Inclusion

Administrative Reflective Practice: Plan of Action Timeline

By natque82@gmail.com

  • Current inclusion rate 55%

    The current special education inclusion rate at the school is 55%

  • Introduction to Inclusion

    1. Survey faculty on what they know and how they feel about inclusion. 2. Review school data regarding inclusion rates.
    2. Provide information on inclusion. 4. Describe what inclusion looks like when successfully implemented. 5. Emphasize the shared ownership of ALL students. 6. Explain school improvement plan to increase inclusion rate. 7. Get all teachers on board. 8. Inclusion IS A GOOD THING!

  • Form a Team

    Form a Team
    1. Include at least one member from each grade level
    2. Combination of General Education and ESE teachers
    3. Team will take part in examining service delivery model, analyzing data, soliciting faculty suggestions (guided themes), engaging faculty to promote inclusion implementation, and problem-solving challenges and barriers that may arise.

  • Examine the Current Service Delivery Model

    Examine the Current Service Delivery Model
    (4 week span)
    1. Create an LRE continuum that includes the number and percentage of students with disabilities attending our school that are served across the points of the continuum.
    2. Review current student placement to determine if they are in the LRE.
    3. Determine if these students can transition into GenEd with supports.

    4. Decide what resources are needed for them to be successful.

  • Analyze Data

    Analyze Data
    (2 week span)
    1. Review the data collected to determine the number/percentage of students that will be transitioned into inclusion.

    2. Determine placement.
    3. Schedule time for IEP meetings to be held to discuss the transition into inclusion.

  • Develop an Implementation Plan

    Develop an Implementation Plan
    1. With the team, discuss ideas to implement the transition to inclusion (by grade level, class, etc.).
    2. Determine what is needed per grade level to implement inclusion transition.
    3. Discuss faculty concerns and suggestions
    4. Discuss/determine how will these concerns be addressed.

  • Preparing Faculty

    Preparing Faculty
    1. Report the results of the data analysis
    2. Meet with grade levels to determine the levels of support and additional resources that will be necessary for transition.
    3. Promote positive position of inclusive educational practice for all students.
    4. Assign staff into teams based on grade level (general education, ESE teachers, paras, etc.)
    5. Create a schedule for mutual collaborative planning time per grade level.
    6. Address faculty concerns.

  • Develop a School Wide Behavior Management Plan

    Develop a School Wide Behavior Management Plan
    Develop and share a school wide behavior management plan that will include all students.

  • Inclusive Practices Professional Development for Faculty

    Inclusive Practices Professional Development for Faculty
    Provide meaningful professional development opportunities for faculty to gain a deeper understanding of inclusive practices and why they are so important.

  • Begin Transition to Inclusion (Phase 1)

    Begin Transition to Inclusion (Phase 1)
    **This step depends on the plan developed with the team.
    1. Schedule IEP meetings by grade level
    2. Ensure that faculty members that will be servicing students participate in the IEP meeting.
    3. Promote the positive position of inclusion to the parents and students.

  • Monitor Effectiveness of Implementation

    (Ongoing)
    1. Monitor the transition process and determine where adjustments need to be made.

    2. Provide teachers with feedback and create a list of topics/areas of need that will be addressed in future professional development sessions.

  • Create New Student Schedules

    Create New Student Schedules
    With the team:
    1. Create revised student schedules to align to the general education schedule.
    2. Determine when related services will be administered (speech, PT, OT)
    3. Revise para/support staff schedules to ensure student supervision and duty free lunch breaks.
    4. Revise student ISIS placement coding.

  • Transition to Inclusion (Phase 2)

    Students will start the year in the general education setting.
    Adjustments will be made as needed.

  • Faculty/Staff Professional Development and Meeting

    Faculty/Staff Professional Development and Meeting
    1. Meet with team and faculty/staff to discuss the transition process.
    2. Address any issues/successes that have occurred
    3. Determine areas of need to to be addressed through future professional development

  • Analyze Current Data

    1. Analyze post-transition data.
    2. Determine the number/percentage of students currently serviced in the general education setting.

  • Collaborative Teaching Practice Professional Developement

    Collaborative Teaching Practice Professional Developement
    Provide faculty with meaningful professional development to learn the best practices in collaborative teaching.

  • Fall 2020 Inclusion Rate (Goal) 80%

    By Fall 2020, our school will have an 80% inclusion rate.