High-Quality Teaching and Learning for All

PSEC helps you move beyond piecemeal approaches to student learning and achieve high-quality teaching and learning for all through systems change.

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In spite of decades of educational reform and federal mandates, school districts continue to fail students with disabilities.

Educational leaders can learn how their current piecemeal approaches are not only ineffective but are exacerbating low achievement and high behavioral needs of students with disabilities. Instead, leaders can learn how to move beyond inclusion to transform their entire educational systems. Unlike most organizations, Proactive Special Education Consultants (PSEC) takes a systems approach to achievement and student behavior that lifts the performance of not only students with disabilities, but all students.

Key Features of Proactive Special Education Consultants:

  • Research based.

  • Rather than piecemeal approaches, Proactive Special Education Consultants provides a Framework and Process to shift from a deficit based to proactive education system, not only for students with disabilities but for all students.

  • PSEC advances the learning of literally all students in the district. Students currently succeeding will continue to succeed and increase achievement and social gains. PSEC also addresses other educational identifiers based on eligibility for English Language Learners, MTSS Tier 2, MTSS Tier 3, Alternative Education, Advanced Learning, and Section 504 Plans.

  • PSEC includes a built-in accountability system via the Special Education Audit that measures progress and serves as a continual improvement feedback loop.

  • PSEC embraces a local, bottom-up/team approach to system change.

  • PSEC reallocates existing resources. No new resources are needed and all current staff are essential to advance the work.

Proactive Special Education Consultants Four Domain Framework and Systems Change Process:

The PSEC Four Domain Framework and Systems Change Process is implemented with community engagement and advance community development.
PSEC approaches special education as the catalyst for systems change for the benefit of all students. Rather than fixing special education while the rest of the system stays the same, developing all staff capacity via Co-Plan to Co-Serve to Co-Learn (C3) Teams advances high-quality teaching and learning for all students. In so doing, the PSEC Four Domain Framework and Systems Change Process increases student achievement for all students, including students with disabilities, and eliminates disproportionality in special education.
The PSEC Four Domain Framework and Systems Change Process centers on pragmatic, actionable implementation steps. The steps include developing staff capacity for students with challenging behaviors, students with significant intellectual disabilities, and proactive IEP development.
Domain 1

Understand Educational Identifiers

To understand educational identifiers requires a thorough understanding of our educational history, a shift from deficit to assets-based thinking and practice, advance our understanding of students with educational identifiers, apply the research, complete a Special Education Audit, and develop Principles of Excellence.

Domain 2

Align All Staff and Students

Staff and students are aligned guided by the Principles of Excellence. All staff share expertise and build capacity through Co-Plan to Co-Serve to Co-Learn (C3)™ Teams in support of all learners.

Domain 4

Align Human Resources, Leverage Policy and Funding

All decisions are aligned with the Principles of Excellence to leverage federal and state legislation to increase achievement for students with disabilities.

Domain 3

Transform Teaching and Learning

These Co-Plan to Co-Serve to Co-Learn (C3)™ Teams develop research-based strategies and practices for teaching and learning experiences for all students.

Who should use Proactive Special Education Consultants?

All individuals who wish to increase the achievement of students with disabilities can benefit from the Four Domain Framework and Systems Change Process, including educators in K-12 schools, districts, regions, state education agencies, educator preparation programs, universities, and community agencies.