AT Law - Quality Indicators

What are Quality Indicators for Administrative Support of Assistive Technology Services?

Administrative support and leadership are essential for developing and delivering assistive technology services in a school district. The development of policies, procedures and other supports must be in place to sustain assistive technology programs.

The Quality Indicators for Assistive Technology (QIAT) Consortium has defined a set of descriptors that will serve as guidelines for developing quality programs within a school district. By addressing these quality indicators, a district will assure that AT services are legally correct according the state and federal mandates and are aligned to district policies.

Quality Indicators for administrative support and leadership include:

1. The education agency has written procedural guidelines that ensure equitable access to assistive technology devices and services for students with disabilities, if required for a free, appropriate, public education (FAPE).
2. The education agency broadly disseminates clearly defined procedures for accessing and providing assistive technology services and supports the implementation of those guidelines.
3. The education agency includes appropriate assistive technology responsibilities in written descriptions of job requirements for each position in which activities impact assistive technology services.
4. The education agency employs personnel with the competencies needed to support quality assistive technology services within their primary areas of responsibility at all levels of the organization.
5. The education agency includes assistive technology in the technology planning and budgeting process.
6. The education agency provides access to on-going learning opportunities about assistive technology for staff, family, and students.
7. The education agency uses a systematic process to evaluate all components of the agency-wide assistive technology program.
   

Additional Quality Indicators can be found at http://www.qiat.org.