MACC Regional Projects Year 3
2007-2008

During Year 2 (2006-2007), MACC held three regional forums with accompanying follow-up. These high quality professional development forums and follow-up activities focused on Goals two and three - enabling State Education Agency (SEAs) representatives to network, increase their knowledge-base in specific content areas, and share their expertise with colleagues.

Over Year 3 MACC plans to provide in-depth, focused technical assistance through two regional institutes: A State System of Support Institute and an AMAO Institute. These will be two-day events conducted by experts that focus in-depth on the goal of enhancing statewide systems of support and will be developed in partnership with the Appalachia Regional Comprehensive Center (ARCC). Pre and Post-Institute regional activities will help to inform, enhance and provide follow up to the work of the institutes.

Regional Projects Year 2
2006-2007

In state needs assessments conducted Spring 2005 and again in Spring 2006, MACC identified three common needs across all Mid-Atlantic states. Based on those needs, the following 3 projects were collaboratively planned with the SEAs:

1. Leadership for the Elementary to Secondary Transition Years
2. Restructuring & Corrective Action Forum
   [contains Nov. 2006 forum materials]
3. Using Annual Measurable Achievement Objectives (AMAO) Data to Support District Improvement

These 3 regional projects involved cross-state sharing of information via regional forums. To develop content for those forums, the following steps were performed:

1. Conduct a needs assessment with the SEA. The Regional Advisory Board will assist with identifying stakeholders
2. Write a state of the region report on challenges
3. Use the resources of the appropriate Content Comprehensive Center to align evidence-based strategies with identified challenges.
4. In collaboration with the 5 Mid-Atlantic SEAs, develop a plan for the regional forum
5. MACC-SEA plan and follow-up

For more information about MACC’s Regional Projects please contact MACC’s Regional Events Coordinator Pat DiCerbo at pdicerbo@ceee.gwu.edu or her team member Tracy Runfola at trunfola@ceee.gwu.edu