Inclusive Opportunities at the Kilmer K-8

In any moment of decision, the best thing you can do is the right thing, the next best thing is the wrong thing, and the worst thing you can do is nothing.Theodore Roosevelt

Inclusion Planning Committee Process

O Analyzed the current programmingO Benefits/Questions, Concerns and

FearsO Visited the Roosevelt Inclusion

Classrooms with more programs scheduled in Jan

O Spoke to the Superintendent, Special Ed Dept and Inclusion Planning Team (district level)

Analyzed the current programming

Current program= full class size with 6 students with X3(Inclusion) level of support1 dual certified teacher and 1-2 para-professionals---------------------------------------------------------------------------ONot sustainableOMore specialized services required (paperwork +)OToo many students in a classroom in total given the facilitiesOChallenge to meet the needs of the students at or above grade level

Benefits Questions/Concerns/Fears

Inclusive Community Will we lose focus on other students?

Acceptance, Empathy and Respect

Quality of staff

Meeting needs of all Learners

What does ABA and behavior look like in a classroom?

Universal Design Co-planning time Civil Rights Safety PlanningSocial Justice Safe SpacesLegality Staff Climate

Common Space Parent Support

District OutlookO Superintendent CabinetO Inclusion Planning Meetings O Projections for districtO Principal leaders

O ALL CONFIRM THAT EXPANDING INCLUSIVE OPPORTUNITIES IS THE VISION OF THE DISTRICT and is UNAVOIDABLE due to projections and legal ramifactions in addition to social justice and ethics

OUTCOMESO Can we justify that on this trajectory

(with a single strand of inclusion) eventually one half of entire school will be in a program that was deemed inadequate by our staff

O Does the list of benefits outweigh the concerns? Can we ignore that this is an issue of social justice?

O Do we want to have a say in our programming?

In any moment of decision, the best thing you can do is the right thing, the next best thing is the wrong thing, and the worst thing you can do is nothing.Theodore Roosevelt