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March 17, 2014. Special Education Comprehensive Plan 2014 - 2017. Program Highlights. Currently, 493 students identified with a disability (13.2% of total student population) Current staffing: 26 Teachers 66 Para-educators 4 Speech Pathologists 3.4 School Psychologists
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March 17, 2014 Special Education Comprehensive Plan 2014 - 2017
Program Highlights • Currently, 493 students identified with a disability (13.2% of total student population) • Current staffing: • 26 Teachers • 66 Para-educators • 4 Speech Pathologists • 3.4 School Psychologists • 2.5 Secretarial Staff • 1 Special Education Consultant • 1 Director of Pupil Services
Program Highlights (Cont’d) • Strengths: • Offer a large continuum of supports in-house to maintain Least Restrictive Environment (LRE) • Communication between school and home • Utilization of Response to Instruction and Intervention (RtII) at the elementary level • Utilization of the Educational Benefit Review process (EBR) to ensure the delivery of a Free and Appropriate Public Education (FAPE) • Professional development and training that focuses on current needs of the program
Program Highlights (Cont’d) • Focus Areas • Increasing the graduation rate of students with disabilities • Decrease the number of students with disabilities being removed for disciplinary reasons (disproportionate) • Provide staff development and develop practices to ensure that students with disabilities are being educated in the Least Restrictive Environment (LRE) possible
Professional Development • Topics include: • Autism (Awareness, identification, teaching methodologies, supports and modifications) • Behavioral Support (Identification, providing positive behavioral supports (proactive), delivering appropriate consequences (reactive)) • Paraprofessional (supplementary aids and services, training and development, avoidance of interdependence) • Transition (Post-school focus early, training for parents and staff) • Reading (Matching student need to interventions, focus on teaching methodologies, data to inform instruction)
Next Steps • With board approval, publicize the proposed plan for 30 days (Website, library, central) • After required 30 day review, present the plan and any changes for final board approval (currently slated for April 28th) • Submit to the state by required May 1st deadline