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Office of Child Development & Early Learning Maximizing Academic Access, Expectations, and Learning
Parents & Professionals The Statewide Parent Network
Office of Child Development & Early Learning Maximizing Academic Access, Expectations, and Learning
Why Networking • Please take a moment to consider: – A colleague, parent, friend, teacher that • Makes a difference • Helps you navigate • Answers your questions
• We will revisit this throughout the day
Office of Child Development & Early Learning Maximizing Academic Access, Expectations, and Learning
Welcome
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ORANGE BLUE BLACK PINK
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PURPLE GREEN RED BLUE
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State the Colors YELLOW
PURPLE
RED
YELLOW
PINK
BLUE
BLUE
RED
GREEN
BLACK
RED
YELLOW
BLUE
BLACK
ORANGE
PURPLE
GREEN
PINK
PINK
BLUE
Office of Child Development & Early Learning Maximizing Academic Access, Expectations, and Learning
Agenda • • • • •
Overview Project MAX The building of the Network Next Steps P2G Taking Action
Office of Child Development & Early Learning Maximizing Academic Access, Expectations, and Learning
Overview: Project MAX • Access to the General Education Curriculum – Presume Competence – High Expectations – Regardless of placement
• SPDG grant concluding 5 year period • Parent Component • Higher Education Component
Office of Child Development & Early Learning Maximizing Academic Access, Expectations, and Learning
Take out a piece of paper • • • •
Write down what stands out What words impact with you What feelings you have What questions you have
Office of Child Development & Early Learning Maximizing Academic Access, Expectations, and Learning
Video
Office of Child Development & Early Learning Maximizing Academic Access, Expectations, and Learning
Discussion Activity What stood out to you? What words were impactful? Any feelings? Any other thoughts or questions?
Office of Child Development & Early Learning Maximizing Academic Access, Expectations, and Learning
Statewide Parent Network • • • •
Who we are What we believe How we formed Where we are going
Office of Child Development & Early Learning Maximizing Academic Access, Expectations, and Learning CURRENT STATEWIDE PARENT NETWORK 392 Parent ‘Network Members’ (shows interest in and/or participates in any network activities)
Office of Child Development & Early Learning Maximizing Academic Access, Expectations, and Learning Statewide Parent Network by Language MAX Statewide Parent Network Spanish Speaking October 13, 2017
Language
Members
Spanish
42
English & Other
350 392 Statewide Parent Network Members
11%
89%
Office of Child Development & Early Learning Maximizing Academic Access, Expectations, and Learning
Network Members by County
Office of Child Development & Early Learning Maximizing Academic Access, Expectations, and Learning
An argument for access… Don’t all students have the right to learn about the world around them and find their place in it? I have seen remarkable things happen once we started exposing our students to general education curriculum – better communication, interest in the world around them, more acceptance by peers, and participation in the general education program. --Pritchard, 2014
Office of Child Development & Early Learning Maximizing Academic Access, Expectations, and Learning
Access to General Curriculum for All Ensuring access to the general curriculum means providing students with disabilities the right to the same State, district, and school curriculum as that provided to students without disabilities.
Office of Child Development & Early Learning Maximizing Academic Access, Expectations, and Learning
Changing the questions Does this student need...
• Access to grade level content? • Vocabulary to talk about academic content? • Literacy and Math instruction?
How CAN we… • Provide access? • Hold high expectations for learning? • Support communication for learning academics? • Eliminate barriers to learning literacy and math?
Office of Child Development & Early Learning Maximizing Academic Access, Expectations, and Learning
Presuming Competence • What do you think of when you hear this phrase?
Office of Child Development & Early Learning Maximizing Academic Access, Expectations, and Learning
Presuming Competence • Is the first step in fostering high expectations for students with disabilities. • One looks at an individual as a person that CAN do something rather than a person that cannot do something. • Is a recognition that all students have the right to learn rigorous academic content in order to support successful post-school outcomes.
Office of Child Development & Early Learning Maximizing Academic Access, Expectations, and Learning
Presuming Competence Presuming competence is the belief that ALL students are competent: – to learn age-appropriate content, – general education curriculum – aligned to grade-level standards – with good instruction and high quality supports. Students are viewed through the lens of ABILITY rather than disability.
Office of Child Development & Early Learning Maximizing Academic Access, Expectations, and Learning
https://youtu.be/h4iF-MvmkxI 2
Office of Child Development & Early Learning Maximizing Academic Access, Expectations, and Learning
Office of Child Development & Early Learning Maximizing Academic Access, Expectations, and Learning
Why Networking • How would that colleague, parent, friend, teacher respond to the tenets of Project MAX? • Would they be a person who you consider a part of your parent or work network?
Office of Child Development & Early Learning Maximizing Academic Access, Expectations, and Learning
ACCESS TO THE GENERAL EDUCATION CURRICULUM
Office of Child Development & Early Learning Maximizing Academic Access, Expectations, and Learning
General Education Curriculum According to CAST The general curriculum can be thought of as "the overall plan for instruction adopted by a school or school system. Its purpose is to guide instructional activities and provide consistency of expectations, content, methods, and outcomes." Hitchcock, Meyer, Rose, and Jackson, 2002 (www.cast.org)
Office of Child Development & Early Learning Maximizing Academic Access, Expectations, and Learning
Supplementary Aids and Services (SaS) • SaS create a system of support that enables students to learn and participate alongside typical peers, regardless of their unique instructional needs and differences. • Some examples include (but are not limited to): Co-planning for team members Modified curricular goals Furniture arrangement Social skills instruction
Office of Child Development & Early Learning Maximizing Academic Access, Expectations, and Learning
Accommodations VS Modifications Accommodations • • • • •
Modifications • Reduction of Preferential seating homework/classwork Extended time on • Modified curriculum assignments • Reducing complexity of Tests read aloud work Provides highlighted texts • Grading based on work Provides use of spell completion checker
Office of Child Development & Early Learning Maximizing Academic Access, Expectations, and Learning
COMMUNICATION
Office of Child Development & Early Learning Maximizing Academic Access, Expectations, and Learning
What we ALL communicate • Ask for what we want AND…. • Reject what we don’t want • Comment on what we see • Tell stories • Complain • Ask questions • Answer questions
Office of Child Development & Early Learning Maximizing Academic Access, Expectations, and Learning
Communication Purposes • Expressing Wants and Needs • Social Interactions • Exchanging Information
Light, J. (1996) Communication is the essence of human life: Reflections on communicative competence. AAC Augmentative and Alternative Communication, June 1997 (13), 61-70
Office of Child Development & Early Learning Maximizing Academic Access, Expectations, and Learning
Ways We Communicate Speech Sign language Writing and typing (text) Gestures Augmentative and Alternative Communication (AAC) Objects Pictures Devices
Office of Child Development & Early Learning Maximizing Academic Access, Expectations, and Learning
How do you communicate • • • • •
Without words Line up by birthday Month and Day How did we do? Turn to the person next to you and share – Successes – Challenges
Office of Child Development & Early Learning Maximizing Academic Access, Expectations, and Learning
One child’s story…meet Elle Click image to view
Office of Child Development & Early Learning Maximizing Academic Access, Expectations, and Learning
COLLABORATION
Office of Child Development & Early Learning Maximizing Academic Access, Expectations, and Learning
Collaborative Efforts • • • •
Coming to a collective point of agreement Leaving our agency hats at home Bringing our expertise Allowing for wiggle room
Office of Child Development & Early Learning Maximizing Academic Access, Expectations, and Learning
“Since it is in the best interests of our children to have a cohesive team working towards a common goal, we as parents must take a leadership role in sustaining the team atmosphere. We cannot lead a team we do not join.” – Jennifer Bollero, Esq. http://www.wrightslaw.com/advoc/articles/iep.bollero.he arts.htm#sthash.sPpevvWp.dpuf
Office of Child Development & Early Learning Maximizing Academic Access, Expectations, and Learning
Tips for Good Communication at a Meeting Focus on your goal Be respectful Manage your emotions Ask questions Avoid making people feel defensive Repeat back what others say in your own words • Say ‘thank you’ • • • • • •
Office of Child Development & Early Learning Maximizing Academic Access, Expectations, and Learning
LEADING CHANGE
Office of Child Development & Early Learning Maximizing Academic Access, Expectations, and Learning
Never doubt that a small dedicated group of people can change the world; indeed it is the only thing that ever has.
Office of Child Development & Early Learning Maximizing Academic Access, Expectations, and Learning
Key Points Focus on the goal Be respectful Begin sentences with “what” and “how” Use active and effective listening skills (“I think I hear you saying…”) • Manage emotions • Disagree without being disagreeable • Say thank you • • • •
Office of Child Development & Early Learning Maximizing Academic Access, Expectations, and Learning
Action Planning for Change Dream: Issue you are committed to what will it look like when it is fixed?
What will be different in one year? Who can you enlist to work on issue? What barriers & obstacles do you anticipate?
What will you accomplish in 3 months? What first steps will you take this week toward your goal?
Office of Child Development & Early Learning Maximizing Academic Access, Expectations, and Learning
Building the Network
Office of Child Development & Early Learning Maximizing Academic Access, Expectations, and Learning
5 Courses • Presuming Competence Having High Expectations
• Access to the General Education Curriculum Across Settings • Maximizing Communication and Learning for Your Child • Collaborating on School Teams in Ways that Make a Difference • Leading Change
Office of Child Development & Early Learning Maximizing Academic Access, Expectations, and Learning
Office of Child Development & Early Learning Maximizing Academic Access, Expectations, and Learning
P2G • • • • • •
Path to Graduation Emotional Disturbance Middle School targeted age group Check and Connect Strategic Instructional Model (SIM) Early Warning System
Office of Child Development & Early Learning Maximizing Academic Access, Expectations, and Learning
Click Here
Office of Child Development & Early Learning Maximizing Academic Access, Expectations, and Learning
Why Networking • • • •
Those colleagues who help along the way Parents, teachers, family, friends They are your network What does your network offer – Support – Guidance – Advice – Role Modeling
Office of Child Development & Early Learning Maximizing Academic Access, Expectations, and Learning
Stories • Consider sharing about that person, mentor, colleague who helped along the way
These Photo by Unknown Authors are licensed under CC BY-NC
Office of Child Development & Early Learning Maximizing Academic Access, Expectations, and Learning
Parents & Professionals The Statewide Parent Network
Office of Child Development & Early Learning Maximizing Academic Access, Expectations, and Learning
Why Networking • Please take a moment to consider: – A colleague, parent, friend, teacher that • Makes a difference • Helps you navigate • Answers your questions
• We will revisit this throughout the day
Office of Child Development & Early Learning Maximizing Academic Access, Expectations, and Learning
Welcome
These Photos by Unknown Author are licensed under CC BY-NC-ND
Office of Child Development & Early Learning Maximizing Academic Access, Expectations, and Learning
Read the Words BLUE PINK ORANGE BLUE
ORANGE BLUE BLACK PINK
YELLOW BLACK YELLOW ORANGE
RED PURPLE PINK BLACK
PURPLE GREEN RED BLUE
Office of Child Development & Early Learning Maximizing Academic Access, Expectations, and Learning
State the Colors YELLOW
PURPLE
RED
YELLOW
PINK
BLUE
BLUE
RED
GREEN
BLACK
RED
YELLOW
BLUE
BLACK
ORANGE
PURPLE
GREEN
PINK
PINK
BLUE
Office of Child Development & Early Learning Maximizing Academic Access, Expectations, and Learning
Agenda • • • • •
Overview Project MAX The building of the Network Next Steps P2G Taking Action
Office of Child Development & Early Learning Maximizing Academic Access, Expectations, and Learning
Overview: Project MAX • Access to the General Education Curriculum – Presume Competence – High Expectations – Regardless of placement
• SPDG grant concluding 5 year period • Parent Component • Higher Education Component
Office of Child Development & Early Learning Maximizing Academic Access, Expectations, and Learning
Take out a piece of paper • • • •
Write down what stands out What words impact with you What feelings you have What questions you have
Office of Child Development & Early Learning Maximizing Academic Access, Expectations, and Learning
Video
Office of Child Development & Early Learning Maximizing Academic Access, Expectations, and Learning
Discussion Activity What stood out to you? What words were impactful? Any feelings? Any other thoughts or questions?
Office of Child Development & Early Learning Maximizing Academic Access, Expectations, and Learning
Statewide Parent Network • • • •
Who we are What we believe How we formed Where we are going
Office of Child Development & Early Learning Maximizing Academic Access, Expectations, and Learning CURRENT STATEWIDE PARENT NETWORK 392 Parent ‘Network Members’ (shows interest in and/or participates in any network activities)
Office of Child Development & Early Learning Maximizing Academic Access, Expectations, and Learning Statewide Parent Network by Language MAX Statewide Parent Network Spanish Speaking October 13, 2017
Language
Members
Spanish
42
English & Other
350 392 Statewide Parent Network Members
11%
89%
Office of Child Development & Early Learning Maximizing Academic Access, Expectations, and Learning
Network Members by County
Office of Child Development & Early Learning Maximizing Academic Access, Expectations, and Learning
An argument for access… Don’t all students have the right to learn about the world around them and find their place in it? I have seen remarkable things happen once we started exposing our students to general education curriculum – better communication, interest in the world around them, more acceptance by peers, and participation in the general education program. --Pritchard, 2014
Office of Child Development & Early Learning Maximizing Academic Access, Expectations, and Learning
Access to General Curriculum for All Ensuring access to the general curriculum means providing students with disabilities the right to the same State, district, and school curriculum as that provided to students without disabilities.
Office of Child Development & Early Learning Maximizing Academic Access, Expectations, and Learning
Changing the questions Does this student need...
• Access to grade level content? • Vocabulary to talk about academic content? • Literacy and Math instruction?
How CAN we… • Provide access? • Hold high expectations for learning? • Support communication for learning academics? • Eliminate barriers to learning literacy and math?
Office of Child Development & Early Learning Maximizing Academic Access, Expectations, and Learning
Presuming Competence • What do you think of when you hear this phrase?
Office of Child Development & Early Learning Maximizing Academic Access, Expectations, and Learning
Presuming Competence • Is the first step in fostering high expectations for students with disabilities. • One looks at an individual as a person that CAN do something rather than a person that cannot do something. • Is a recognition that all students have the right to learn rigorous academic content in order to support successful post-school outcomes.
Office of Child Development & Early Learning Maximizing Academic Access, Expectations, and Learning
Presuming Competence Presuming competence is the belief that ALL students are competent: – to learn age-appropriate content, – general education curriculum – aligned to grade-level standards – with good instruction and high quality supports. Students are viewed through the lens of ABILITY rather than disability.
Office of Child Development & Early Learning Maximizing Academic Access, Expectations, and Learning
https://youtu.be/h4iF-MvmkxI 2
Office of Child Development & Early Learning Maximizing Academic Access, Expectations, and Learning
Office of Child Development & Early Learning Maximizing Academic Access, Expectations, and Learning
Why Networking • How would that colleague, parent, friend, teacher respond to the tenets of Project MAX? • Would they be a person who you consider a part of your parent or work network?
Office of Child Development & Early Learning Maximizing Academic Access, Expectations, and Learning
ACCESS TO THE GENERAL EDUCATION CURRICULUM
Office of Child Development & Early Learning Maximizing Academic Access, Expectations, and Learning
General Education Curriculum According to CAST The general curriculum can be thought of as "the overall plan for instruction adopted by a school or school system. Its purpose is to guide instructional activities and provide consistency of expectations, content, methods, and outcomes." Hitchcock, Meyer, Rose, and Jackson, 2002 (www.cast.org)
Office of Child Development & Early Learning Maximizing Academic Access, Expectations, and Learning
Supplementary Aids and Services (SaS) • SaS create a system of support that enables students to learn and participate alongside typical peers, regardless of their unique instructional needs and differences. • Some examples include (but are not limited to): Co-planning for team members Modified curricular goals Furniture arrangement Social skills instruction
Office of Child Development & Early Learning Maximizing Academic Access, Expectations, and Learning
Accommodations VS Modifications Accommodations • • • • •
Modifications • Reduction of Preferential seating homework/classwork Extended time on • Modified curriculum assignments • Reducing complexity of Tests read aloud work Provides highlighted texts • Grading based on work Provides use of spell completion checker
Office of Child Development & Early Learning Maximizing Academic Access, Expectations, and Learning
COMMUNICATION
Office of Child Development & Early Learning Maximizing Academic Access, Expectations, and Learning
What we ALL communicate • Ask for what we want AND…. • Reject what we don’t want • Comment on what we see • Tell stories • Complain • Ask questions • Answer questions
Office of Child Development & Early Learning Maximizing Academic Access, Expectations, and Learning
Communication Purposes • Expressing Wants and Needs • Social Interactions • Exchanging Information
Light, J. (1996) Communication is the essence of human life: Reflections on communicative competence. AAC Augmentative and Alternative Communication, June 1997 (13), 61-70
Office of Child Development & Early Learning Maximizing Academic Access, Expectations, and Learning
Ways We Communicate Speech Sign language Writing and typing (text) Gestures Augmentative and Alternative Communication (AAC) Objects Pictures Devices
Office of Child Development & Early Learning Maximizing Academic Access, Expectations, and Learning
How do you communicate • • • • •
Without words Line up by birthday Month and Day How did we do? Turn to the person next to you and share – Successes – Challenges
Office of Child Development & Early Learning Maximizing Academic Access, Expectations, and Learning
One child’s story…meet Elle Click image to view
Office of Child Development & Early Learning Maximizing Academic Access, Expectations, and Learning
COLLABORATION
Office of Child Development & Early Learning Maximizing Academic Access, Expectations, and Learning
Collaborative Efforts • • • •
Coming to a collective point of agreement Leaving our agency hats at home Bringing our expertise Allowing for wiggle room
Office of Child Development & Early Learning Maximizing Academic Access, Expectations, and Learning
“Since it is in the best interests of our children to have a cohesive team working towards a common goal, we as parents must take a leadership role in sustaining the team atmosphere. We cannot lead a team we do not join.” – Jennifer Bollero, Esq. http://www.wrightslaw.com/advoc/articles/iep.bollero.he arts.htm#sthash.sPpevvWp.dpuf
Office of Child Development & Early Learning Maximizing Academic Access, Expectations, and Learning
Tips for Good Communication at a Meeting Focus on your goal Be respectful Manage your emotions Ask questions Avoid making people feel defensive Repeat back what others say in your own words • Say ‘thank you’ • • • • • •
Office of Child Development & Early Learning Maximizing Academic Access, Expectations, and Learning
LEADING CHANGE
Office of Child Development & Early Learning Maximizing Academic Access, Expectations, and Learning
Never doubt that a small dedicated group of people can change the world; indeed it is the only thing that ever has.
Office of Child Development & Early Learning Maximizing Academic Access, Expectations, and Learning
Key Points Focus on the goal Be respectful Begin sentences with “what” and “how” Use active and effective listening skills (“I think I hear you saying…”) • Manage emotions • Disagree without being disagreeable • Say thank you • • • •
Office of Child Development & Early Learning Maximizing Academic Access, Expectations, and Learning
Action Planning for Change Dream: Issue you are committed to what will it look like when it is fixed?
What will be different in one year? Who can you enlist to work on issue? What barriers & obstacles do you anticipate?
What will you accomplish in 3 months? What first steps will you take this week toward your goal?
Office of Child Development & Early Learning Maximizing Academic Access, Expectations, and Learning
Building the Network
Office of Child Development & Early Learning Maximizing Academic Access, Expectations, and Learning
5 Courses • Presuming Competence Having High Expectations
• Access to the General Education Curriculum Across Settings • Maximizing Communication and Learning for Your Child • Collaborating on School Teams in Ways that Make a Difference • Leading Change
Office of Child Development & Early Learning Maximizing Academic Access, Expectations, and Learning
Office of Child Development & Early Learning Maximizing Academic Access, Expectations, and Learning
P2G • • • • • •
Path to Graduation Emotional Disturbance Middle School targeted age group Check and Connect Strategic Instructional Model (SIM) Early Warning System
Office of Child Development & Early Learning Maximizing Academic Access, Expectations, and Learning
Click Here
Office of Child Development & Early Learning Maximizing Academic Access, Expectations, and Learning
Why Networking • • • •
Those colleagues who help along the way Parents, teachers, family, friends They are your network What does your network offer – Support – Guidance – Advice – Role Modeling
Office of Child Development & Early Learning Maximizing Academic Access, Expectations, and Learning
Stories • Consider sharing about that person, mentor, colleague who helped along the way
These Photo by Unknown Authors are licensed under CC BY-NC
Office of Child Development & Early Learning Maximizing Academic Access, Expectations, and Learning
