{"type":"rich","version":"1.0","provider_name":"Transistor","provider_url":"https://transistor.fm","author_name":"Beyond the Box","title":"Service Delivery, Standards-Based Grading, and Beyond-the-Box Exceptional Services with Troy Lange","html":"","width":"100%","height":180,"duration":1217,"description":"\nOn Beyond the Box, host Dr. Ronald G. Taylor sits down with Troy Lange, Executive Director of Exceptional Student Services at Eagle County School District in Colorado. Troy oversees special education, gifted and talented programming, and nursing services—designing systems that support students ages 3 to 21 across diverse schools and pathways.\n\nTroy shares how Eagle County moved from individual teacher-selected materials to a clearer districtwide service delivery model, why intervention fidelity matters more than simply purchasing resources, and how standards-based grading creates both friction and opportunity for students with disabilities. He also reflects on supporting twice-exceptional learners and building instructional systems that balance coherence with personalization.\n\nKey Moments\n\n\n02:31 Inventorying special education materials across the district\n\n03:04 Defining a districtwide service delivery model\n\n04:04 Building ongoing PD cycles for new staff\n\n04:49 Barriers to blended learning adoption\n\n06:11 Shifting teachers from content delivery to feedback focus\n\n07:00 Supporting rural districts through collaboration\n\n09:08 Lessons learned from pre-COVID blended learning work\n\n09:54 Retention through instructional satisfaction\n\n11:11 Using progress monitoring to inspire teacher buy-in\n\n13:17 Standards-based grading and IEP tensions\n\n14:57 Intensive interventions in elementary years\n\n16:47 Differentiating struggling learners from disabilities\n\nWhy You’ll Love This Episode\n\n\nThis episode offers a thoughtful look at how exceptional student services can move beyond isolated classrooms toward coherent district systems. Troy explains how service delivery models, intervention fidelity, and progress monitoring can drive stronger outcomes while increasing teacher satisfaction.\n\nYou’ll also gain insight into navigating standards-based grading with IEPs, building meaningful Tier 2 interventions, and supporting twice-exceptional students whose “unique brilliance” requires...","thumbnail_url":"https://img.transistorcdn.com/6F5INjP28d1joK7ccr19ewduLyMSv8aIwuVtglKc25Q/rs:fill:0:0:1/w:400/h:400/q:60/mb:500000/aHR0cHM6Ly9pbWct/dXBsb2FkLXByb2R1/Y3Rpb24udHJhbnNp/c3Rvci5mbS81OTc2/N2ZkOThhNmY2NmFk/ZDhkMjMxZGUwMTEy/NzU4OC5wbmc.webp","thumbnail_width":300,"thumbnail_height":300}