Virginia Department of Education State-Directed Projects

The Virginia Department of Education (VDOE) formed state-directed priority projects to support goals within the Virginia Special Education Improvement Plan (VSEIP). Staff members from the Training and Technical Assistance Centers (T/TACs) from the eight Superintendent’s regions participate in each project. These priority projects were created to provide professional staff development that helps students with disabilities gain access to the general curriculum, to assist schools in meeting Virginia’s accreditation standards, and to assist local education agencies in meeting the qualified personnel requirements of the No Child Left Behind (NCLB) and the Individuals with Disabilities Education Improvement Acts (IDEA).

Projects include:

• Instructional Strategies for Students with Significant Cognitive Disabilities Project
• Assistive Technology
• Autism Project
• Early Childhood
• Effective School-Wide Discipline Project
• Instructional Support Teams (IST)
• Parent Involvement Project
• Reading Professional Development
• Standards of Learning (SOL) Enchanced Scope and Sequence Plus+
• Secondary Transition Activities
• Virginia Technical Assistance Centers