1. Bridgewater-Raynham Administrative Retreat Celebration
Lisa Dieker, Ph.D. University of Central Florida
Administrative Retreat on August 4, 2016 at 9:30 AM. The retreat will be held in the Superintendent’s Conference Room at 166 Mt. Prospect Street, Bridgewater, MA.
To Do:
Make form for 1, 3 and 5 2 overarching and 7 strategies
School rating form
Google doc
Scorative
50 elementary
20 middle
14 high schools
Consider adding Jane’s forms

2. Agenda
9:30-10:00 The future!
10:00-10:30 Review/Rank 7 Effective Strategies
10:45-11:45 What are your next 1, 3 and 5 year goals
11:45-12:00 Q&A: What more do you need from me?

3. Innovation
Open to new ideas?
Youtube video

4. Horizon Report Higher Education
Johnson, L., Adams Becker, S., Estrada, V., and Freeman, A. (2016). NMC Horizon Report: 2016 Higher Education Edition. Austin, Texas: The New Media Consortium.
Horizon Report Higher Education
February, 2015

5. Time to adoption: One Year or Less BYOD
Learning Analytics and Adaptive Learning
Time to adoption: Two to Three Years
Augmented and Virtual Reality
Makerspaces
Time to adoption: Four to Five Years
Affective Computing (my opinion seamless IOT)
Robotics
Dieker

6. Johnson, L. , Adams Becker, S. , Estrada, V. , and Freeman, A. (2015)
Johnson, L., Adams Becker, S., Estrada, V., and Freeman, A. (2015). NMC Horizon Report: 2015 K-12 Edition. Austin, Texas: The New Media Consortium.
Horizon Report K-12

7. Time to adoption: One Year or Less BYOD Makerspaces
Time to adoption: Two to Three Years
3D Printing
Adaptive Learning
Time to adoption: Four to Five Years
Digital Badges
Wearable Technology
Dieker

8. Universal Design
for Learning

9. Universal Design for Learning Multiple Means of Engagement Representation Action and Expression

10. 7 Strategies that Work Creating a School-Wide Culture
Celebrating the Success of All Students
Developing Interdisciplinary Collaboration
Implementing Effective Co-Teaching
Establishing Active Learning Environments
Implementing Successful Evidence-Based Instruction
Improving Grading and Assessment

11. Accomplishments % of students included
Overall very positive teacher statements
Great leadership to support the forward movement
Teachers appear to be empowered
Co-teachers are present together
Consistency is emerging
Wendy

12. Consistency: General and Special Education working together and LRE is being celebrated
Yeah but….

13. Celebrations
Scheduling: Standardized process seems to be emerging with most leadership supporting at the district level
Yeah but…....

14. Acceptance: All students are accepted and engaged in more difficult curriculum
Yeah but…

15. Leadership (district, school, and teacher levels): Buy-in strong from the teachers I have been working with in the district
Yeah but..

16. Co-teaching: The amount and the quality of co-teaching teams have dramatically increased from initial visits. As within any district, there continues to be a need to further address concerns, but overall teachers appear to accept these partnerships and are receiving quality PD to ensure the best outcomes for students.
Yeah but…

17. Peer Supports: School wide programs are emerging that provide natural peer supports. These supports appear to be created in a way that benefits both the students with and without disabilities. I suggest this synergy be further developed.
Yeah but…

18. Technology is present: Many of the discussions have been on accessibility opportunities for students with disabilities. These options continue to expand and is critical to the future.
Yeah but…

19. Model Schools or classrooms: Model schools or classrooms are emerging at each level to create templates for others to consider as inclusive practices are expanded across the district.
Yeah but…

20. Model Teams: Model grade level and co-taught teams are emerging to also create a template for others to consider.
Yeah but..

21. Model Classrooms: Model classrooms to serve students with a range of disabilities from mild to more severe disabilities are emerging that reflect best practices in serving various populations. These classrooms and sites should be replicated to celebrate best practice for serving targeted student populations.
Yeah but…

22. Range of school sites celebrating kids, space, and teachers: Overall, a range of celebrations are occurring at all levels and across schools. This statement is not to indicate challenges no longer exist, but the positive statements and frame of mind appears to reflect a strong “Growth Mindset” that will allow for continued expansion, success, and synergy about effective inclusive practices across the district that could serve as a model for other districts in the state and in the nation.
Yeah but…

23. Areas of Priority from My Perspective
Scheduling - always proactive and student centered
Consistency
Grading
Peer supports
Self-advocacy/self-determination
Co-teaching
Transitions
Behavioral models

24. Areas of Priorities: Celebrating All Students
Equal ownership
Special Education letting go but still serving
General Education owning from the start
IEP’s living and breathing documents
IEP alignment (Yudin 2015)

25. Interdisciplinary
Expanding co-teaching beyond special and general education and ESL

26. Effective Co-teaching
Paraprofessional training
Model teams highlighted
Problems extinguished to not taint success

27. Priority: Active Learning
Technology – An afterthought for kids with disabilities or the same thought as everyone else
Accessibility use
More peer tutoring and rigorous fidelity of cooperative learning

28. Priority: Evidence-Based Practices
Differentiation – UDL needed – paper/pencil has got to go
Technology to close the instructional gap in self-contained settings with uncertified teachers or paras
Toolkit for kids with severe needs (limited discussion at this time)

29. Priority: Grading and Assessment
Already confronting
Consistency needed
Conversation with community
3 options
IEP as part of process
Two report cards
Checklist
Best option standards-based

30. Continue with support in scheduling
Consistency, consistency, consistency
Technology access, consistent use and education for students
Assistive Technology - consistent use
Self-advocacy
Natural Proportions
Creating a standardized model of practice

31. Parental Roles Let other parents share positive stories
Allow past graduates who are successful to talk with your students and parents
Invite college accessibility officers to school at any level to talk about what a student has as options when they go to college
Send home letters with both teachers’ names on the letter
Invite parents into classrooms for visits

32. Parental Roles continued
Listen from the parent’s perspective
Have an orientation liaison for new parents who move into the school
Let students lead their IEP meetings after 4th grade and give them a voice
Focus on the celebrations

33. My Overarching Concerns
What are we doing for kids moving into more inclusive settings to get them ready?
What are we doing for transition from elementary to middle to high school?
What is our centralized message to the community and how do we continue to make that a consistent positive message?
How are we measuring our success? I clearly see it -- but how are we measuring it?

34. 1. School-wide culture

35. 2. Celebrating all Students

36. 3. Interdisciplinary Collaboration

37. 4. Effective Co-teaching

38. 5. Active Learning

39. 6. Using Evidence-based practices

40. Academics

41. 7. Grading and Assessment

42. From these 7 ideas what are 2-3 goals for next year
What do you see as goals for 3 years from now?
What yeah but …. do we need to take on ASAP!