SpecialistMartha.buenrostro@state.or.us503.947.5611503.947.5611

History• 2007 Oregon’s State Personnel Development Grant

• US DOE Office of Special Education Programs (OSEP) funding• ~1 million/year - 5 years (2006-2011)• http://www.ode.state.or.us/search/page/?id=3474

• 07-08 Effective Behavioral & Instructional Support Systems• 26 districts & 3 programs across Oregon **• RTI & PBIS intervention model for behavior & academics• Funding & “data deliverables”• http://www.ode.state.or.us/search/page/?=1389

http://www.ode.state.or.us/initiatives/idea/ebiss-map-for-web.pdf

History• 2008 Oregon selected for SISEP

• National Implementation Research Network • University of North Carolina - Chapel Hill• Intensive technical assistance - federal technical

assistance center• Regional strength – capacity building• Stages & Drivers & practices - successful implementation

Present• Sept 2011 Oregon awarded 2nd SPDG - 4 elements• ~1 million/yr. 5 years (2011-2016)• SPDG/EBISS Depth & Breadth options• SLP scholarship program• Common Core State Standards (CCSS)• Implementation Science (SISEP)• DOE OSEP requirements:• External evaluation (entire project)

http://www.orspdgdata.org/HomePages/ • Data, data, data - “deliverable” requirements

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Breadth• Introduction - voluntary • 1 year – 3 live meetings• Leadership team attends• 15 webinars• $3,000 one time• Minimal data requirements

Depth• Capacity established• 3 required live meetings• Consistent team attends • 5 webinars• $6,000/ year during

commitment• Data deliverable requirements

Instantly generates 5 different district data reports

Tracks and uploads all evaluation data…

Then converts it into visual representations!

Immediate access to data for schools, districts, project leadership, PD providers and evaluators

Present – SPDG Breadth - 5 regions

•$3,000/year - introduction 3 live meetings/15 webinars

Present - SPDG Depth - after Breadth• SPDG Depth- 26 EBISS districts $6,000/ year

• 3 live meetings per year & 5 webinars• Data requirements http://www.orspdgdata.org/HomePages/ • 6 options/strands of focus

• Secondary Literacy• CCSS & K-12 Literacy Framework• Target Populations• RTI general• RTI for SLD eligibility• PBIS

Questions?• http://www.ode.state.or.us/search/page/?id=3474 (SPDG ODE webpage)• http://www.orspdgdata.org/HomePages/ (SPDG data entry)• http://ebissscalingup.blogspot.com/ (UO Breadth Blog)• http://www.ode.state.or.us/search/page/?=1389 (EBISS webpage)• http://www.ode.state.or.us/initiatives/idea/ebiss-map-for-web.pdf (EBISS Map)• http://sisep.fpg.unc.edu/ (SISEP website)• http://nirn.fpg.unc.edu/ (NIRN website)