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    Patterns, Trends, & Tips: IDC TA Providers Share SPP/APR Insights, Part One

    Episode 43

    Release Date: March 28, 2024

    Guests: Nancy Johnson and Rachel Wilkinson, IDC TA providers

    Every year, IDC reviews and offers feedback on dozens of state SPP/APR submissions. From that vantage, our TA specialists gets a unique view of national patterns and trends. In this episode of A Date with Data, host Amy Bitterman sits down with our own TA specialists Rachel Wilkinson and Nancy Johnson to share a glimpse of this perspective, offering invaluable insights, advice, and tips that you might be able to use in your own SPP/APR.

    Format: Podcasts

    Data Swap: From State Data Manager to IDC Technical Assistance Provider

    Episode 42

    Release Date: March 14, 2024

    Guests: Kelley Blas, Kristen DeSalvatore, and Austen Ferrier, IDC TA providers

    Stop us if you’ve heard this one: Three former state data managers walk into a U.S. Department of Education-funded data center. Not ringing a bell? Relax. It’s no joke; it’s this week’s episode of A Date with Data. Join host Amy Bitterman as she sits down with former data managers-turned-IDC’s own Kelley Blas, Kristen DeSalvatore, and Austen Ferrier. They’re discussing how their insider experience shapes the technical assistance that they provide to states to improve the quality of IDEA data.

    Format: Podcasts

    Busy as a Beehive: Utah Addresses General Supervision, Part Two

    Episode 41

    Release Date: February 22, 2024

    Guests: Leah Voorhies, assistant superintendent of student support and state director of special education, and LauraLee Gillespie, special education coordinator of the Utah Program Improvement Planning System (UPIPS)

    Utah: land of bees! In our last episode, we learned more about how the state is prioritizing general supervision as part of Differentiated Monitoring and Support or DMS 2.0. On this episode of A Date with Data, host Amy Bitterman brings it all home with Leah Voorhies, assistant superintendent of student support and state director of special education, and LauraLee Gillespie, special education coordinator of the Utah Program Improvement Planning System (UPIPS). They’re talking about monitoring, support, and compliance with federal and state requirements. Don’t miss the conclusion of this buzzy back-and-forth.

    Format: Podcasts

    Busy as a Beehive: Utah Addresses General Supervision, Part One

    Episode 40

    Release Date: February 8, 2024

    Guests: Leah Voorhies, assistant superintendent of student support and state director of special education, and LauraLee Gillespie, special education coordinator of the Utah Program Improvement Planning System (UPIPS)

    Utah: the Beehive State. With Differentiated Monitoring and Support or DMS 2.0 in full swing, general supervision is a high priority area for every state, and Utah is no exception. In fact, you might say they’ve been as busy as bees. On this episode of A Date with Data, host Amy Bitterman sits down with Leah Voorhies, assistant superintendent of student support and state director of special education, and LauraLee Gillespie, special education coordinator of the Utah Program Improvement Planning System (UPIPS). They’re sharing the story of Utah’s general supervision system and how the state uses it to monitor and support compliance with federal and state requirements. Buzz, buzz, buzz. (That’s bee for “Don’t miss it.”)

  • 2024 CASE Conference

    The 2024 Council of Administrators of Special Education (CASE) Conference will be held on November 6–8 in Savannah, Georgia.

  • 2024 NASDSE Annual Conference

    The 2024 NASDSE Annual Conference will be held from October 79 in Minneapolis, Minnesota. 

  • 2024 OSEP combined Leadership and Project Directors’ Conference

    The 2024 OSEP combined Leadership and Project Directors’ Conference will be held on August 68 in Arlington, Virginia.