Curriculum & Instruction, VUSD 10.24.12

Special Education Task Force Talking Points 2012-13

Information Item: Special Education Task Force Talking Points

Date: February 6, 2013

Talking Points:

1. The Special Education Task Force met for the sixth time on February 6, 2013.

2. The ultimate instructional program delivery model should include some flexibility at the site

level while creating coherence across the district that provides for the full continuum of

services for all of our students.

3. The ultimate model of instructional program delivery should work in concert with the

collaboration and professional development already in place in the district.

4. Maximizing integration of students with special needs into general education environments will

have the best opportunity to develop collaboration between general education teachers

and special education teachers. The implementation of the VUSD RtI Guide will promote

collaboration.

5. Keeping parents informed about the benefits of a new instructional program delivery model

for special education will ensure a successful implementation.

6. The next Special Education Task Force meeting will take place on February 27, 2013.