Transcript Document
Fall Regional Meeting
2014
People First Language
“People First Language puts the person before the disability and
describes what a person has, not who a person is.”
Kathie Snow. (n.d.) A few words about People First Language. Disability is Natural. Retrieved
August 1, 2012 from http://www.disabilityisnatural.com/images/PDF/pfl-sh09.pdf
Welcome!
• Project Updates
• New SPED Teacher TemplateWebinar Series
– Hard copy in your manila district folder on green
sheet
– Will receive electronic excel after the meeting
– Due to [email protected] by October 1, 2014
– Webinars @ 3:00 pm
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November 19
December 9
January 21
Mentor Districts
Mentor districts will be hosting events
throughout the year; all districts will be invited
to attend
• East Carroll
• Vermilion
• Calcasieu
• Livingston-(Oct/Nov) Professional Learning
Communities Event details in your district’s
manila folder
*Hard copy in
your folder
*Reminder to
check
www.laspdg.org
calendar
*Monthly emails
will still be sent
Webinar Wednesday Topics
Webinars
Focus Area
Topic
Date
Time
URL
Data Based
Decision
Making
Ways to Assess
Family Engagement Outcomes
10/8
10-11 am
http://connect.lsu.edu/dbdmfamily10-8-14/
Culturally
Responsive
Practices
Teaching and Learning Strategies for
Differentiated Instruction
10/15
10-11 am
http://connect.lsu.edu/crpdi10-15-14/
Inclusive
Practices
Assistive Technology: We Have the
Tools…Now What?
10/22
10-11 am
Family
Engagement
Dealing With Differences:
Addressing Diversity in Family
Engagement
10/29
10-11 am
http://connect.lsu.edu/ipattools10-22-14/
http://connect.lsu.edu/fediff10-29-14/
Each district has a set of Webinar Wednesday Flyers in their manila district folder
Reminder
• All resources
from today can
be found at
www.laspdg.org
– ABOUT USREGIONAL
MEETING
Upcoming
Opportunity
-each district has
a flyer in their
district manila
folder
District
SPDG Staff
Acadia
East Carroll
Vermilion
Melanie Lemoine
First Line
Calcasieu
Morehouse
Madison
Summer Whitmore
Union
Pointe Coupee
West Baton Rouge
East Baton Rouge
Pamdora Williams
St. Helena
Livingston
Sabine
Natchitoches
Caddo
Monica Ballay
District Report
Each district has a 2013-2014 Report that includes:
• Budget information
• LEA Quality Indicator Data
• School Quality Indicator Comparison
• Family Facilitator Activity Report
• SPP Indicator Graphs with your data
Networking/Collaboration Activity
• You will be assigned to a group
• Use the pink Network & Collaboration Activity Sheet
while in your group (in your folder)
• Introduce yourself to group
(District & Position)
• Share the following:
– What specific curriculum does your district use for Math?
– What specific curriculum does your district use for English?
– How are your students with disabilities progressing with
Math & ELA curriculum?
Toni Bennett
Inclusive Practices
Collaborative
Lunch
Toni Bennett
Inclusive Practices
Focus Area Resources
• Data-Based Decision Making
• Culturally Responsive Practices
• Family Engagement
Data Based
Decision Making
What is Visible Learning?
• 15 Years of research and synthesises over 800
meta-analyses on the influence on
achievement in school-age students.
• Largest evidence based research into what
actually works in schools to improve learning.
• Based on visible teaching and visible learning.
Effect Size (d)
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Great than 0.4 = Zone of Desired Effects
0.15 to 0.4 = Teacher Effects
0 to 0.15 = Developmental Effects
Less 0 – Reverse Effects
Visible Learning
Focus is on the contributions of 6 influences:
• Student (Ch. 4)
• Home (Ch. 5)
• School (Ch. 6)
• Teacher (Ch. 7)
• Curricula (Ch. 8)
• Teacher Approaches (Ch. 9 & 10)
“Visible Learning for Teachers”
is evidence based research to
improve learning in the
CLASSROOM.
• Links strategies to practical classroom
implementation
• Step-by-step guidance
• Ch 4: Preparing the lessons
• Ch 5: Starting the lessons
• Ch 6: The flow of the lessons – learning
• Ch 7: The flow of the lessons – feedback
• Ch 8: The end of the lesson.
Culturally
Responsive Practices
Tomlinson & Imbeau
• Create an encouraging and engaging environment
through student-centered activities, independent
learning, student contributions, and providing mobility
and flexibility in grouping.
• Modify the learning process through use of inquiry,
higher-order thinking activities, group interactions,
variable pacing, creativity and student risk-taking, and
freedom of choice in learning activities.
• Modify the product through facilitating different ways
for students to demonstrate learning, such as the use of
authentic assessments.
Family Engagement
Welcoming All Families to
Your School Community
Building Relationships with Families
The Joining Process
• Welcomes Parents to the school
• Honors their participation
• Connects with parents through a focus on the
children and their learning
Beyond the Bake Sale (Chapter 4)
Feeling welcomed motivates
families to become engaged!
Families feel welcome when:
• The “welcome mat” is out
• Family is included in the school community
• The school feels warm and friendly
• People are accessible
• Balance of big events and small events
How Welcoming is Your School ?
Resource
Budget Review
• Reimbursements should be submitted on a
quarterly basis, due on or before:
– October 3, 2014
– January 2, 2015
– April 3, 2015
– June 30, 2015
• Revisions-submitted to [email protected]
prior to Egrants
Consultants
• Documentation
– Agenda
– Sign in Sheets
– Evaluations (Knowledge and Skills)
– Submit to project staff
• If there is a change in consultants, please let
us know ASAP
As your review your budgets, consider:
• Consultants
• Topics/Focus Area
• Dates/Times/Locations
DISTRICT & SCHOOL
QUALITY INDICATOR
DATA
Culturally
Responsive
Practices
Family
Engagement
Inclusive
Practices
The School QI Process
• All School QI Data should be entered online by 11/14/14
• There is still 2 options for data entry
– Someone from the district enters all of the schools
themselves through the district contact login
– Each school will enter their own data
• This year, there is a generic database with access only to
your district’s school QI data (http://laspdg.org/sl/)
• Each district has a unique password that will be included
in the directions that are emailed to you
See example email
Changes to the District Contact Database
Complete LEA QI
• At this time, you will complete the LEA Level QI as a team
• Each of you have hard copies in your folder
• Use your ipad or laptop to input your answers
– Go to www.laspdg.org
– Online Reporting
– Log in as District Contact
– Enter email address and password
– Click on the 2nd option (Enter/Edit Data for LEA Level QI)
Please complete all 3 sections by October 3, 2014
Building Capacity
•When you leave today, what will you do with
this information?
•How will you share it with others in your
district?
•When will you share it? (Timeline)
Please complete an
evaluationSafe Travels!