Wisconsin Continuous Improvement Focused Monitoring System (CIFMS) Stakeholders

A key principle of an effective improvement system is input and feedback from a diverse group of stakeholders. In November 2003, the State Superintendent approved the creation of a task force (hereafter stakeholders) to advise the WDPI on improvement of services. The stakeholders represent the categories recommended by OSEP. Stakeholders and their affiliations are as follows:

• Brian Anderson, State Superintendent's Council on Special Education, Special Education Administrator, Appleton School District
• Vaunce Ashby, Madison Metropolitan School District
• John Ashley, Executive Director, Wisconsin Association of School Boards (WASB)
• Nissan Bar-Lev, Director of Special Education, Wisconsin Council of Administrators of Special Services (WCASS)
• Barb Behlen, Regional Service Network/CESAs
• Sister Patrice Colletti, Disability Rights Advocacy
• Carol Eichinger Noddings, Birth to Three Program, Department of Health Services
• Cynthia Hirsch, Quality Education Coalition, Learning Disabilities Association
• Joanne Huston, Legal Counsel, Education Issues Specialist, Wisconsin Education Association Council (WEAC)
• Phil Knobel, Executive Director, WCASS
• Pete Knotek, Special Education Teacher, WEAC
• Sheri Krause, Legislative Services Coordinator, WASB
• Julie Lidbury, Department of Corrections, State Superintendent's Council on Special Education
• Pat Luebke, Principal, Wauwatosa School District
• Carolyn Madsen, Special Education Teacher (retired)
• Donald Rosin, Native American Center Coordinator, Wisconsin Family Assistance Center for Education, Training and Support, Inc. (WI FACETS)
• Pat Schaumburg, Special Education Director, Adams-Friendship Schools
• Jan Serak, WI FACETS, Autism Society of Wisconsin
• Mary Skadahl, Coordinator, Wisconsin Statewide Parent Education Initiative (WSPEI)
• Jeff Spitzer-Resnick, Managing Attorney, Disability Rights Wisconsin
• Bonnie J. Vander Meulen, State Superintendent's Council on Special Education, Parent Liaison for Special Education-CESA 2 (Dane County)
• Joan Wade, Administrator, CESA 6
• Pat Yahle, State Superintendent's Council on Special Education, Director of Special Education, Milwaukee Public Schools

Stakeholder Meetings

12/16/08	State Determination; SPP 2007 Executive Summary; Indicator 12, the Program Participation System (PPS) and Technical Assistance; SPP Improvement Activities Review; Proposed Changes to SPP Indicators
5/20/08	OSEP Status Table of the APR, Determinations, LPP Components, Procedural Compliance Update, Focused Monitoring, Focused Performance Review, Reading, Graduation, Scaling-Up Improvement
12/11/07	Proposed Changes to SPP Indicators; SLD Criteria Update; SPP Targets and Goals Update
7/24/07	CIFMS Updates, Determinations, RtI and SLD Criteria
5/15/07	Focused Monitoring, Local Performance Plan, and Determinations
12/5/06	Indicator Review and Target Setting
10/10/2006	OSEP Video-Conference and Target Setting
6/14/2006	CIFMS Updates
2/07-08/2006	CIFMS Pilots 2005-06; State Law
10/20/2005	SPP Targets and Goals
07/19-20/2005	Defining Consensus as Related to State Law
05/03-04/2005	Dr. Coulter's Overview of SPP; Disproportionality
03/15-16/2005	State Law and IDEA 2004
11/09-10/2004	Dr. Alan Coulter's Overview of CIFMS; Identification of Enrollment Groups
05/25/2004	CIFMS Pilots 2003-04
11/06/2003	CIFMS Overview

Resources

Wisconsin special education bill signed (4/5/06)

Memo to Stakeholders, 2/15/05: regarding:
Preliminary Analysis of Federal and State Requirements as a result of IDEA 2004 Reauthorization

For questions about this information, contact Anita J. Castro (608) 266-1781

Last updated on 6/12/2009 9:13:16 AM