INCLUSIVE EDUCATION Newfoundland

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INCLUSIVE EDUCATION Newfoundland Labrador ACL
Policy Best Practices - Engagement Phase
Policy Best Practices - Development Phase
Disseminate special education policy news
Provincial forum on Inclusive Education
Engage w/ Dept of Education and Boards re policy
development implementation
ID and sharing of best practices at district
level
ON School Culture Initiative delivered to one
school board
Create and circulate a National Review of IE
policy
Draft and circulate policy paper on Inclusive
Education
Create Inclusive Education Working Group
Conduct regional focus groups with stakeholders
Create 4 regional partnership committees
Project activities
Who website users, CI IE networks. When
Ongoing. Actions distribute newsletters, update
website w/ policy news set up moderate topical
listserv Data newsletters, distribution,
activity on listserv (, to whom, topics posted,
discussed) - e.g, MHAs
Who NLACL, parents, educators, boards, DofE,
HRLE ( Min), Health Comm serivces, NLTA, Fac of
Ed., Educ. students, student support specialists,
Itinerants, CLO (tot. 38), When Mar. 28-29,
2007. Actions Present history of current
policy, strategies for IE, presentations. Data
description of attendees, indicators of future
engagement capacity (e.g., request), resources
distributed, forum feedback

• Who Parents educators
• When Fall-Winter 06-07
• Actions
• Presentation of past current special ed.
  policy, context, challenges.
• Discussion of experiences, current practices,
  ideal policy, gaps, strategies.
• Summary report to IE working group NLACL
  participants.
• Participants added to electronic learning
  community.
• Findings used to form policy position paper.
• Data of people, description, participant
  feedback re meetings, distribution of report,
  use of report by IE committee.

Who Comm. Liv. Ontario, 1 Lab. school
board. When Sept. 2006 Actions Deliver to one
board, present process at prov. forum Data see
ON model.
Who Reps. from Dept. of Ed., CONA, NLACL. When
Monthly meetings (sep-mar. 06-07) Actions Create
strategic workplan, guidance for focus group
methods content, forum content. Data of
meetings, attendance, meeting actions, strategic
plan.

• Who NLACL partners
• When completed (date)
• Actions
• Prepare policy paper w/ vision of IE,
  experiences in NL, recommendations
• Distribute to networks make available online
• Data of copies sent, requested, downloaded,
  etc.

Who NLACL, Min. of Ed., ADM When Upon policy
paper completion after IE forum. When
Ongoing. Actions presentation dialogue w/
minister, ADM. Link issue to FPT group. Data
record of meeting discussion, policy
opportunities, barriers, next steps.
Who IE Itinerants, selected schools When
completed (date) Actions Gather best IE
practices from 4 schools, present at forum. Data
Itinerant reports.

• Who NLACL
• When completed
• (date)
• Action
• prepare cross-canada review
• distribute _at_ Nat. IE forum, prov. forum, CACL,
  all CI projects, NB dept. of ed., IE website.

Outputs Actions (changes to resources,
practices, relation-ships)
4. Greater engagement action by decision-makers
on special education related policy
6. Increased general awareness of IE issues
2. Greater participation of other boards in ISC
orientation
1. Increased knowledge / awareness of IE
principles practice among participants
Short-term outcomes (changes knowledge,
attitudes, skills, participation, etc)
1. Increaed knowledge of FG group participants
re IE principles, policies, and practice
7. Increased participation sharing in
electronic learning community
3. Implementation of ISC expansion of Labrador
3. Sharing of information from forum to others
2. Greater engagement in IE issues practices
5. Creation revision of policies that support IE
Limit of 2007-2008 project activities
Partnership with Facutly of Eduction for revision
of Special Education Curriculum (e.g. course
development)
Partnerships with NL Teachers Associaion (e.g, to
deliver in-service training)
Partnerships with CONA, promoting supportive
services for post-secondary students.
Partner with all disability organizations to get
consensus on policy position
Potential new partnerships, training, action
IE workshops for Student Educators
Long-term outcomes
Subsequent changes to IE policy and practice
Subsequent knowledge skill-based outcomes
Inclusion is the norm in classrooms, schools, and
post-secondary education across the province
Elimination of segregation and special education
classes as the primary place of instruction for
students with disabilities
GOALS
Broad public support for inclusive education
early childhood through to post-secondary
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Initial indicators of future engagement request
for IE workshop, invit. To partner w/ fac. of ed,
NLTA, led to idea of permanency of itinerants
(then brought up in policy meeting -- see policy
box) - these can be connected to potential
outcomes.