PROGRESS Center (which stands for Promoting Rigorous Outcomes and Growth by Redesigning Educational Services for Students With Disabilities Center) provides information, resources, tools, and technical assistance services to support local educators and leaders (kindergarten through transition age) in developing and implementing high-quality educational programs that ensure students with disabilities have access to free appropriate public education (FAPE) which allows them to make progress and meet challenging goals, consistent with the U.S. Supreme Court’s decision in Endrew F. v. Douglas County School District (2017).
PROGRESS Center
Director(s): Tessie Rose Bailey, Center Director, Rebecca Zumeta Edmonds, Principal Investigator
Website: https://promotingprogress.org/
Specialty Area
- English Language Learners
- Evidence Based Practices & Scaling Up
- Family Engagement
- High-Quality Educational Programming
- Intensive Supports
- Measuring Student Growth
- Multi-tiered Systems of Support
- Response to Intervention
- Special Education
Primary Audience
- Administrators
- School Districts
- Schools
- State Education Agencies
- Teachers
Services
- Assessment Tools
- Coaching
- Consulting
- Content Expertise
- Convening Stakeholders
- Facilitation
Regions/States
NationalAll States
Level of Support
TieredAdditional Information
Private and charter school associations and entities
STEMIE: Innovation for Inclusion in Early Education
he STEM Innovation for Inclusion in Early Education (STEMI2E2) Center aims to:
- Develop and enhance the knowledge base on engagement in STEM (science, technology, engineering, and mathematics) learning opportunities for young children with disabilities (O-5);
- Implement high-quality technical assistance and professional development to increase engagement for young children with disabilities in STEM opportunities; and
- Engage partners and stakeholders from diverse disciplines and industry in work to increase the inclusion of young children with disabilities in early high-quality STEM learning experiences.
Director(s): Megan Vinh
Website: https://stemie.fpg.unc.edu/
Specialty Area
- Educational Technology
- Inclusive Practices
Primary Audience
- Administrators
- Families
- School Counselors
- School Districts
- Schools
- State Education Agencies
- Teachers
Services
- Content Expertise
Regions/States
NationalAll States