Overview
School leaders wishing to develop a special education program quickly discover that the process is filled with challenges. The Special Education Collaborative provides schools with the community, resources, and expert guidance needed to create a successful program and ensure regulatory compliance.
WHO'S COLLABORATING?
In 2007, we established a consortium of borough-based cooperatives focused on assisting charters with starting and operating special education programs. The Collaborative currently includes over 80 charter schools in the New York City area and active members include school leaders, special education coordinators, counselors/social workers and staff from regional Committee on Special Education offices.
BENEFITS OF MEMBERSHIP
Professional and Board Development
- 3 passes for the special educators professional development conference
- Special education coordinator and staff boot camp
- Program observations at selected schools
- Monthly training series
- Discounted intervention trainings
- Workshops for charter school boards to cultivate a better understanding of special education concerns
Technical Assistance and Recruitment
- Monthly meetings for special education personnel
- Online Communities of Practice access
- Access to resource library and Federal/State policy updates
- Related services shared provider survey
- Technical assistance help line
- Monthly newsletter
- Annual Resume book and job postings
- Recruitment table at annual job fair
FEES
$1500 for Operating Charters
$1800 for Newly Authorized Charters (includes 2 hours of extra one-on-one consultancy)
Additional Services
$700
- Social worker/counseling staff PD series
- Speech pathologist PD series
- Para-professional PD series
- Parent special education technical assistance series
- Pre-audit review
- School-site special education workshop
CONTACT US
If you have questions or wish to discuss the Collaborative’s activities and services, please contact Dixon Deutsch, Executive Director, at 212-437-8342 or ddeutsch@nyccharterschools.org.
