[Athen] QIAT for Post Secondary Education WIKI

[rmhaven at stanford.edu]

I agree fully.  And I'm sure the "QIAT people" (as Joy called them)  
would welcome and appreciate both inputs and insights from the  
higher-ed folks.

- Shelley


Quoting Ron Stewart <ron at ahead.org>:


> Hi Shelly and all,

>

> I am not saying it is not a real effort, I was being somewhat tounge in

> cheek with my comment though the fact that almost all of the participants

> are full time consultants is a valid concern. Anyone can be a proffet when

> they are 100 miles from home :)

>

> I participated in development of the QIAT standards and have a lot of regard

> for these folk's work in the k-12 realm.  I also have extensive experience

> working with many of this cast of characters and I think my concerns about

> their overall lack of any substantive higher ed experience as service

> providers is directly relevant to what they are proposing to do here.

>

> That said the reason that I sent this to the list was to encourage the ATHEN

> membership to get involved with this so that it does result in something

> that contributes to our work instead of resulting in one more distraction

> from actually making students with disabilities more successful in their

> efforts. These folks have a lot of deserved influence in the k-12 IDEA world

> and it is always better to be part of a solution than part of the problem.

>

> Ron

>

>

> -----Original Message-----

> From: rmhaven at stanford.edu [mailto:rmhaven at stanford.edu]

> Sent: Monday, April 28, 2008 2:17 PM

> To: Access Technologists in Higher Education Network; Ron Stewart

> Subject: Re: [Athen] FW: REMINDER... QIAT for Post Secondary Education WIKI

>

> Hi, Ron (and all)!

>

> I'd say it's a real effort.  Prior to being at Stanford, I spent about

> 10 years in the K-12 arena and worked with the folks behind the

> Quality Indicators for Assistive Technology (QIAT) -- Joy Zabala (who

> posted the message below), Penny Reed, Gayl Bowser, Diana Carl, and

> others.  As part of an Arizona Dept. of Education program, we received

> substantial training on this and then worked closely with school

> districts throughout the state to help special education departments

> and IEP teams adopt and practice this approach.  It seems like a

> natural extension of their current efforts to apply these very

> effective and consistent "best practices" beyond K-12 into the

> post-secondary environment where many of these students will be heading.

>

> - Shelley

>

>

>

> Quoting Ron Stewart <ron at ahead.org>:

>

>> Thought I would bring this to your attention since this work is directly

>> relevant to one of ATHEN's state professional goals.  The QIAT protocols

> are

>> well established in k-12, perhaps some of you would like to join in with

>> this effort to insure the relevant postsecondary issues are dealt with.

> Is

>> this a real effort, or just a group consultants looking for more work?

>>

>>

>>

>> Ron Stewart

>>

>>

>>

>> From: Quality Indicators for Assistive Technology

> [mailto:QIAT at LSV.UKY.EDU]

>> On Behalf Of Joy Zabala

>> Sent: Monday, April 28, 2008 11:11 AM

>> To: QIAT at LSV.UKY.EDU

>> Subject: REMINDER... QIAT for Post Secondary Education WIKI

>>

>>

>>

>> Good morning, QIAT people. Happy Monday!

>>

>>

>>

>> I have great confident in the willingness and passion of QIAT people to

>> share their thoughts and opinions, so I know that you just need a

> reminder.

>>

>>

>>

>> Remember the earlier message about the efforts of Bryan Ayres, Janet

> Peters,

>> Russ Holland to adapt QIAT to address the issues and responsibilities of

>> people working with individuals in post-secondary environments.  The

> initial

>> target environment and population is staff working in disability support

> and

>> disability service in post secondary education environments such as open

>> enrollment community colleges and four year institutes of higher

> education.

>>

>>

>>

>> Please take some time to go to the WIKI dedicated to the initial work

>> located at  www.qiatgrowsup.pbwiki.com

> <http://www.qiatgrowsup.pbwiki.com/>

>> and add your comments, edits, etc.

>>

>>

>>

>> The invitation code to the WIKI is qiat.  Please read the first page of

> the

>> WIKI and become familiar with the www.qiat.org <http://www.qiat.org/>

> site

>> and the generic indicators on the wiki site prior to editing.  You must be

>> logged on to edit.   You can ask the WIKI to send you feedback on edits

> that

>> have been made.

>>

>>

>>

>> The value of your knowledge and experience with QIAT makes your input

>> EXTREMELY VALUABLE to this work

>>

>> .

>>

>> Looking forward to seeing YOUR comments on the WIKI.

>>

>>

>>

>> Joy

>>

>> .

>>

>>

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