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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
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
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
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
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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
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
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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
Hilton, E. P.; Gyuro, Steven J. – 1970
Developed by the Bureau of Vocational Education and the Kentucky Research Coordinating Unit, this handbook presents a suggested outline for the preparation of a state plan for vocational education which can be applied in any state, regardless of size. Intended for boards of education, advisory councils, school administrators, vocational educators,…
Descriptors: Financial Support, Guides, Program Administration, Program Development
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
Schalock, H. DEL, Ed. – 1970
This feasibility study and final report is divided into eight major parts. Part 1, a synopsis of the adaptation in Oregon of a ComField based elementary teacher education program (ED 026 305-ED 026 331), defines the characteristics of the program as competency-based, field-centered, personalized, and systematically designed and operated. It…
Descriptors: Achievement Need, Curriculum Development, Elementary School Teachers, Feasibility Studies
Johnson, Mark – 1973
The systematic approach used by the state of Washington to humanize education by meeting the computing needs of its community college system is described. A brief sketch of the background of the state's community college system is provided, along with some indications of significant trends at the community college level. The general systems…
Descriptors: Community Colleges, Computer Oriented Programs, Computers, Humanism
Minnesota State Dept. of Education, St. Paul. – 1993
Adult basic education (ABE) programming efforts in Minnesota for the 1992-93 year were designed to accomplish the following state plan-stipulated goals: (1) continue developing/implementing a statewide ABE delivery system to enable adults (especially disadvantaged adults) with basic skill deficiencies to identify and achieve their personal and…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Adult Programs, Annual Reports, Basic Skills
Reisner, Elizabeth R.; And Others – 1994
In 1992, the U.S. Department of Labor and Council of Chief State School Officers awarded grants for the development of statewide systems to enhance school-to-work transition (SWT) through youth apprenticeship in eight states: California, Iowa, Maine, Michigan, Oregon, Pennsylvania, West Virginia, and Wisconsin. In June 1993, the programs were…
Descriptors: Apprenticeships, Articulation (Education), Demonstration Programs, Education Work Relationship
Montclair State Coll., Upper Montclair, NJ. Adult Continuing Education Center. – 1973
The first year report of the Health Education and Welfare (HEW) Region 2 Adult and Continuing Education Staff Development Project administered by Montclair State College reflects the objectives and activities of New Jersey, New York, Puerto Rico, and the Virgin Islands as they sought to improve their staff development capability in 1972-73. The…
Descriptors: Accountability, Adult Education, Adult Programs, Developmental Programs
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