Nebraska PBiS

05/11/2023

Join our team and help us enrich the lives of students across Nebraska!

Special Education Associate (Office Associate IV), #01348016
Work Location: Lincoln NDE
Application Deadline: 5/25/2023

Are you wanting to make an impact in the lives of students, but you’re not an educator? If you have a customer service or office management background, here’s your chance to give back to education! If you have great accuracy and high attention to detail and enjoy efficiently multitasking, keep reading!

The Nebraska Department of Education is looking for a Special Education Associate to support our Special Education office as they support students and educators across the state. This great team has a lot of fun while they work!

Are you wanting to make an impact in the lives of students, but you’re not an educator? If you have a background in customer service or office management, here’s your chance to give back to education! If you have great accuracy and a high attention to detail, and enjoy efficiently multitasking, ...

05/11/2023

Join our team and help us enrich the lives of students across Nebraska!

Assistant Administrator, Office of Special Education & Director of IDEA Part B-School, #01348021
Work Location: Lincoln NDE
Application Deadline: 5/25/2023

What will you enjoy most about this work? Here’s what the team says! "We have a true ability to make an impact in the most vulnerable student population, and the ability to influence education across the state of Nebraska. We foster a very inclusive work environment and work with people with very diverse backgrounds"

Doesn’t that sound fulfilling? Join our team as an Assistant Administrator for the Office of Special Education and Director of IDEA Part B to provide strategic leadership and guidance for the office aligned with the State Board’s strategic priorities. The Office of Special Education is looking for a team-oriented individual with high accountability and integrity, with a focus on customers.

Currently on a contract? Don’t worry! We’ll wait for the right candidate to be released from their contract.

What will you enjoy most about this work? Here’s what the team says!We have a true ability to make an impact in the most vulnerable student population, and the ability to influence education across the state of Nebraska. We foster a very inclusive work environment and work with people with very di...

04/04/2023

Important Update!

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03/31/2023

NEWS RELEASE

For additional information, please contact David Jespersen by phone (402-471-4537) or email ([email protected])

March 31, 2023

Dr. Brian Maher Selected as Commissioner of Education

The State Board of Education has selected Dr. Brian Maher as the next Nebraska Commissioner of Education. The decision comes after a nationwide search process that included staff and stakeholder input and interviews with three finalists led by search firm McPherson and Jacobson. Dr. Maher will replace Dr. Matthew Blomstedt who served nine years as commissioner until his resignation in January.

Dr. Maher is currently the CEO and Executive Director of the South Dakota Board of Regents. In that role, Dr. Maher successfully completed a system-wide review of the Board of Regents. This was a statewide review that lasted more than a year and culminated with a report to the Legislature and the Governor. Dr. Maher also lobbied the 2-house legislature for historic funding during the 2021 and 2022 legislative sessions for public higher education in South Dakota and led an effort to have no increase in tuition for public higher education institutions in the 2022 and 2023 legislative sessions. Dr. Maher also led a 25,000-student school system during the beginning stages of a worldwide health pandemic.

Dr. Maher previously served as superintendent at Sioux Falls Public Schools in South Dakota and at Kearney and Centennial Public Schools in Nebraska. As a superintendent, he successfully led four successful bond referendums in three different school districts and a successful levy override for more local revenue. Dr. Maher was also an administrator at Waverly, Elkhorn, and Johnson-Brock Public Schools and a teacher at Elkhorn and Clarks Public Schools.
Dr. Maher received a Bachelor’s degree in Mathematics Education at Midland Lutheran College before he went on to earn his Master’s and Educational Doctorate in Education Administration from the University of Nebraska.

Dr. Maher is expected to start as commissioner in July.
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David Jespersen
Administrator

Office of Public Information & Communications
500 S. 84th St., 2nd Floor
Lincoln NE, 68510-2611
P: (402) 471-4537
E: [email protected]

03/24/2023

Katherine Williamson Retirement Celebration Reception

After many years of dedicated service, our very own Katherine Williamson (NDE OSE Support Staff Associate) has ignored our team's playful "stay-put" order and announced that she will be leaving the nest to enjoy her well-earned retirement!

Please join us in wishing her farewell at her retirement reception being held on Friday, April 7, from 1:00 p.m. - 3:00 p.m. CST at the NDE Office second-floor Atrium. (500 S. 84th St., Lincoln, NE 68510).

We are certainly sad to see her go but know her days ahead will be full of adventure, competitive game nights, and relaxing with family, and friends, and thus, we wish her all the best in this new round of "LIFE"! Thank you, Katherine, for all you have done for us, and most importantly the students of Nebraska!

Katherine's last day in the office will be Wed, April 12th. and she and her family will then be relocating to New York state.

03/17/2023

"May you have all the happiness and luck that life can hold—and at the end of your rainbows may you find a pot of gold." - Old Irish Blessing

Image by Liam Ortiz from Pixabay

02/20/2023

Our offices will be closed on Monday, February 20, 2023, in honor of President's Day, which is a Federal/State Holiday.

01/31/2023

NeMTSS will offer a free “PBIS In the Classroom” workshop on Feb. 1, 2023 from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. CST (8 a.m. to 2 p.m MST). District and school administrators and leadership teams from across Nebraska are encouraged to participate. Register today!

01/31/2023

Today’s release of the revised 2023 NeMTSS Framework (https://nemtss.unl.edu/.../2018/08/23-NeMTSS_Framework.pdf) marks an exciting moment in Nebraska’s efforts to ensure that all students have the support necessary to meet their academic, social, emotional, behavioral, physical, and environmental needs.

Nebraska's Multi-tiered System of Support (NeMTSS) is a framework designed to ensure each and every student has access to learning experiences that enhance their educational outcomes.
In the spirit of continuous improvement, the Offices of Teaching, Learning, and Assessment; Special Education; Coordinated Student Support Services; and Coordinated School and District Support at NDE undertook an effort to align, define, and streamline key workstreams to offer schools and districts a coherent model for student support.

We engaged stakeholders throughout this effort. Their feedback indicated a lack of coherence and that improved connections could be made between key workstreams of NeMTSS, HQIM, SEL, whole child, school improvement, and continuous improvement processes. Through this feedback, it was evident a revision of the current NeMTSS framework would allow for improved clarity and coherence across the workstreams.

In the 2023 NeMTSS Framework you’ll find a few key revisions:
• Streamlined four essential elements: Infrastructure and Shared Leadership, Layered Continuum of Supports. Data-Based Decision-Making, and Collaboration, and Communication.
• Focus on the importance of strong tier I as the foundation for strong learning and the starting point for a strong NeMTSS program.
• Creation of a shared glossary to allow for consistent language use across the offices of Teaching, Learning, and Assessment, Coordinated School and District Support, Coordinated Student Support Services, and Special Education.
• Revision of the problem-solving model to a 5-step problem-solving model to better align with the continuous improvement framework and activities across offices.
• Inclusion of a section to highlight how NeMTSS aligns with rule and other state processes.
• Addition of specific implementation resources, such as information on the composition and routines of shared leadership teams and examples of the four data types used to guide data-based decision-making.

Across the next six months, we will continue to align all tools and training to the shared glossary and use the NeMTSS to frame projects and initiatives and connect the dots. Trainings on NeMTSS will reflect the revised framework starting in Summer 2023, and more information on the revised framework can be found on the NeMTSS website (https://nemtss.unl.edu/).

In addition:
- visit the attached FAQ to learn more about NeMTSS
- watch the Coherence Video at: https://vimeo.com/793929187

The revised framework and supporting materials are just some of the many resources you have to look forward to in 2023 as each and every one of us here at NDE are committed to Coherence at Every Level!

01/30/2023

Join Mary Lenser from the NDE Office of Special Education at the NEA Big Read: Northeast Nebraska Kick-Off Event (Services Fair)!

The Kick-Off Event will be held on Thursday, February 23, 2023, at the Northeast Community College Lifelong Learning Center in Norfolk, Nebraska.

Below is a general schedule for the evening.

5:00-5:45 Services Fair “soft open” for those who want/need a lower sensory experience

6:00 Main Stage Events Begin Heartlight Choir (20 min performance)

Keynote: Edison McDonald (45-60 min presentation)

Musical Performance (20 min TBA)

8:00 Main Stage Events Wrap-up & Services Fair Continues, open to all

9:00 Services Fair Closes/Kick-off event ends

The Online Services Fair is live now and can be found along with other information and a calendar of all the upcoming NEA Big Read events at Northeast.edu/NEABigRead

01/30/2023

NE ASD Network Conference Early bird registration ends January 31st! Register at: https://cehsvl02.unl.edu/ccp/secd/asdnetwork/

For more conference information visit our website at: https://www.unl.edu/asdnetwork/nebraska-asd-network-state-conference?fbclid=IwAR1omCtvO97n--Y5imzn_c-ZYHejBQ09bJSSJR58nzTvZk6urO_Qwsic58g

You can use the form below to register for the conference. You have the option of paying by credit card, purchase order/agency check, ASD Code, personal check, cost object or IBT. Early Registration Ends January 31, 2023