Illinois Statewide Technical Assistance Center

The Special Education Services Division of the Illinois State Board of Education implemented ISTAC to build the capacity of school districts to serve students with disabilities.

An effective technical assistance process is dependent upon systemic collection of data and the use of data-based decision making at both the systems and practice levels.

ISTAC will commit to:

1. Prepare District Leadership Team for implementation of ISTAC practices.
2. Assist districts in the collection of baseline data.
3. Assist districts with the collection, interpretation, and analysis of data for the purposes of problem solving and action planning.
4. Provide technical assistance to internal and external coaches.

Districts will commit to:

1. Support the ISTAC project(s) in its schools for a minimum of five years.
• Three year minimum for implementation of technical assistance.
• Five year minimum for sharing of data.
2. School Board agreement to participate with the ISTAC project(s).
3. Implementation of a District level Leadership Team (which includes at least one district level administrator and one parent, who is not an employee of the district, of a student with an IEP) to plan, analyze, and review ISTAC activities.
4. Identify a district leader with designated FTE to coordinate district ISTAC efforts.

The Illinois Statewide Technical Assistance Center consists of the following projects:

• Illinois Autism Training and Technical Assistance Project (IATTAP)
• Illinois Positive Behavioral Intervention & Supports Network (PBIS)
• Illinois Service Resource Center (ISRC)
• Illinois Statewide Technical Assistance Center for Parents (ISTAC-P)
• Project CHOICES
• Project REACH: Illinois Deaf-Blind Services

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