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Increase Access to Grade-Level Learning for Students With Disabilities
Case Study: The Power of Innovative Leadership
This case study demonstrates what’s possible when a leader has a vision for changing howstudents with disabilities experience school in their community.
Framework: The Cycle of Student Support
The Cycle of Student Support provides a process for educators and support staff to collaborate in service of providing access to grade-level learning
Tool: Co-Teacher Planning Meeting Agenda
The Co-Teaching Planning Meeting Agenda is designed to establish a clear process for intentional planning that fully leverages each educator in service of providing access to high-quality instruction for students with disabilities.
Case Study
The Power of Innovative Leadership: Demonstrating what’s possible when a leader has a vision for change in their community
Our two-year partnership with RPS exemplifies a district's approach to effectively driving change in educator practice. Together, we shifted beliefs about what students with disabilities are capable of in core instruction through a co-constructed training series. The result was a significant increase in their ability to support all students in daily lessons find success; in some cases more than a 65% change.
How to use this resource:
Our two-year partnership with RPS exemplifies a district's approach to effectively driving change in educator practice. Together, we shifted beliefs about what students with disabilities are capable of in core instruction through a co-constructed training series. The result was a significant increase in theirability to support all students in daily lessons find success; in some cases more than a 65% change.
When we arrived in RPS, we realized that many students were being pulled from Tier 1 instruction for Tier 2 support, and the data reflected the impact of that loss. Our True North aligned with NDE’s Journey to Inclusion Project: all students must have equitable access to the full rigor of grade-level instruction. SPED Strategies helped us deliver that message and guide the transition.
Framework
The Cycle of Student Support
The Cycle of Student support provides a process for schools to structure collaboration and planning when implementing grade-level curriculum. This takes place at two levels of instructional planning — the unit level to understand the goals and outcomes students are expected to demonstrate and the lesson level to consider meaningful adaptations aligned to what you know about individual and groups of students.
How to use this resource:
Share this resource with planning teams as they think about launching use of HQIM in the coming school year.
Consider what PL could be helpful for planning teams on use and application of the framework
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K–5 leaders’ guide to early and targeted literacy support aligned with core instruction. Covers schoolwide structures, intervention design, data cycles, and when to consider a special education evaluation.
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A Guide to Inclusive Education
Quick guide for turning IEP information into daily instruction. Covers what to review first and actionable steps for Present Levels, Special Factors, Accommodations, Related Services, and Stop/Start planning.
Why Inclusive Education
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A one-page primer that defines inclusive education and contrasts it with exclusion, segregation, and integration. It highlights the three core elements—Inclusive Mindsets, Inclusive Practices, and Inclusive Systems & Structures—and clarifies what inclusive education is and is not for schools.
Inclusive Education Illuminated
A family-friendly guide to inclusive education—what it is, why it improves outcomes, and how it differs from past models. Includes advocacy tips, ways to partner with schools, key terms, and checklists/resources to support your child.
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