LASIG 2

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LASIG 2

• Rapides Parish

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GRETCHEN GOODMAN Response to Intervention

• Gretchen Goodman came to our district
• on April 7, 2008 and delivered a presentation on
  response to intervention.
• She gave an excellent presentation and helped
  those in attendance gain a better understanding
  of the process.

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Rita Pierson The Framework for Understanding
Poverty

• Dr. Rita Pierson came to Rapides
• Parish on May 14, 2008.
• She captivated the audience and
• raised awareness about how living in poverty can
  profoundly affect a persons life.

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Grading Task Force

• A task force was assembled to address grading for
  students with disabilities.
• As a result of the meetings, a statement was
  added to our Pupil Progression Policy which
  addresses grading for students with IEPs.
• An intervention worksheet was also developed to
  help students who may have failing grades at the
  midpoint of the grading period.

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PBS

• LASIG supported PBS by paying stipends to teams
  of teachers from each school that attended the
  universal training.
• LASIG also supported PBS by paying an honorarium
  to PBS facilitators assigned to each school.
  (This really helped give PBS momentum in our
  district!!)

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After-school workshops

• LASIG provided funding for district-level
  personnel to present after-school workshops on a
  variety of topics including RTI, behavior
  management, and accommodations and modifications.

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LASIG 2 DRAGNET

• DRAGNET is our special education induction
  program that helps support our new uncertified
  special ed teachers.
• Four workshops were held on Saturdays throughout
  the year.
• LASIG helped provide participating teachers with
  high quality professional development materials
  and stipends.

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• SUMMER ACTIVITIES 2008

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Co-teaching Workshop

• Co-teaching workshop
• We are so excited to have our very own LASIG
  Liaison, Toni Bennett, to deliver a presentation
  on co-teaching.
• We are requiring that regular ed and special ed
  teachers attend the workshop together so that
  they can leave with a plan of action.

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Discipline Data

• Discipline Disaggregation
• LaSIG has helped to support our efforts to
  disaggregate our district discipline data.
• So far, our data indicates that we have made
  notable improvements in both suspensions and
  expulsions.

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DATA DISAGGREGATION

• LASIG has supported the efforts of two of our
  special education facilitators to disaggregate
  data for special education students in our
  district and create binders for each . During the
  month of June, we will be holding meetings with
  teams from each school to go over the special ed
  assessment results.

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ED Institute

• We are in the process of redesigning the way in
  which we provide services to students with
  emotional and behavioral disturbances. We will be
  holding a two-day ED Institute this summer to
  work with teachers to find ways to increase
  inclusive practices and improve academic outcomes
  for these students.

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Active Parenting

• A group of thirteen people were trained in the
  research-based parenting program called Active
  Parenting.
• Four of those continued on to complete an
  intensive training of trainer certification.
• We plan to use this program to sponsor parenting
  groups in targeted schools. The meetings will be
  held at neighborhood sites that are convenient
  and comfortable for the parents.

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Other Summer Workshops

• LASIG has enabled our district to take advantage
  of summer hours to offer workshops on the
  following topics
• Universal Design for Learning (UDL)
• DIBELS Intervention Strategies
• Paraprofessional Institute
• Literacy Workgroups for Students with Significant
  Disabilities
• Co-teaching
• ED Institute

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THANKS TO LASIG!!!!

• Thanks to all who have helped us with LaSIG!!
• Our district has benefited tremendously because
  of LASIG.

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• If you would like more information about Rapides
  Parish district LASIG initiatives, you may
  contact Debbie Morrison at morrisond_at_rapides.k12.l
  a.us or Susan Dewees at deweess_at_rapides.k12.la.us.
  You may also call [phone].