Effective Partnerships with Institutes of Higher Ed

Effective Partnerships with Institutes of Higher Ed

Heidi Mathie Mucha, Ph.DUtah SPDG Coordinator

Building Strong Partnerships

Communication

Collaboration

Bridging the gap from pre-service to practice

Communication

Creating opportunities for feedback from IHE’s

“The feedback loop enables the learning process. The feedback loop provides a trusted

guidance system.” (Fixsen & Blasé, 2006)

ABC State Support Team

District Systems Coach

ABC District Team ABC School Team

Training Technical Assistance Logistics Public

Relations

ABC Research & Policy Team

Collaboration

• Common projects and common goals.

• Capitalizing on strengths of local IHE faculty.

For entire application visit: www.updc.org/abc

Bridging the Gap: From pre-service to practice

• Using participating schools for student teaching, practicum and internships. Opportunities to observe evidence-based practices.

• Awareness presentations across multiples universities.

• Supply & Demand Survey and Meetings.

• Purpose of the Survey

– Determine Special Education personnel needs by State, Region, District, and Charter over the next 7 years

– Determine the ability of the Institutions of Higher Education in providing those personnel

– Inform state level projects and activities

Average NeedsFY 2013 FY 2014 FY 2015 FY 2016 FY 2017 FY 2018 FY 2019 Average

CD/SP Communication Disorders/Speech Pathology 96 100 95 102 105 104 107 101.257

ECSE Special Education (Birth-5) 49 47 47 51 48 48 48 48.2871

SE HI Special Education Hearing Impaired (Deaf) 18 19 19 17 20 21 19 19

SE M/M Special Education Mild/Moderate 216 219 221 230 218 219 221 220.514

SE SEV Special Education Severe 86 88 88 94 91 93 97 91

SE VI Special Education Visually Impaired 20 18 20 21 23 24 23 21.2571

SP School Psychologist 61 63 68 65 66 67 67 65.2871

SE Admin Special Education Administration 57 60 62 63 62 60 59 60.4257

Average Needs

CD/SP ECSE SE HI SE MM SE SEV SE VI SP SE Admin0

50

100

150

200

250Average (2013-2019)

Supply Demand

More information

Heidi Mathie Mucha, Ph.Dheidim@updc.org

www.updc.org/abcwww.essentialeducator.org