Building Our Own Railroad Tracks

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Framework for Effective Special Education
Services
Ruth Lilly Coordinator for Special Education
Sara Newton Learning Specialist for Curriculum
Instruction
Horry County Schools
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Framework for Effective Special Education Services

• Participants will
• become familiar with the strategic planning
  process undertaken by Horry County Schools to
  address accelerating the learning of students
  with disabilities
• understand the 4 target areas of the Framework
• become knowledgeable about the materials being
  used by Horry County Schools as strategic and
  intensive interventions in the areas of
  Reading/ELA and Math at the Elementary, Middle
  and High School levels.

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Student Performance

• MAP testing
• PACT
• HSAP
• DRA

Grace
238
Norm
209
Daniel
189
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How Do We Get All Students There?
We chart the course with new tools, a way to
measure longitude.
HSAP
Kindergarten
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Mapping Our Way to the Standards
Using the longitudinal measures to customize
instruction
HSAP
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How Do We Get Them There?
HSAP
Advanced Instruction
Grace
On Target
Norm
Daniel
Accelerated Instruction
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PACT- ELA
12,470 students administered PACT- ELA
2,513 SWD 859 SWD
administered on grade level 1,654 SWD
administered off grade level
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PACT -- ELA Results by - SWD taking on grade
level
859
60
50
40
P
B
30
20
B B
10
A
3rd
4th
5th
6th
7th
8th
Grade
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PACT -- ELA Results by - SWD taking off grade
level
1654
60
50
B
40
P
30
20
B B
10
4th
5th
7th
6th
1st
2nd
3rd
Grade
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School-Wide Systems to Support Student Achievement
Intensive 1 7
Strategic 5-15
Levels of Intervention
Core 80-90
Adapted from Sugai and Horner
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Building Our Own Railroad Tracks

• June work group
• Design our tracks..

• What do we believe about special education
  services in HCS?
• What is our purpose of special education services
  in HCS?
• What do we see as the necessary ingredients for
  quality special education services in HCS?

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We believe special education services must

• Meet the varied needs of students with
  disabilities related to the state standards by
  setting high expectations in an appropriate
  environment.
• Be a support system to move students with
  disabilities through the general curriculum using
  research-based interventions.
• Instill within students with disabilities skills
  such as responsibility, independence and advocacy
  necessary for them to make smooth transitions
  throughout their educational career and into
  adulthood.
• Move beyond the letter-of-the-law to focus on
  the intent of the laws, regulations and policies
  that govern the education of students with
  disabilities.

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We believe special education services must

• Follow a consistent framework for
• identifying and targeting students strengths and
  weaknesses through meaningful assessment
• designing and implementing early/on-going
  interventions
• guiding instruction and
• monitoring student progress.
• Enable families of students with disabilities to
  support instruction at home.
• Foster inquisitiveness that leads to life-long
  learning.
• Embrace collaborative teaching partnerships to
  ensure that students with disabilities receive
  the quality and caliber of instruction equal to
  their non-disabled peers.

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• The mission of special education in Horry
  County Schools is to provide the highest quality
  educational services to students with
  disabilities by implementing individualized,
  research and standards-based interventions,
  instruction and assessments as we prepare them to
  become productive, responsible members of their
  community.

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Framework for Delivering Effective Special
Education Services
What elements/qualities need to be in place for
HCS to accomplish this mission?
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Framework for Delivering Effective Special
Education Services
 Prevention What should we see?

• A problem-solving process is implemented for
  analyzing students behavioral or academic
  difficulties.
• This analysis provides the foundation for a
  planned, systematic set of interventions.
• Interventions are monitored and evaluated to
  determine effectiveness.
• Resources of general, compensatory and special
  education are integrated to best meet students
  needs.
• Accurate information about student progress is
  communicated regularly.

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Framework for Delivering Effective Special
Education Services
 Assessment Progress Monitoring
What should we see?

• A baseline of functional data provides a profile
  of student skill, strategy and/or performance
  deficits and strengths.
• This baseline serves as the starting point for
  instruction.
• On-going data collection is used to determine
  instructional needs and monitor student progress.
  

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Framework for Delivering Effective Special
Education Services
 Instruction What should
we see?

• Collaborative teaching partnerships ensure
  students access and acquisition of information.
• Standards-based content, process and/or product
  is enhanced with research-based devices, routines
  and/or specialized strategies.
• Instructional accommodations are implemented
  across environments as needed.
• What students learn as well as how students go
  about making sense of ideas and information is
  addressed.
• Coaching, monitoring and support is available to
  facilitate the provision of consistent and
  research-based instruction.

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Framework for Delivering Effective Special
Education Services
Instructional Grouping/Planning What
should we see?

• Collaborative planning is valued and meaningful.
• Flexible, data-driven student scheduling and
  grouping is based on instructional needs.
• Parents are partners throughout the process.
• Communication facilitates the transfer of
  interventions across grade levels and schools.
• Class/group sizes facilitate student
  learning.Whole-class, small group and individual
  instruction is blended to address students
  strategy, skill and/or performance deficits.
• Procedures are consistently monitored and
  implemented.

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Framework for Delivering Effective Special
Education Services
How do we support the implementation of this
Framework?
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Framework for Delivering Effective Special
Education Services
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Framework for Delivering Effective Special
Education Services

• Learning Strategies/Teaching Routines
• (Direct Instruction, Differentiated Instruction,
  Marzano, Deshler, Payne)

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Thank You!

• Questions????