Your Students, My Students, Our Students explores the hard truths of current special education practice and outlines five essential disruptions to the status quo. Authors Lee Ann Jung, Nancy Frey, Douglas Fisher, and Julie Kroener show you how to:
Establish a school culture that champions equity and inclusion.
Rethink the long-standing structure of least restrictive environment and the resulting service delivery.
Leverage the strengths of all educators to provide appropriate support and challenge.
Collaborate on the delivery of instruction and intervention.
Honor the aspirations of each student and plan accordingly.
Outcomes:
- Build knowledge around the Foundations of Inclusive Practices, roles and responsibilities of collaborative teams, Inclusion Framework: Belonging, Participation, and Learning, collaborative teaching, Using Active & Collaborative Structures in the Inclusive Classroom, and Creating an Inclusive School Culture
Who Should Attend: The program is designed for a partnership of a Special Education Provider with a General Educator and/or related service provider. This could expand to a Grade Level or Content/Department Team including an administrator.
Satisfactory completion requirements:
- Attendance is based on your signature in and out of the session. Failure to provide a signature in and out will result in no credit.
- Participants are expected to attend all sessions in their entirety (Parts 1-4) to earn full credit.
- Participants must complete an electronic course evaluation within two weeks of the session date to be sent a certificate.
- Accommodations, questions and complaints can be directed to: professionallearning@truenorth804.org
Cost Information: Participation fees are waived for TrueNorth employees, TrueNorth member district employees, and parents of students in our TrueNorth member districts. For individual participants who do not meet the above criteria, this course participation fee is $150.00. Participation or material fees will be billed directly to the school district that employs the participant after the session is complete or the first session in a series is complete. Individuals are asked to not bring payment to the session.
Cancellation and Refund Information: There is no cancellation fee, though we ask for advance notice to open the spot for another person. TrueNorth reserves the right to cancel any session due to low enrollment. TrueNorth does not charge prior to the start of the offered session. If an individual attends the first day of a learning series but is unable to attend the remaining sessions, the school district that employs the participant is able to designate an alternate person. It is up to the individual no longer attending the program to give their replacement the information learned in the first session.
About the Presenters: True North District Services Coaches: Tyra Jambois, Jess Boraca, Danielle Ritchey, Mary-Kelsey Coletto, and Claire Kelley
Financial Disclosure: Tyra Jambois, Jess Boraca, Danielle Ritchey, Mary-Kelsey Coletto, and Claire Kelley are employees of TrueNorth Educational Cooperative 804 and receive a salary.
Non-Financial Disclosure: Tyra Jambois, Jess Boraca, Danielle Ritchey, Mary-Kelsey Coletto, and Claire Kelley have no relevant non-financial relationships.
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*Member Districts include:
Northbrook 27, Northbrook 28, Sunset Ridge 29, Glenview/Northbrook 30, West Northfield 31, Glenview 34, Glencoe 35, Winnetka 36, Kenilworth 38, Lake Bluff 65, Lake Forest 67, Bannockburn 106, Deerfield 109, North Shore 112, Township HS 113, Lake Forest 115, New Trier 203, Glenbrook 225.
Have a question? Check out the Professional Learning FAQs or contact professionallearning@truenorth804.org.