ERIC Number: ED576671
Record Type: Non-Journal
Publication Date: 2016
Pages: 38
Abstractor: ERIC
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SWIFT Center State Education Agency Blueprint for Equity-Based Inclusive Reform: Implementing, Sustaining, and Scaling up SWIFT in States
Beitz, Linda M.; Mitchiner, Melinda; Sailor, Wayne; Nelson, Loui Lord
National Center on Schoolwide Inclusive School Reform: The SWIFT Center
This blueprint provides an overview of the technical assistance (TA) practices and collaborative learning structures that support state education agencies (SEAs) in whole system implementation of Schoolwide Integrated Framework for Transformation (SWIFT) Domains and Features, and in the development of state-level infrastructure hospitable to sustaining the supports needed to deliver equity-based inclusive education. Three premises underpin this blueprint. They serve as the basis for creating shared purpose and direction for the SEA and SWIFT partnership: (1) The SEA has a visible commitment to inclusive educational reform and the sustainable achievement of positive academic, behavioral, and social outcomes for all children, including those with the most extensive support needs; (2) Multiple inclusive educational reform building blocks already exist within the SEA. Understanding and building upon these current system strengths honors what has come before and provides a positive foundation for innovating to achieve desired results; and (3) The SEA values working in an authentic partnership with all system members--districts, schools, and stakeholders--to "co-create" the capacity to implement, sustain, and scale up SWIFT Domains and Features.
Descriptors: Technical Assistance, Equal Education, Inclusion, Educational Change, Student Needs, Guides, Coaching (Performance), Facilitators (Individuals), Teamwork, State Government, School Districts, School Personnel, Program Development, Faculty Development, Leadership, Consortia, Planning, Program Evaluation, Readiness, Elementary Schools, Middle Schools
National Center on Schoolwide Inclusive School Reform: The SWIFT Center. Tel: 785-864-6844; Fax: 785-331-2380; e-mail: swift@ku.edu; Web site: http://swiftschools.org
Publication Type: Reports - Descriptive
Education Level: Elementary Education
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Language: English
Sponsor: Office of Special Education Programs (ED/OSERS)
Authoring Institution: National Center on Schoolwide Inclusive School Reform: The SWIFT Center
Grant or Contract Numbers: H326Y120005