SEA Staff: Let us Know Your Technical Assistance Needs
Attention SEA staff: The State Support Network and the Office of State Support would like to learn more about your specific technical assistance needs in order to plan future supports. We invite you to complete this needs sensing activity to let us know which potential technical assistance topics and formats would best meet your needs.
Newly Completed Community of Practice Summaries
In fall 2018, the State Support Network (Network) completed facilitation of three communties of practice (CoPs) in collaboration with teams from a variety of state educational agencies (SEAs). Technical assistance within these three CoPs focused on state report cards, school quality and student success (SQSS) indicators, and evidence-based practices.
Implementing Evidence-Based Practices Community of Practice (CoP) Summary
School Quality and Student Success (SQSS) Indicators Community Summary
State Report Card Community of Practice (CoP) Summary
ESSA Consolidated State Plan Development Community Summary
Differentiated Systems of Support for Rural Agencies Community of Practice Resources
Community of Practice: Differentiated Systems of Support for Rural Agencies
CoP Summary: This Differentiated Systems of Support for Rural Agencies community of practice (CoP) helped participating state education agencies (SEAs) and local education agencies (LEAs) learn and share about promising practices for supporting rural school districts. During the seven-month timespan of this CoP, participating members from 10 states engaged with State Support Network subject matter experts in six learning cycles.
Data Systems Community of Practice Resources
Community of Practice: Data Systems
CoP Summary: Many state educational agencies (SEAs) have begun to move beyond collecting and reporting data for mainly compliance purposes to recognizing the value and utility of cross-sector, longitudinal data for continuous improvement and educational equity. National efforts supporting SEAs to make this shift began in earnest in 2005 and, most recently, the Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA) endorses such an approach.
Mid-Atlantic Comprehensive Center (MACC) Webinar: SEA-Developed Guidance to Encourage Effective Local ESSA Implementation
The Mid-Atlantic Comprehensive Center (MACC) has been partnering with state leaders in the Mid-Atlantic region to help them better understand how to improve the quality of and streamline the LEA consolidated grant application submissions for federal funding under the Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA).
Mid-Atlantic Comprehensive Center (MACC) Webinar: ESSA Local-to-State Consolidated Application Opportunity
The Mid-Atlantic Comprehensive Center (MACC) has been partnering with state leaders in the Mid-Atlantic region to help them better understand how to improve the quality of and streamline the LEA consolidated grant application submissions for federal funding under the Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA).