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Join your colleagues for state sharing and joint problem solving on key issues in IDEA implementation. Each webinar in this year’s series includes SEA Directors, Part C Coordinators, and Parent Center Directors, along with their staff, in this opportunity to share knowledge and experiences and also to identify ways to enhance your collaborations, in order to improve outcomes for infants, toddlers, children and youth with disabilities.

The dates and topics are:

Target Audience - Part B State Staff, Parent Centers, and interested Part C and 619 State Staff
Focus: Home/School Communication and the Common Core State Standards (CCSS)
 * What are some examples of how the CCSS are being “rolled out” in different states?
 * How are parent centers and SEAs collaborating to communicate what the Common Core is and what it means for students with disabilities?
 * Moving forward, how can SEAs and parent centers collaborate to effectively communicate information about the CCSS and Students with Disabilities?

2. Monday, March 24th – 2:00 to 3:30pm - this event is over and is archived under "Session 2" Target Audience – Part B State Staff, Part C Lead Agencies, 619 Coordinators, and Parent Centers Focus: Effectively Communicating Data for Planning and Implementing Improvement Activities
 * What strategies are useful to effectively communicate and use data for planning and implementing improvement activities in collaboration with stakeholders?
 * What are examples of how some states are working with stakeholders to effectively communicate data?
 * What are roles for parent and community stakeholders in using and communicating data?

3. Thursday, May 8th – 2:00 to 3:30pm Target Audience – Part B State Staff, Part C Lead Agencies, 619 Coordinators, and Parent Centers Focus: State Systemic Improvement Plan (SSIP)
 * How have States involved stakeholders in the SSIP so far?
 * How can Parent Centers and States collaborate to effectively involve stakeholders in the development and communication of the SSIP?

4. Thursday June 5, 2014 - 2:00 - 3:30pm EST

Target Audience – Part B State Staff, Part C Lead Agencies, 619 Coordinators, and Parent Centers

<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 17px;">Focus: State Systemic Improvement Plan (SSIP)


 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 17px;">How have States involved stakeholders in the SSIP so far?
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 17px;">How can Parent Centers and States collaborate to effectively involve stakeholders in the development and communication of the SSIP?
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 17px;">What resources are available for states and parent centers?

<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 130%;">Look for webinar details a few weeks before each date. If you have resources or ideas to share to help shape the calls and to make them more useful to your state, please email them to Vicki Hornus, vhornus@wested.org