Current through Register Vol. 24, December 20, 2024
(1) The Superintendent of Public Instruction
shall establish procedures for the development and conduct of a comprehensive
system of personnel development. The procedures shall include:
(a) Analysis of state and local needs for
professional development for personnel to serve students with disabilities that
includes at a minimum:
(i) identification of
preservice and professional development training needs to address personnel
shortages and requirements for provision of qualified personnel;
(ii) review of the Annual Performance Report
results in collaboration with the state Special Education Advisory Panel to
identify statewide training needs to improve outcomes for students with
disabilities consistent with the State Performance Plan;
(iii) implementation of a statewide needs
assessment to identify specific professional development needs of special
education and related services personnel conducted at least every third
year.
(b) Implementation
of a regionalized structure for the implementation of professional development
which helps to ensure personnel have the skills and knowledge to improve
academic achievement and functional performance of students, and enables
personnel to deliver scientifically based academic and behavioral
interventions, including scientifically based literacy instruction, and where
appropriate instruction on the use of adaptive and instructional
software.
(c) A detailed structure
for personnel planning that focuses on preservice and in-service education
needs and that describes procedures for:
(i)
acquiring, reviewing, and disseminating to general and special education
teachers, paraprofessional personnel (e.g., teacher aides and instructional
assistants), administrators, and related service providers significant
information about evidence based research practices proven effective through
research or demonstration;
(ii)
providing technical assistance to local educational agencies, educational
cooperatives, state operated programs, and private programs serving state
agency placed students with disabilities; and
(iii) identifying state, local, and regional
resources which will assist in meeting the state's personnel preparation
needs.
(2)
The Superintendent of Public Instruction shall appoint a comprehensive system
of personnel development council to ensure that public and private institutions
of higher education and other agencies and organizations having an interest in
the preparation of personnel for the education of students with disabilities
have an opportunity to participate fully in the development, review, and annual
updating of the state comprehensive system of personnel development. The
council shall:
(a) develop a long-range
personnel development plan and evaluate effectiveness of state personnel
training activities in meeting the plan and make recommendations for
in-service, preservice and technical assistance programs on an annual
basis;
(b) establish procedures to
ensure collaboration and coordination of Office of Public Instruction and local
educational agency efforts in the utilization of current technology and
training techniques in meeting the personnel development needs and use of
appropriate networks, linkages, and databases; and
(c) report on recommendations regarding
personnel preparation to the Superintendent of Public Instruction and the State
Special Education Advisory Panel.
