1. Update on Special Education Program Review Committee
Presented to Shoreline SNPTSA
January 22, 2018

2. Committee Charge Background
During the school year, the Shoreline School District contracted with the American Institutes for Research (AIR) to conduct a third-party, independent Special Education Program Review. AIR conducted this review over an 8-month period between January 2018 and August The purpose of this review was to gather and analyze staff and parent perceptions about the quality of special education services, processes, and procedures and offer recommendations for addressing identified concerns.
AIR gathered data from multiple sources including (a) extant data on student performance, special education identification and placement, and staffing; (b) an AIR-administered survey made available to all school staff; (c) an AIR-administered survey made available to all parents, in both English and Spanish; and (d) interviews and focus groups with the special education director, school principals, general and special education staff, parents of special education students, and special education students.
AIR identified six results related to staffing, professional development (PD), student placement, inclusion and instruction, tiered systems of support, and communication and four major recommendations for improving supports and outcomes for struggling students and students with disabilities in Shoreline Schools.

3. Charge: Statement of Purpose
The broad-based and inclusive group of parent, community and staff members of this committee will make recommendations to the Superintendent and her cabinet specific to the following in meeting the needs of students with disabilities in the Shoreline School District:
Developing a strategic plan to improve communication, staffing, instructional practices and placement process for students receiving transition services through the Transition Plan component of the IEP (Individual Education Plan)
 Increasing capacity of general and special educators to effectively include students with disabilities in the general education instruction, to the extent appropriate, and in the school community
 Developing clearly written guidance and resources in high needs areas that are easily accessible to the intended user (i.e. parents/guardians and school staff)
Exploring the ratio of staff to students eligible for special education services in both general and special education classroom settings and how staff roles and responsibilities are allocated

4. Charge: What will they use to inform the work?
Through this work, the Committee is asked to reflect on the district’s current teaching practices and learning environment, student outcomes and best practices for inclusive education in order to comprehensively approach the systems level change that integrates all four recommendations. In making recommendations, the Committee will be asked to develop recommendations that are informed by information such as:
 The Instructional Strategic Plan
 The District’s Race and Equity Policy
 Shoreline Early Learning Board Approved Recommendations
 AIR Shoreline Special education Program Review
 State and Federal Laws governing special education
 OSPI Priorities for Improving Outcomes for Students with Disabilities
 Best practices in the field of special education
 CEE (Center for Educational Effectiveness) survey

5. Participants Committee Co Chairs: Special Education Consultant:
Andrew Lohman, Echo Lake Elementary Principal
Amy Vujovich, Director of Student Services
Special Education Consultant:
Greg Abell
Committee Members:
Parent/community member Fia Gibbs
Parent/community member Kirsten Bannister
Parent/community member Jimmy Saxon
Parent/community member Ananda Scott
Parent/community member Chalie Livingston
Parent/community member Sara Betnel
Parent/community member Silje Sodal

6. Participants (cont’d)
SEA member - gen ed Heidi Alexander (SY)
SEA member - gen ed Kari Bonallo (SW)
SEA member - gen ed Matt Law (MPK)
SEA member - sped Deb Limon (ECE)
SEA member – sped Barb Mills (SW)
SEA member – sped Laura Reed (CK8)
SEA member – sped Tricia Zurybida (SLC)
Student - Brandon Ward (SW)
Student - Dylan Pugh (SW)
SESPA member – Lyla Taddei (HT)
SESPA member - Kendall Adjololo (SC)
SESPA member - Johannes Skjonsby (SY)
SESPA member - Stephanie Gould (KEL)
Principal– HS Nancy Elder (SW)
Principal– MS Heather Hiatt (KEL)
Principal – elem Michelle Carroll (SY)
Central office – Scott Irwin, Director of Secondary Student Services
Central office – Dan Gallagher, Director of Career and Technical Education

7. Dates Meeting dates/locations:
All meetings are held at the Shoreline Center, st Ave NE and run 4:30 -6:30 p.m:
January 15, 2019: the Shoreline Room
 February 7, 2019: D-105
March 14, 2019: D-105
April 11, 2019: D-105
 May 7, 2019: D-105
June 6, 2019: D-105

8. Sampling of their work

9. Questions?