Day 2: SPDG Program Update

Audrey DesjarlaisKnowledge Mobilization Coordinator, Signetwork

Day Two Agenda

Items to cover• Contact Directory• Current PLCs• Technology Initiative Survey• SPDG Initiative Profile Database• Directors’ Webinars & Discussions on

Implementation Conversations • SPDG Program Area Meeting • Orientation Videos• SISEP’s aiHub – What’s coming

Contact Directory• Review contact information of your

project personnel listed• Contact Audrey to update information

adesjarl@uoregon.edu

http://signetwork.org/content_page_assets/content_page_16/SPDG_ContactDirectory.xlsx

PROFESSIONAL LEARNING COMMUNITIES (PLCS)

PURPOSE: To provide an opportunity for states to connect with one another and share best practices, tools and resources on topics of interest.

Active PLCs

1. Coaching 2. Evaluators3. Grant Management4. Implementation and Scaling Up

Conversations 5. Leadership, IHE Collaboration, Capacity

Building and Restructuring 6. Multi-Tiered Systems of Support7. Technology

How to Join PLCs Go to:

http://signetwork.org/users/reg_pass_required

Enter password: sig Complete all the registration fields Select PLC groups to join You’ll receive registration confirmation

email within 1-2 days

Audrey DesjarlaisCoordinator, Signetwork

SPDG Technology Initiative

Fall - 2013 Survey

• To be disseminated mid-November• Outcomes to measure:• By Fall 2013, 75% SPDG project Directors,

Coordinators, Evaluators received training in technology through the SPDG Program.• By Fall 2013, 50% SPDG project Directors,

Coordinators, Evaluators tested, adopted, or implemented an emerging technology presented on one of the technology PD events.

Purpose: Searchable online database to filter SPDG initiatives by topic, target audience, receivers of PD, and implementation stage level

http://stateprofiles.signetwork.org/

Directors’ Webinars, Regional Meetings, & SPDG Program Area MeetingThemes: Implementation Drivers

–Fall: Competency Drivers–Winter: Organizational Drivers–Spring: Leadership Drivers

Evidence-based professional development; Systematically supporting implementation

–Building up a level of knowledge and a library of resources–Learning from each other

Program Measure Reporting

Who can attend Directors’ Webinars• All SPDG staff are open to attending• Use listserv to send meeting announcements and

reminders• Feel free to forward link and login details to other

staff• If you have a large group, we encourage you attend

as a group rather than individually

OSEP Project Directors’ Conference SPDG Program Area Meeting

• Dates: July 23-24, 2014 • Registration information is available in 2014: https

://www.osep-meeting.org/ • Project Officer Meetings – occur afternoon of Day

1 (1 hr.)• SPDG Program Area Meeting –occur afternoon of

Day 1 (2 hrs.)

We need 5 Volunteers for Planning CommitteeEmail Audrey: adesjarl@uoregon.edu

New Staff Orientation Videos• Video #1 (40 min)• SPDG grant reporting requirements• grant related resources• project management• logic models and performance measures• evaluation plans

• Video #2 (15 min)• professional learning communities (PLCs)• www.signetwork.org website resources• Methods we communicate news and information to SPDG

Directors, Coordinators and Evaluators.

LINK: http://signetwork.org/content_pages/245-new-spdg-staff-orientation

aiHub http://implementation.fpg.unc.edu/

What’s Next…• Module on Improvement Cycles – End

of November, 2013• Module on Usable Interventions – End

of December, 2013• Quick (5-10 min) lessons to dive into

particular elements – 2014• SISEP eNotes - Subscribe!• Feedback – Your ideas on future lessons

• SISEP eNotes - Subscribe!

• Have ideas for future lessons? email adesjarl@uoregon.edu

http://implementation.fpg.unc.edu/

Next up…

•Poster Session Round One8:20-8:55 AM

•Return to Academy Hall @ 9am • Presentation by Acting Assistant Secretary Michael Yudin

INTRODUCTIONS

Next up…•Break for 15 – until 9:45am•Break-out Presentations

9:30-10:30 AM•10 and 10 Tools

10:45 – 11:05 AM•Poster Session

11:15-11:50 AM•Concluding Remarks: 11:55-12:00pm

CONCLUDING REMARKS

A fond farewell to

Kathy Cox

She’s been a SPDG Director for over 10 years and is retiring

June 2014!