Group L: SpEd Curriculum & Materials

Participants: Kristin Carrico, Alicia DeLashmutt, Gina Glyshaw, Kathi Goldman, & Karl Logan

PROBLEM STATEMENT: Adopted intervention curriculum and materials would allow students with diverse needs to get their needs met.  Teachers and Students moving from grade to grade and school to school would have continuity.  Professional Development could be targeted and specific.  Assessment would drive materials and technology needed.  There would be clarity among stake holders.

Recommendation 1:  Adopt intervention curriculum for use as specially designed instruction.
We are suggesting district-wide special ed. curriculum that is appropriate for Specially Designed Instruction for students at all levels and abilities.  We would also need the tiered material for those students who may be able to access the general ed. curriculum.

Working Well:

• In Our Control:
  • Assessment of core curriculum for differentiation (for some)
• Outside of Our Control:
  • Assessment of core curriculum for differentiation (for some)

Not Working Well or Does Not Exist:

• In Our Control:
  • Continue to identify gaps in the continuum and adapt intervention curricula
  • Get teacher and administrator input on where gaps are
  • Communication to stakeholders
  • Develop common vocabulary
• Outside of Our Control:
  • Identify gaps in the continuum and adopt intervention curricula
  • Get teacher and admin input on gaps
  • Continue to pilot intervention curriculum and collect data—right step, too slow
  • Assess. Of core curriculum for differentiation
  • Fidelity of implementation
  • Communication to stakeholders

Recommendation 2:  Training/Professional Development.

Working Well:

• In Our Control:
  • More opportunities for teacher to teacher observations, learning walks.
  • Collaboration among all specialists.
• Outside of Our Control:
  • n/a

Not Working Well or Does Not Exist:

• In Our Control:
  • Provide on-going training for intervention curricula.
  • Collaboration among all specialists – recommendations are slow to be implemented.
• Outside of Our Control:
  • Provide on-going training for intervention curricula.
  • Recommendations are slow to be implemented.
  • More opportunities for teacher to teacher observations, learning walks.
  • Collaboration among all specialists.

Recommendation 3:  On-going assessment of student progress and needs (in both special ed and general ed grade level - depending the student's ability).

Working Well:

• In Our Control:
  • Continue piloting of easy Curriculum-Based Measures (easy CBM).
  • Continued District Professional Development on data teams at each school.
• Outside of Our Control:
  • n/a

Not Working Well or Does Not Exist:

• In Our Control:
  • n/a
• Outside of Our Control:
  • Increase use of or develop curriculum based measures for all levels on all students.
  • Continue piloting of Easy CBM.
  • Continued district professional development on data teams at each school.