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 and Family 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

State Superintendent Elizabeth Burmaster issued a statement praising successful efforts by the Department of Public Instruction-appointed stakeholders group for advancing Wisconsin's special education laws. Senate Bill 529, which improves Wisconsin's special education laws and aligns them with the federal Individuals with Disabilities Education Act of 2004, passed both houses of the Legislature on March 2, 2006. Read the press release.

Stakeholder Meetings

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 3/25/2008 10:33:34 AM