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Center Overview

The services that this project will provide for states include: (a) grant monies to support state-specific projects; (b) a brokering of services whereby Center staff will connect states to key resources and individual experts; (c) support for development of within-state and across-state "communities of practice;" (d) an electronic "community of practice" in which states can continuously share ideas and strategies through a listserv, Web site, chat room, and periodic newsletters and conference calls; and (e) dissemination of the work of the Center across states.

Methods

This project will be carried out by the Council of Chief State School Officers and its program called the Interstate New Teachers Assessment and Support Consortium, in partnership with the National Association of State Directors of Special Education, the American Association of Colleges for Teacher Education, and the Council for Exceptional Children. The Center will work with the states on three levels to develop these models. On the first level, the Center will work closely with six identified states that will serve as case studies for statewide model development and document their change processes. On the second level, the Center will work with all states by hosting two annual forums at which states will learn about the challenges and successes of other states, hear from experts, network with other states, and have time to discuss and draft their own state-specific action plans for reform. At the third level, the Center will provide a variety of services and resources to help states move forward with their action plans in their own unique contexts.