stetson & associates, inc. step-by-step for inclusive schools: training sample slides
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The Step-by-Step team training emphasizes the importance of individual student-centered decisions for assigning supports and services. Each participating school will create an action plan and identify criteria for determining successful implementation of effective practices. This action plan addresses six of the critical themes covered in the Step by Step training: 1. Instructional Setting 2. Collaboration 3. Instruction 4. In-Class Support 5. Peer and Family Relationships 6. Effective Use of Personnel Participating teams will learn: - A clear definition of inclusive education - Instructional strategies to meet the needs of diverse learners in the general education classroom - Three distinct staffing models to assure that students and teachers receive the support they need - A process for scheduling that makes the best use of resources, and many more practical strategies - Five strategies to improve the quality and impact of paraeducator services - An effective peer assistance and peer tutoring programTRANSCRIPT
Sample Slides from the 2-day Step-by-Step Training
A Step-by-Step Approach for Inclusive
Schools
• Introduction • Using Resources Wisely • Decision-Making and
Scheduling • Finding and Using Time • Improving Paraprofessional
Practice • Self Assessment and Action
Planning • Technical Assistance
• Introduction • Common Vocabulary • Mythinformation • Accommodations and
Modifications • Multi-Level Instruction • New Models of Support • In Class Support
Inclusive Education means... • All students are educated in the general education classroom to the greatest extent appropriate
• Expectations are high
• Instruction is standards-based
• The curriculum is the general education curriculum
• Individualized supports are available when needed
• Decisions are made on the basis of student needs and not labels and places
Systems
Instruction
Staffing
Collaboration
A Step-by-Step Approach for Inclusive Schools
Success is: ● Minimal % to take a
modified assessment (2%) ● Even smaller percentage
to take an alternative assessment (1%)
Another Perspective The standards-based grade-level curriculum is appropriate for...
46.4%
18.8%
9.3%
7.9% 8.4%
9.2%
Specific Learning Disabilities Speech or Language Impairments Intellectual Disability
Emotional Disturbance
Other Health Impairments Other Disabilities Combined
Source: 28th Annual Report to Congress on the Implementation of IDEA (2006). Figure 1-16: Disability distribution for students ages 6 through 21 receiving special education and related services under IDEA, Part B: Fall 2004. U.S. Department of Education; Washington, D.C. (updated July 2004)
• Intelligence is not fixed; it grows and is influenced by expectations, confidence and effective effort
• Innate ability explains only a part of learning and achievement
• Intelligence is fixed and responsible for one’s success and failures
• Innate ability determined learning and achievement
Ability Mindset Growth Mindset
Research for Better Teaching, Inc. NSCD National Conference Presentation (Philadelphia, PA 2005). Action, MA. and Lehrer, J. (Aug 2, 2009). The truth about grit. The New York Times.
A Step-by-Step Approach for Inclusive Schools
Shared Ownership for ALL Students!
Typically, schools don’t need MORE staff, they need to use their existing staff differently.
Inclusion is a more significant ADULT issue than a STUDENT issue. Some adults in our schools are as segregated as our students!
Strategy: Response Cards
Instruction Issues
New Paradigms for Student-Centered Support
External Support
In-Class Support
Specialized Support
Support provided PRIOR to instruction; Support that is needed in order for the student to be successful in the classroom, such as accommodations or scaffolds.
Support provided INSIDE the general education classroom in concert with the general education teacher.
Support provided OUTSIDE of the general education classroom.
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External))Support! In/Class)Support!
Specialized))Support!
Monitoring Only! Adapted Materials! Peer Tutor! Support Facilitator! Co-Teacher! Resource Room! Self-Contained!
Scenarios) Scenarios) Scenarios)
A Marriage of Talents and Temperaments
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