inclusive learning supports branch presentation curriculum coordinator meetings 2012

Inclusive Learning Supports Branch Presentation

Curriculum Coordinator

Meetings 2012

InclusiveEducation

Supporting

student

… so student is successful!

Identifying Your Shifts Along the Inclusion Journey

June 2010 October 2012

What is your evidence of success?What are you noticing? • Shifts in attitude• Shifts in practice• Shifts in the learning environment

What are you noticing about…

attitudes practiceslearning

environments

Supporting Every Student - New web pages

Building Capacity

Resources - Learning Coaches

• Inclusive Education – Support for Implementation http://www.inclusiveeducationpdresources.ca/learning-coaches/

• Wiki – Strengthening Inclusive and Instructional Practices http://erlc.wikispaces.com/Strengthening+Inclusive+and+Instructional+Practices

• ATA Article – The Doors of the Classrooms are Open Wide http://www.teachers.ab.ca/Publications/ATA%20Magazine/Volume%2092/Number-3/Pages/The-doors-of-classrooms.aspx

• Online Collaborative Spaceshttp://reachingallstudents.ning.com/

Supporting Students with Significant Disabilities

Building School Capacity

Literacy for All• Communities of Practice

Year 1 • Piloted the resources:

– MEville to Weville– Children with Disabilities: Reading and Writing the Four-Blocks Way

Year 2 • Exploring the philosophy and the activities from The Daily Five: Fostering

literacy independence in the elementary grades (by Gail Boushey and Joan Moser) can be adapted for students with significant disabilities

• Wiki http://abliteracyforall.wikispaces.com/About+the+Project

Numeracy for All

• One-year pilot project for Grades 1 to 6• Teachers using Equals Math resource• Online community of practice and face-to-face learning

Supporting Students with Low Incidence Disabilities

Supports for students who are deaf or hard of hearing

• Educators Tool Kit – Minerva Deaf Research Lab http://mdrltoolkit.ualberta.ca/

Supports for students who are blind or visually/impaired

• Vision Education Alberta – www.vision.alberta.ca • Braille and More- Alternate Format Materials (locally authorized resources)

Exploring Emerging Technologies

• iPads What are we Learning? http://education.alberta.ca/media/6684652/ipad

%20report%20-%20final%20version%202012-03-20.pdf

• One to One Mobile Tablet Project (Year Two) http://1-2-1mobiletabletprojectyear2.wikispaces.com

Inclusive Education Planning Tool Pilot • Digital resource to inform teacher planning• Available in French and English• Teachers gather and organize student information to create learner

profiles and classroom summaries• Focus on how learner profiles and a strength-based approach can

support students and teachers • Focus is Grades 1 to 9• 49 school authorities (over 150 schools participating)• Future implementation plan – make resource available to all teachers

through LearnAlberta.ca - 2013

For more information: Catherine.Walker@gov.ab.ca

Lise.Belzile@gov.ab.ca

Inclusive Education Library

www.learnalberta.ca/content/ieptLibrary/index.html

Collaborative Practices & Partnerships • New resources

-Collaborative Practices Information Bank

-Train-the-trainer

• https://ideas.education.alberta.ca/hsc/current-projects/collaborative-practices/knowledge-mobilization.aspx

For further information:Cross Ministry Services Branch (780) 422- 6538

High School Completion

• Information to support parents, caregivers and students in keeping kids in school

• Interactive web page that includes social media tools, blogs, feature videos and parent resources

http://ideas.education.alberta.ca/hsc/

Funding

• Questions about the funding are best addressed to your secretary treasurer. Staff from Strategic Financial Services are holding meetings throughout the fall with ASBOA and CASS to discuss the new inclusive education grant.

• In Budget 2012, $6.8 billion in funding was provided to school jurisdictions for inclusive education. This funding will support school jurisdictions with ensuring that there are a number of different kinds of supports and services available to any student who needs help to learn. Jurisdictions determine what these are.

Contact Us

Phone: (780) 422-6326 or Toll Free 310-0000

Email: inclusivelearningsupports@gov.ab.ca