Assignment:
Prepare:
- Review the four elements of "Focused Direction" as you consider the mandates handed down by the district. Reflect on teaching and student learning and how you will involve everyone.
- Review the Case Scenario, focusing on the school's current academic progress for students with exceptionalities.
- Review Choi et al. article focusing on the school-wide implementation of inclusive practices to improve student outcomes.
Post a learning plan addressing the elements of focusing direction:
Purpose Driven:
- How will you develop a shared moral purpose and meaning focused on building relationships and getting all teachers to have a shared understanding?
- Identify the steps you will use to connect regular education teachers around the purpose.
Goals That Impact:
- Using the four-step approach to addressing the problem, outline your learning design plans to collect and monitor IEP goals and objectives.
- Clearly identify the purpose and goals for data collection and progress monitoring of IEP goals and objectives.
Clarity of Strategy:
- Identify the new collaborative plans for progress monitoring and data collection. Be sure the strategy/plans and steps are clear, specifying each member's roles and responsibilities.
Change Leadership:
- Explain how you will facilitate the change process.
Readings:
1. Improving Learning for All Students Through Equity-Based Inclusive Reform Practices: Effectiveness of a Fully Integrated Schoolwide Model on Student Reading and Math Achievement
By Jeong Hoon Choi and Jessica M. Meisenheimer
2. Focusing Direction
By Fullan, M., & Quinn, J.