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PROJECT SELF

PROJECT SELF. S ystemized E mpowerment for L ifetime F unctioning. Project SELF. Participating Districts Antwerp Local Schools Lincolnview Local Schools Wayne Trace Local Schools. What is Project SELF?.

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PROJECT SELF

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  1. PROJECT SELF Systemized Empowerment for Lifetime Functioning

  2. Project SELF • Participating Districts • Antwerp Local Schools • Lincolnview Local Schools • Wayne Trace Local Schools

  3. What is Project SELF? • State ACCESS Grant to address the general topic of transitionof IEP students from school to work with an emphasis on self-advocacy skills and assistive technology. • Involves the process of regular education teachers working collaboratively with special education teachers to provide a cadre of services for students transitioning from school to work.

  4. Components of Project SELF • 1-2 PEERS Teams per district consisting of 4-8 people per group • Attend Kick-Off in October • Participate in PEERS • Attend optional workshops as related to PEERS topic • Collect Data for grant Evaluation • Attend Wrap-Up in April

  5. Time Frame • October: Kick-Off Meeting • October through April: PEERS • April: Wrap-up Meeting and Submit Data • May 31, 2005: final date for all materials to be submitted

  6. What’s in it for me? • PEERS Stipend • $400 per facilitator • $200 per team member • Funding available for resources and materials to support PEERS topics • Funding available for classroom materials • Release time for Kick-Off Meeting, Wrap-up Meeting, and optional workshops • College Credit available through Ashland University

  7. What is PEERS? • PEERS consists of: • Team of 4-8 educators • Focus on a self-selected topic of study • For a total of 15 hours • 9 hours of team meetings • 6 hours of peer coaching • Team meetings will be scheduled by the team facilitator to meet the needs of the team members • Stipends and college credit available for participants

  8. Why PEERS? • PEERS is a high quality professional development that is job-embedded and research based. It meets the standards of High Quality Professional Development as defined by the Ohio Governor’s Commission on Teaching Success as supported by ASCD and NSDC.

  9. Possible Topics • Transition from School to Work • Assistive Technology • Self-Advocacy Strategies • Differentiated Instruction • Wilson Reading • Accelerated Reader • Advisor/Advisee Program

  10. Contact Information • “Sign me up!!!” • Teisha Dafoe, PEERS Coordinator • Special Education Directors • Barb Snider • Chris Feichter • Karla Treece • Curriculum Directors • Carol Lewis • Chris Feichter

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