Illinois ASPIRE
Funded by a five-year (2005-2010) State Personnel Development
Grant under Part D of IDEA 2004, Illinois ASPIRE (Alliance
for School-based Problem-solving and Intervention Resources
in Education) will establish and implement a coordinated,
regionalized system of personnel development that will increase
the capacity of school systems to provide early intervening
services, aligned with the general education curriculum, to
at-risk students and students with disabilities. This goal
will be accomplished through four project objectives, which
are to:
- Deliver research-based professional development and technical
assistance to schools.
- Increase the participation of parents in decision-making
across district sites.
- Incorporate the professional development content into
IHE general and special education preservice curricula.
- Evaluate the effectiveness of project activities.
More detailed information about the project is available
via the links below and at www.illinoisaspire.org. General
questions about Illinois ASPIRE may be directed to Kathryn
Cox at kcox@isbe.net or 217-782-5589. Questions regarding
regional training and technical assistance activities may
be directed to the regional Illinois ASPIRE Centers (see
link below for contact information).
Illinois ASPIRE Centers
To implement the project, ISBE has established four regional
Illinois ASPIRE Centers—one in the city of Chicago,
and one each in the northern, central, and southern parts
of the state.
Illinois
ASPIRE Regions 
School Demonstration/Data
Collection Sites
To facilitate school and student level data collection and
evaluation, school demonstration/data collection sites will
be identified within each region through a Request for Proposals
(RFP) process. The RFPs will be posted here as they become
available.
Illinois ASPIRE Training
Events & Conferences
Project Partnerships
Partnerships are a key component of Illinois ASPIRE, in that
school districts, special education joint agreements, Regional
Offices of Education, institutions of higher education and
parents all play an important role.
Project-Related Documents
ISBE Federal SPD
Grant Application
Illinois ASPIRE Regional Centers
RFP
This competition is now closed, but the Request for Proposals
can still be viewed for informational purposes.
Resources
Illinois Standards-Aligned
Classroom (SAC) Initiative
This site contains resources and information about ISBE’s
SAC Initiative.
Illinois
Reading First
This site contains information about Reading First and other
literacy resources.
Illinois
School Psychologists Association
This website houses all of the resources from the former Flexible Service Delivery
System (FSDS) site, including PowerPoint presentation files, key readings/research,
forms, documents, grants, calendar events, more links, etc., all related to RtI,
Flex, Problem Solving, and 3-Tiered intervention models.
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