presuming competence for all students, parents and staff
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Presuming Competence for all students, parents and staff. Think outside the box!. 1 Thing you and your staff will try with ALL STUDENTS in the general education setting. The 7 Tenets of Successful Inclusive Schools. Paula Kluth, Ph.D. [email protected] www.paulakluth.com & - PowerPoint PPT PresentationTRANSCRIPT
Presuming Competence
for all students, parents and
staff
Think outside the box!
1 Thing you and your staff will try
with ALL STUDENTS in the general
education setting.
The 7 Tenets of Successful Inclusive Schools
Paula Kluth, Ph.D. [email protected]
www.paulakluth.com
&HCPSS-DSE
2010
Seeing Inclusion as a PROCESS
(Placement is the most extreme “adaptation”!)
•Over, under, around or through
•Find a way– or make a way!
Burning the Chair!:Encouraging Independence &
Avoiding Toxic Support
•Natural supports•Support the classroom & student success
Remembering: “Only as Special as Necessary!”
•Remember the “3
Bears Rule” (not too much…not too little…just right)
•Resist the urge to act (observe…wait)
•Resist the urge to add
Question EVERYTHING!
•Question language, structures, routines, activities, norms, environment, materials
•Even things that are going well!
When was the last time you thought
of your students as general education
students 1st?
Presuming Competence (Act As If) &
Making the Least Dangerous Assumption
Belief causes the actual fact.William James
Presuming Competence (Act As If) & Making the Least Dangerous
Assumption
Think of one student.
What do you see them doing
after they exit from HCPSS.
Presuming Competence (Act As If) & Making the Least Dangerous
Assumption
What are some things
you and your staff can put in
place this year to
presume competence?
•How do we contribute to the teaching & learning of all?•Staff without borders
Practicing Radical & Relentless Role
Sharing
•What do we expect any of our students to get from an academic education (e.g., form interests, get career ideas, have fun, make friends)? •What do we expect students with disabilities to get?
Providing Academic Challenge to All
Question the “Cooking Curriculum”
(Focus on Functional Skills)
• Functional skills should be practiced alongside academic ones (e.g., learn to make change at the school store)
• Always ask, “At what cost?”
Question the “Color Curriculum”(Focus on Developmental
Milestones)
• Beware of the “12 years of color identification”
• What beliefs are at the heart of this curriculum?
If you MUST teach color I.D.
Mercury by AshleyMercury is the closest planet to the sun and the eighth largest. Do you like
Mercury? Mercury is grey.
If you MUST teach sequencing
Rosa Parks sits in the front of the bus, 1955
Bus Boycott, 1955
March on Washington, 1963
How would you provide instruction in the general education setting
with given IEP goal and curriculum objective.
Presuming Competence for ALL
Learners, Parents and Staff
What is your goal for this year?