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Center for IDEA Early Childhood Data Systems (DaSy), 2025
In 2014, OSEP instituted the Statewide Systemic Improvement Plan (SSIP) reporting requirement. The SSIP was designed as a comprehensive multi-year plan for improving results for infants and toddlers with disabilities and their families through system strengthening efforts. States/entities work to improve their infrastructure, implement…
Descriptors: Infants, Toddlers, Technical Assistance, Disabilities
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Jen Eklund; Kelsie Fowler; Caroline Kiehle; Lori Henrickson; Deb L. Morrison – Connected Science Learning, 2024
A system of climate learning includes students, educators, administrators, educational leaders, community members, and others across different contexts and from diverse lived experiences. As people begin to foster climate learning within these systems, the work of drawing people together in this work can seem daunting. However, the lessons from…
Descriptors: Climate, Science Instruction, Environmental Education, Communities of Practice
North Dakota Department of Public Instruction, 2024
The North Dakota Department of Public Instruction (NDDPI) periodically assesses the needs of early childhood and K-12 students and educators regarding literacy instruction. These periodic assessments assist NDDPI with meeting the needs of educators and the students they serve through grants and other programs and opportunities. This report reviews…
Descriptors: Literacy, Educational Needs, Needs Assessment, Elementary Secondary Education
Baron, Kathryn; Roberts, Christine; Shin, Sujie; Yang, Yee – Policy Analysis for California Education, PACE, 2019
Continuous improvement is a holistic and research-based approach to education grounded in the belief that every system is designed to achieve the results it gets; therefore, change must be systemwide, not piecemeal. California is a national leader in the continuous improvement movement that is spreading throughout local school districts as well as…
Descriptors: Educational Improvement, Change Strategies, Systems Approach, Cooperative Learning
Myung, Jeannie; Krausen, Kelsey; Kimner, Hayin; Donahue, Corey – Policy Analysis for California Education, PACE, 2020
California's school accountability and support system, the Statewide System of Support (System of Support), was designed to transform California's approach to school improvement. Rather than focusing on punitive consequences for underperformance, the System of Support is designed to provide education leaders and educators with needed support to…
Descriptors: Educational Improvement, Educational Change, Skill Development, Capacity Building
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Foster, Gwen; Morris, Meghan Brenna; Sirojudin, Sirojudin – Journal of Social Work Education, 2013
The 2004 California Mental Health Services Act requires large-scale system change in the public mental health system through a shift to recovery-oriented services for diverse populations. This article describes an innovative strategy for workforce recruitment and retention to create and sustain these systemic changes. The California Social Work…
Descriptors: Mental Health, Social Work, Case Studies, Mental Health Programs
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Hom, Willard C. – New Directions for Institutional Research, 2010
This chapter describes the system office for community college institutional research in California. As the system IR office for the largest community college system in the nation, it is often looked to as a leader for other states and community college IR systems. The author notes the office's administrative environment, its staffing and…
Descriptors: Institutional Research, Community Colleges, Higher Education, Administrative Organization
Ngoma, Sylvester – Online Submission, 2010
There is growing recognition that an electronic Student Information System (SIS) affects student learning. Given the strategic importance of SIS in supporting school administration and enhancing student performance, school districts are increasingly interested in acquiring the most effective and efficient Student Information Systems for their…
Descriptors: School Administration, Information Systems, Management Information Systems, Student Records
National Early Childhood Technical Assistance Center (NECTAC), 2009
This document is intended to assist State Education Agency (SEA) and Lead Agency (LA) staff and technical assistance providers in designing a meaningful evaluation for the State Performance Plan (SPP)/Annual Performance Report (APR) improvement activities. It provides: (1) information about the relevance of evaluation in the context of improvement…
Descriptors: State Departments of Education, Technical Assistance, Program Improvement, Guidelines
Kettlewell, Janet S., Ed.; Henry, Ronald J., Ed. – Rowman & Littlefield Education, 2009
The U. S. is losing its competitive edge in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM). Thomas Friedman warns that America is not producing enough young people in STEM fields that are essential for entrepreneurship and innovation in the 21st century (The World Is Flat: A Brief History of the Twenty-First Century, 2005). Blue ribbon…
Descriptors: Mathematics Curriculum, Higher Education, Teacher Effectiveness, Elementary Secondary Education