The 2012-2013 school year is off to a great start!
There are many exciting initiatives that will allow us to better serve the needs of our students. Check them out in the September issue of The Special Edge!
Step by Step to Inclusive Schools is a systems-wide model for improving the quality and amount of time students spend in inclusive settings. Over the next three years all SFUSD schools will be training on this model.
Starting September 20th, 28 schools have signed up to participate in the first cohort. The training geared towards implementation of tiered levels of positive behavioral intervention under the professional development of Diana Browning Wright. This training will be in relationship to supporting access to the Common Core.
Training will focus on:
Rationale for integrating behavioral and academic support systems in schools
Describe six major components needed to install an effective and efficient multi-tiered behavioral support systen at the district and school level
Provide strategies for ensuring adoption, implementations and maintenance of behavioral RTI systems
Over 300 teachers in more that 60 K-5 and Early Education schools will participate in a Fountas and Pinnell Assessment Training starting September 18th.
The Training will Focus on:
How to administer the assessment
How to use the Literacy Continuum
Hot to manage the classroom to create 1:1 assessment opportunities and lesson planning
How Fountas and Pinnell connects to Treasures material
Thank you for reading this months Special Education Newsletter. If there is something you would like to submit for the next newsletter please email Sarah Ashton (ashtons@sfusd.edu).
Diana Browning Wright
