Special Education Support Services

The Learner's Den

Volume II

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Columbus City Schools Student Support Services

Mrs. Alesia Gillison, Chief Academic Officer

Miss Katherine Leffler, Interim Executive Director

Dr. Keisha Fletcher-Bates, Director of Academics

Miss Jill Lausch, Director of Compliance

Mrs. Kate King, Director of Health Services

Mrs. Cheryl Ward, Director of Student & Family Engagement

Columbus City Schools Google Documents

Find a wealth of resources and forms to assist you in compliance, academics, behavior, transition plans, accommodations and interventions.

Essential IEP Materials

Find tools to assistant you in writing Individualized Education Plans (IEP). A wealth of resources on writing goals, specially designed instruction and checklists. Our goal is to provide you with accessibility 24 hours a day, 7 days a week.

ETR and IEP Support

Locate our ETR and IEP materials. Find helpful resources to understand and implement the process.

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Continue Reading and find insightful information on the STANDARDS

Columbus City Schools Clear Learning Targets
Ohio Department of Education Extended Standards

Columbus City Schools Clear Learning Targets

Clear Learning Targets are derived from Ohio’s Learning Standards including the Common Core State Standards. The documents deconstruct the complex standards into educator- and student-friendly learning targets. They drive teaching & learning in CCS.

Ohio Extended Content Standards

The Ohio Academic Content Standards – Extended (OACS-E) help to ensure that students with significant cognitive disabilities are provided with multiple ways to learn and demonstrate knowledge.

OACS-E | Welcome

OACS-E

ohextendedstandards.org

Interventions and Accommodations for Diverse Learner's

Find a list of academic interventions, behavioral interventions, relationship interventions, team builder interventions and non-verbal interventions.

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Continue reading and find helpful tools to assist you with inclusive practices

Inclusive Practices:

Universal Design for Learning
Co-Teaching
Positive Behavior Supports and Interventions

Inclusive Practices Rubric for Classroom Teachers

Utilize this guidebook from the Department of Education in Massachusetts to strengthen inclusive practices in your classroom.

Inclusive Practices - Tool's for Instructional Planning

Utilize this well developed tool from the Department of Massachusetts to assist in instructional planning and incorporating the nine power elements for inclusive practices in your lessons.

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Universal Design for Learning (UDL)

Utilize these materials and resources to assist you in the implementation of the UDL guidelines.

Strategies for Diverse Learners Using the UDL Model

This Ohio Department of Education tool provides strategies for diverse learner's using the Universal Design for Learning (UDL) Model and focuses on student's with disabilities.

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Co-Teaching

Learn the basic co-teaching framework. Utilize this rubric to help you advance through the stages of co-teaching.

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POSITIVE BEHAVIOR SUPPORTS AND INTERVENTIONS (PBIS)

Learn the PBIS framework and find behavioral resources.

Behavioral Resources

Find resources to deescalate behavior, behavior interventions and more!

Behavioral Forms

Find our Fall CPI schedule, Behavior Incident Form, Behavior Intervention Plan (BIP), Functional Behavior Plan (FBA) and our Request for Behavioral Consultation Form

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SPECIAL EDUCATION SUPPORT SERVICES NEWS & UPDATES

· Principals your building coordinator will be meeting with you to discuss inclusive practices, parallel resource rooms, class size for inclusion and professional development needs. Please schedule a meeting with your coordinator and complete the Inclusive Practices Questionnaire for Administrators. The deadline for submission is Thursday, October 22, 2015. The questionnaire is located in our Google form at http://goo.gl/forms/QidcpXml1u

· All intervention specialists district-wide will be receiving support materials in school mail the week of 10/12-10/16. The materials include IEP Smart Goals, Critical Thinking Skills and strategies in inclusive settings.

· On October 16th from 8:30 a.m. to 3:30 p.m., at Hudson Distribution Center in the Library (door three). Our Department will host a NEW Special Education Teacher Workshop. The session has been created to provide support for up to 50 new special education teachers. The session will be led by Supervisor of Special Education Support Services, Kimberly Burke. The following topics will be reviewed: Disability Awareness/Categories, IEP Anywhere, ETR (reading, understanding, and connecting to the IEP) and Behavior Management. Principal approval is required. Encourage your new special educators to attend! Interested new teachers should contact Kim Burke (kburke@columbus.k12.oh.us) for sign up information after obtaining Principal approval.

· We will be launching our video and webinar series in November and December. If any administrator, teacher and/or special education chair has suggestions on topics that we should cover please email those suggested topics to Darlene Kocher dkocher6356@columbus.k12.oh.us .

· During the next professional development days on October 16th and November 2nd each High School building principal will need to select three inclusive practices team members to participate in Universal Design for Learning (UDL) PD. This is a two day training. The PD will be held from 8:00 a.m. – 3:00 p.m. on Friday, October 16, 2015 at The Educational Service Center of Central Ohio located at 2080 Citygate Drive Columbus, OH. 43219. Please send an email with the three teacher names to Darlene Kocher at dkocher6356@columbus.k12.oh.us This is a required PD for three members of the High School inclusive practices team only. Send this information by EOB on Monday, October 12th.