Recently, a federal judge in Brooklyn issued an order that advanced a discrimination and retaliation lawsuit filed in 2015 against Success Academy, a high-achieving charter school network in New York, by former students and their parents (the plaintiffs). In the lawsuit, the plaintiffs allege that the Principal of Success Academy’s Fort Greene campus placed 16 students — some as young as 4 years old — on a “Got to Go” list because of disruptive behavior. READ MORE
The 5 most important things to do in the first month of school
If the beginning of the school year feels like you’re being pulled in 12 directions at once, then you’re not alone. Student have nervous flutters about returning to school to see their classmates, and teachers are getting back into their work routine while trying to balance all the demands of the new school year. Although it can feel overwhelming to set aside time for your own goals, it’s important for teachers to do exactly that. With all the requests coming from others, teachers have to carve out their own priorities to maximize teacher wellness and student learning. READ MORE
You are invited
We invite you to attend the CEC 2019 Special Education Convention & Expo, where a diverse group of 4,000+ educators will gather for one purpose—to improve their practice to help every student.
The CEC 2019 Special Education Convention & Expo is unique. It brings educators from every school setting to one place for four days of intense learning and professional growth. It also helps you fuel your passion and make meaningful connections while learning best practices from leading experts. We guarantee that you will leave CEC 2019 ready to make a difference upon your return home.
Make a Difference…Get Reenergized
What better place to get new ideas for making a difference, providing your input, networking with CASE leaders and other members than the CASE Fall Conference?! Our PD chair and committee have been working hard to make the 2018 CASE Fall conference one of the best ever! Now is the perfect time to register for the CASE Fall conference. This is a very tentative schedule but it shows what an amazing set of breakout sessions you will have to choose from! So why not register now so you can join us in Biloxi, Mississippi, on Nov. 8-10! Don’t forget to also make your room reservation! You can get more information from the CASE website.
Culturally Relevant for Native American Students
New Help for Native American Students: How to Rethink School Design and Culturally Relevant Classrooms for the Next Generation buff.ly/2vKn0sP. See also OSPI‘s Office of Native Education’s 1-pager on requirements and opportunities under ESSA: buff.ly/2BpfDgy from @waOSPI and @wssda
Unified Champion Schools
Take a few minutes to vote for a special panel discussion to be placed on the SXSW EDU 2019 program.
Another way to intentionally get students to have these positive interactions is to make sure your schools consider becoming a Unified Champion School! This program is an amazing opportunity to change attitudes and thought processes of the next generation! We all do so much to improve student achievement, but we also need to make a difference in the way people see and treat people with special needs. We don’t need adults in decision making positions saying, “We don’t need those people moving into our community!” Hard to believe, but it still happens! We need to intentionally work with our young people, so they will make the right decisions!
School Transformation Grant Applications
The Department of Education is issuing a notice inviting applications for fiscal year 2018 for the School Climate Transformation Grant Program — State Educational Agency Grants, Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance number 84.184F. READ MORE
Developing leadership that builds diversity, equity, inclusion is a learning process
An inclusive leader takes their best practice and inclusion mindset with them wherever they work. While we most often hear about inclusion, diversity and culture in corporations, good leadership is also found in higher education, health care and other industries.
New Teaming Resource
NCII and the Technical Assistance Center on Positive Behavioral Interventions and Supports recently released a new resource focused on teaming. Teams are a vital part of multi-tiered system of supports and special education. Despite this, many educators struggle to conceptualize the connections across various teams. This new resource discusses how DBI can be used to ensure IEP implementation and presents a table illustrating examples of teaming structures across the tiers of an MTSS framework as well as for IEP teams. View the resource.
A New Resource
“High Leverage Practices for the Inclusive Classroom.” This book offers a set of practices that are integral to the support of student learning that can be systematically taught, learned, and implemented by those entering the teaching profession and in-service teachers. This powerful, research-based resource offers twenty-two brief, focused chapters that will be fundamental to effective teaching in inclusive classrooms. Add this “must-have” book to your High-Leverage Practices (HLPs) toolkit today!
| THERE’S MORE…have you watched the new HLPs Video Series? The new video series supports teacher educators and new teachers with concrete, easy-to-access examples of HLPs in action, in real classrooms with real students. Start watching today! |
