The Center for Technical Assistance for Excellence in Special Education (TAESE) staff and contractors are available to collaborate with state departments of education and other organizations tasked with providing professional development to groups of professionals working with children and students with disabilities.

TAESE staff has experience working with state department of education staff to construct professional development (PD) systems. PD system construction activities may include:

• Co-identifying statewide PD priorities through state-level data reviews and stakeholder interviews and surveys.
• Co-development of face-to-face and web-based PD addressing operationally defined state-level PD objectives.
• Co-development of assessments to determine progress and achievement of state PD objectives.
• Co-development of evidence-based PD standards supporting relevant outcomes for students with disabilities.
• Co-development of PD and coaching for PD providers, ensuring that providers can develop and deliver relevant and effective PD.
• Co-development of face-to-face and web-based coaching, supporting the transfer of acquired knowledge, skills, and dispositions to relevant educational settings.
• Co-development of implementation plans for state and local education agencies founded on implementation science.
• Co-development of internal and external evaluations of PD systems to ensure that system processes are effective and efficient and targeted outcomes are achieved.

TAESE has experience working, alongside state department of education staff, in the earliest stages of PD development (i.e., concept of a PD system), in addition to later stages (i.e., strengthening an existing statewide system). TAESE staffs’ skills and expertise support great flexibility. We can confidently join you at any point in your PD system development or operation.