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Mary Watson

"We have demonstrated that with appropriate instructional strategies and quality trained and supported teachers, students with disabilities can make significant yearly progress in academic performance.”
Mary N. Watson, NCDPI's Exceptional Children Director, Sept. 2005

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About

The North Carolina State Improvement Project II provides personnel development and program support services to significantly improve the performance and success of students with disabilities in North Carolina.

Improving the teaching of students with disabilities is a major focus of NC SIP II. There is clear and extensive research evidence supporting our belief that the vast majority of students with disabilities can read and write, as well as demonstrate math skills on grade level IF appropriate, research validated instructional and learning techniques are effectively employed.

The rapidly growing NCSIP network includes the following LEA based centers and sites:

  • Six reading and writing regional demonstration centers,
  • Approximately 68 NCSIP II research-based sites that focus on reading and writing instruction,
  • Three regional Early Literacy Demonstration Centers ,
  • Four regional mathematics instruction demonstration centers,
  • Thirty research-based mathematics instruction sites, and
  • Over 500 school buildings providing school-wide Positive Behavior Supports.

 

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