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Introduction. Sherrill Burge sburge@esc2.netDebbie Bravenec dbravenec@esc2.net. Breaks. Agenda. The Child-Centered Process for:General EducationPre-referralRTITiered ModelExceptional Learners504Legal requirementsSpecial EducationLegal requirements. Objectives. Become famili
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2. Partners in Educational Leadership
3. Introduction Sherrill Burge sburge@esc2.net
Debbie Bravenec dbravenec@esc2.net
4. Agenda The Child-Centered Process for:
General Education
Pre-referral
RTI
Tiered Model
Exceptional Learners
504
Legal requirements
Special Education
Legal requirements
5. Objectives Become familiar with the child-centered process which includes:
General classroom
Services from:
504
Special Education
Familiarize yourself with the characteristics of effective leadership for the implementation of these programs
6. Change . . .
7. Class Norms Respect the speaker
Participate
Ask questions
Have fun!!
8. Know – Want to Know - Learned
9. Acronym Activity
10. Sometimes it is all in how you
read something……
11. Revisit your K – W - L
12. TExES Standards for Principals
13. Domain I: School Community Leadership
Identifying common values
Common Purpose
Shared Vision
Domain II: Instructional Leadership
Improvement of curriculum and instruction for ALL students
Staff development
Domain III: Administrative Leadership
Finance
Facilities
Safety
14. Domain I Domain I
Sincere belief in achievement
Aim high
Implementation of the vision
Expect high expectations
Encourage Intellectual Stimulation
Support Effective collaboration
Respond to diverse needs
Gather and analyze data
Support plan with money, time, and people
Ensure all students have equal opportunity for educational success
Promote the continuous development of all students
Advocate for all children
Serve as an advocate for all students
Apply legal guidelines
Protect the rights of students and staff
Determine if progress has been made by students
Facilitate implementation of curriculum
Facilitate the use of sound, research-based practice strategies
15. Domain I Facilitate the use of appropriate use of assessment
Facilitate technology use to enrich campus curriculum
Promote creative, critical, and problem solving thinking in curriculum design and delivery
16. Domain II Facilitate multiple opportunities to learn and implement research-based instructional strategies and programs so all students are successful
Ensure that all students high quality instruction supported by resources and services to meet individual student needs
Use formative and summative student assessment data for program goals and objectives
Facilitate research-based practices for learning, classroom management, and discipline to ensure school safety Analyze the implications of factors (staffing, schedules, discipline practices) for teaching and learning
Ensure responsiveness to diverse sociological, linguistic, clutural, and other factors that affect students’ development and learning
All students, regardless of any factor, must have multiple research-based opportunities to learn and be successful
Allocate appropriate time, funding, and other needed resources to ensure the effective implementation of professional development plans
17. Domain II Diagnose campus organizational health and morale and implement strategies to provide ongoing support to campus staff
Implement procedures for gathering, analyzing, and using data from a variety of sources for informed campus decision making
Encourage and facilitate positive change, enlist support for change, and overcome obstacles to change
Apply skills for monitoring and evaluating change and making needed adjustments to achieve goals
18. Domain III Know that all legal regulations and district policies must be followed consistently
Use effective planning, time management, and organization of personnel to maximize attainment of district and campus goals
Apply local, state, and federal laws and policies to support decision making related to day to day programs and operations as well as emergencies
Ask when you are not sure
19. Resource for the section: “Passing the , TExES Exam, Keys to Certification & School Leadership”, Elaine L. Wilmore
20. Administrative Expectations
21. Survey done of 200 principals across the state of Texas reported on how much of a typical day is spent on special education issues:Amount of time/day Up to 25% 24.3% 26 – 50% 21.3% 51 – 74% 13.5% 75% or more 38.3%
22. Disability categories in Texas(your students may carry one or more of these labels) MR
OHI
AI
VI / Blind
AU
LD
ED
23. Learning Disabilities 57.9%
Speech Impairments 15.5%
Mental Retardation 5.6%
Emotional Disturbance 7.9%
Other Health Impaired 7.8%
Multiple Disabilities 1%
Autism 1%
Hearing Impaired 1%
Orthopedically Impaired 1%
Traumatic Brain Injury Less than 1% (.0018%)
Visually Impaired Less than 1% (.005%)
Deaf/Blind Less than 1% (.00016%)
24. Do I really HAVE to do this?
25. Child-Centered Process
27. Appropriate Curriculum What is the curriculum for Texas schools?
28. Appropriate Instructional Opportunities For whom?
African American 3.6%
Hispanic 68.7%
White 26.3%
Native American .3%
Asian/Pacific Islander 1.2%
Economically Disadv. 61.3%
ELL 6.5%
At Risk 45.4% Review what makes up Region 2 classrooms . . . Review what makes up Region 2 classrooms . . .
29. Enrollment by program:
Bilingual/ESL 5.6%
CATE 20.1%
Gifted/Talented 6.5%
Special Education 13.4%
30. Appropriate Instruction How are today’s children taught?
How should today’s children be taught?
31. Present Populations:
32. Research tells us that if we intervene at the beginning point of difficulty with intensive, appropriate instruction – special education referrals would be reduced by 50%.
34. Pre-referral Process (Early Intervention Process) Who?
What?
Where?
When?
How long?
35. Response to Intervention (RTI)
36. RTI is the practice of: Providing high-quality instruction and/ or intervention matched to student’s needs
AND
Using learning rate over time and level of performance to
AND
Make important educational decisions
37. Definition of RTI Research-based intervention that produces :
* high learning rates for most students
Learning Rates & level of performance
* a student’s growth in achievement or behavior competencies
38. Educational decisions
Duration of interventions
Move to another tier & intensity of intervention
Decision for referral to special education
39. Three Tiered Model Assessment by response to intervention Tier 1
?? Provide classroom support
Tier 2
?? Provide more intensive support
Tier 3
?? Consider special education
?? Monitor and evaluate at all stages
41. 504 Student Issues and Public Schools
42. No qualified handicapped person shall, on the basis of handicap, be excluded from participation in, be denied the benefits of , or otherwise be subjected to discrimination under any program or activity which receives or benefits from federal assistance.
34 Code of Federal Regulations &104.4(a)
Page viii
45. 504
Physical or Mental Impairment
Substantial Limitation
Major Life Activities
46. Impairment
Physical
Mental
47. Substantial Limitation…. An activity done in a way that is different from the rate, speed or duration of the general
48. Major Life Activity Walking
Breathing
Learning
Others
49. The bottom Line on 504 Eligibility… Does the student have a physical or mental impairment…
Which substantially limits…
a major life activity?
50. School Obligations…Jigsaw Child Find…page 6, #1
Referral…page 6, #2
504 committee…page 6, #3
Evaluation…page 6 &7, #4
Placement…page 7, #5
51. Resources http://www.504idea.org/504resources.html Section 504 Overview A fifteen page introduction to the duty to provide a free appropriate public education under Section 504, the duty to not discriminate, and a look at border issues where the IDEA and 504 intersect. Includes citations to the 504 regulations, and OCR decisions. Updated versions are provided at each CESD 504 Conference Who is the Section 504 Student, and how does 504 fit? A one-page color graphic showing the 504 child in reference to the student population and special education students..
52. Resources
Section 504 Decision-making Chart This handy three page chart walks you through the decisions that must be made by a 504 Committee and alerts you to the documents required at each step
504, Special Education & Dyslexia. A lengthy treatment of the Texas Dyslexia law and its relationship with the two federal disability laws in the provision of services to students with dyslexia.
54. The Law
55. Historical Perspective of Special Education Law Public Law 94-142 The Education for All Handicapped Children Act of 1975
more than 8 million handicapped children
educational needs of MOST of these children were not being fully met
more than half did not receive appropriate educational services
56. 1 million children were excluded from public education
more unidentified children with handicaps who were unsuccessful in school
families were forced to seek services outside of the public school system at their own expense and often at great distances.
57. Laws for Special Populations
Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973
94-142 Education for Handicapped Children Act
Americans with Disabilities Act
IDEA
IDEIA
58. Students with disabilities In 2000-2001, 5.75 million children and youth ages 6-21 received special education and related services under IDEA. That translates to approximately 11.5% of the total school population in Texas alone. There has been an increase of over 20% of students receiving services in Texas since 1990-1991.
59. Definition of Special Education
60. Special Education: Specially designed instruction,
At no cost to the parents,
To meet the unique needs of the student
61. Specially Designed Instruction: Adapting as appropriate, to the needs of an eligible child, the content, methodology or delivery of instruction:
To address the unique needs of the child that result from the disability
To ensure access of the child to the general curriculum to meet the standards that apply to all children
62. CFR 300.26 This definition and the laws governing special education in the nation’s schools are outlined by the Federal government.
63. Special Education it is: personnel
curriculum
methodology
64. Special Education is not a place.
65. IDEIA ’04(currently waiting for final reg’s)
66. IDEIA says that a school must: find and identify students who may have a disability
make sure parents participate in decision making
evaluate students in a nondiscriminatory way
develop an individualized education plan for each student
67. decide what special instruction and related services the school district will provide;
make placement decisions;
develop a transition plan for adult activities, including job opportunities;
maintain education records/files; and
have hearings/appeals for complaints and grievances.
68. Principles of IDEA
69. Legal Framework: . . . The answer to most of your questions!!
70. Principles of IDEA Identification
FAPE: free appropriate public education
Due Process
Nondiscriminatory evaluation
Individualized education program
Least restrictive environment
Parent/Guardian Surrogate Consultation
Personnel Development, Inservice
Confidentiality
71. Identification
72. How do you know what is appropriate? Is there a disability?
Does the disability affect the educational performance?
Does the child need special education & related services?
73. Eligibility Determination:The Rule Out Language
A child shall not be determined to have a disability, if the determinate factor is:
Lack of appropriate instruction in reading
Lack of instruction in math
Limited English proficiency
74. Free Appropriate Public Education
75. Nondiscriminatory Evaluation
76. What is appropriate evaluation? Eligibility Determination
Educational Programming
Individual Performance Monitoring
Non-discriminatory racially or culturally
77. What is evaluation? A gathering of information related to enabling the child to be involved in and progress in the general curriculum or, for preschool children, to participate in appropriate activities.
78. Does the system always work? Under or over identification of a disability
Misdiagnosing the nature of the disability
Inappropriate services
79. IEP
80. Who is on the IEP team? Parent(s)
Regular Education teacher
Special Education teacher
Administrator
Evaluation personnel
Student
Others
81. Individualized Educational Program = Appropriate Education
82. What does the IEP have to have? PLAFP
Measurable annual goals
Special education & related services
Accommodations
83. Level of state assessment
Dates services are to be provided
Participation
School activities
Transition
Progress
Age of Majority
84. Least Restrictive Environment
85. LRELeast Restrictive Environment Each state shall establish:
“procedures to assure that, to the maximum extent appropriate, children with disabilities are educated with children who are not disabled,
86. and that special classes, separate schooling, or other removal of children with disabilities from the regular educational environment occurs only when the nature or severity of the disability is such that education in regular classes with the use of supplementary aids and services cannot be achieved satisfactorily.”
87. To ensure LRE, the State... Uses a system of placement neutral funding;
CAP for LRE compliance;
Clearer definition for “supplementary aids and services”;
Emphasizes the participation of students with disabilities in the general curriculum;
88. May use funds to pay for the costs of special education and related services and supplementary aids and services provided in a regular classroom or other education-related setting ;
Students with disabilities be included in statewide assessment (including a statement as to what modifications will be necessary in order for the student to participate).
Performance goals which are consistent with goals and standards for other children
89. Most Important part…. Provide students with disabilities an appropriate education. This law has a clear preference for educating them in general education classrooms with their non-disabled peers and removing them from this setting only when an appropriate education there cannot be achieved satisfactorily.
91. Special education is not services based upon administrative convenience. Build for the individual student’s needs – you shouldn’t try to squash the child into an existing program!
92. Parent / Guardian / Surrogate Consultation
93. Over 20 years of research and experience have demonstrated that the education of children with disabilities can be made more effective by …strengthening the role of parents and ensuring that families of such children have meaningful opportunities to participate in the education of their children at school and at home.”
94. Parents/Guardians must: Be given notice
Give consent
Provide input
95. Due Process
96. Inservice and Personnel Development
97. Confidentiality
98. Questions?
99. See you in July when I get back from vacation . . . .
100. If you have any questions: Debbie Bravenec: dbravenec@esc2.net
Sherrill Burge: sburge@esc2.net