developing a professional learning community of inclusive educators reform proposal by khriesenuo...
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Developing a Professional Learning
Community of Inclusive Educators
Reform proposal by Khriesenuo Solo, DIET (SCERT), Nagaland
Context and Rationale
The National Curriculum Framework for School Education (NCFSE) (2000), recommended inclusive schools for all without specific reference to pupils with Special Education Needs (SEN)
Learners with special needs should be educated along with other learners in inclusive schools, which are cost effective and have sound pedagogical practices (NCERT, 2000).
Nagaland inclusive school- Pilot project• Government Primary School, Lerie chosen as the pilot
school- 4 teachers and 4 students
• Providing instruction that meets the needs of all through Response to Intervention Method (RTI)
• Establishing Professional Learning Community in the pilot school
Response to Intervention (RTI)
A general educational process of instruction, assessment, and intervention .
Increases student success and decrease the number of students identified with specific learning disabilities in need of special education.
Uses a collaborative approach by school staff for development, implementation, and monitoring .
Involves continuous monitoring of student progress and follow up during the interventions.
Professional Learning Community (PLC) Will be formed for the pilot school four teachers along with
the implementation team.
Pilot teachers meeting in their PLC’s once a week .
Experts from the implementation team will meet these teachers once a month.
Goal
The ultimate goal of my reform proposal is to train teachers for inclusive education to obtain better learning outcomes for children.
Objectives
Sensitizing and educating teachers .
To orient and train the teachers on RTI and PLC.
Enabling teachers to adjust instruction to meet children educational needs as a result of screening and progress monitoring.
Identifying children with specific learning disabilities in need of special education.
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Implementation activity Resources (Funding/ Material)
Timeline
1. Joining organizations, meeting with Comm.&Secy,SCERT &School Education.
N.A Jan 1st-2nd week
2. Implementation team setup N.A Jan 3rd week3. Meeting with implementation team & pilot
teachersMeeting expenditure
Jan 4th week
4. Adopt G. P. S Lerie, Kohima (Inclusive school) as the pilot school.
N.A Feb 1st week
5. Capacity building: Pre training and post training tests
Training funds (SSA/ SCERT)
Feb 2nd week
6. Tier 1 tests N.A Feb 3rd week7. Meeting the 4 teachers along with the
implementation team to discuss the case of the 4 students
Meeting expenditure
Feb 3rd week
8. The 4 teachers are asked to focus on 1 child each.
N.A Feb 4th week
9. Monitoring of students for more intensive instruction and support in Tier II.
N.A Feb - March
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10. PLC meeting once a week- 4 teachers N.A March , April, May
11. Tier II students identified and intervention begins
N.A March, April, May
12. 1st Meeting with parents
N.A March
13. PLC- Implementation team and 4 pilot teachers once a month
Meeting expenditure
March, April,May
14. Tier III identification
N.A April
15. Tier III intervention
Fee for experts April, May
16. 2nd meeting with parents
N.A May
17. Review and further planning
Meeting expenditure
May
18. Evaluation of pilot project
N.A May-June
19. Report writing
N.A June
Evaluation
Evaluation will be carried out at three levels:
1. Pilot school teachers
2. Student evaluation.
3. Pilot project evaluation
Tools:
Journal
Questionnaires
Interviews
Potential benefits
Sensitization and awareness on Inclusive education
Formation of Professional Learning Community (PLC) of inclusive educators.
Support group for parents and community.
Teacher training.
RTI approach eliminates a “wait to fail” situation .
THANK YOU