1. Building Best Practices Aligning Curriculum for Students with Disabilities Donna Zimmerer Coordinator for High School Special Education Clear Creek ISD

2. Building Best Practices How do we build best instructional practices?

3. Foundation Independent Program Evaluation Shared results with District/Campus Administrators Shared results with District SPED Team Developed Initial Action Plans for Campuses

4. Building Best Practices Initial Action Plan High School Proposal for Improving AA Instructional Practices September Work with Assistive Technology team to create AT chart. Work with campuses to: Create Campus AA Classroom Behavior/Processes Chart (per campus) using Boystown as a reference. Work with AA teachers to create lessons on the following topics: Bus transitions in morning and afternoon How to transition between classes October-December Instructional : Project Discovery Training and kits Lesson Plans/design/process – from TEKS to the AA Classroom Environment: Visual Schedules-Individual and Class Instructional emphasis Paraprofessionals: Levels of Support to promote independence January – May Instructional: Differentiation Assessment Data Environment - Materials: Age appropriate Functional Paraprofessionals: Think and share – “What did I do today to promote/support independence?” Design visual reminder – “What does independence look like?”

5. Building Best Practices How do we enter into best instructional practices?

6. Steps for Lesson Design

7. Building Best Practices Professional Development

8. Is it aligned? You be the judge. Sort the cards on the T-Chart AlignedNot Aligned

9. Is it aligned? You be the judge. Sort the following cards on the T-Chart Pictionary Christmas Coloring Sheets Calendar Group viewing and discussion of advertisement video clips Reader Rabbit Software Match advertisements to grocery items Building Words Puzzles Writing spelling words 5 times each Match upper and lower case magnetic letters Cutting out advertisements from newspapers and magazines Holiday Activities Highlight persuasive words or pictures in advertisement Magic School Bus Video Group write CBI experience story focusing on advertisements Creating advertisement Baking Cookies Plan CBI trip to highlight lessons on persuasive advertisements Students write what they did last weekend.

10. Building Best Practices Instruction Lesson Plans Steps of Lesson Design Program Eval.

11. Building Best Practices How do we protect our new initiatives?

12. Building Best Practices Shared walk-throughs Shared lesson plan review Instructional Coaching & PD Regular meetings with specific instructional targets Teacher evaluations

13. Building Best Practices Provide AT Information to Admin. StudentDevice NamePicture of DeviceHow should this device be used at school Student's current level of support needed: Student #1 Say it SAMTo greet peers, to make requests, express needs and wants for objects and activities, answer questions, express opinions, participate in turn-taking activities, express thoughts Student requires verbal and gestural prompts- Student does not initiate use of the device but once prompted he may express a series of messages independently Student #2 Dynavox MT4Student's schedule and class routines are programmed into this device along with names of familiar communication partners, classroom responses, and wants/needs. Student reads and writes at a functional level, and has access to Word Power under the button Student's Messages. This program allows him to generate his own responses. Student needs a reminder to use his device such as "Tell me with your machine." He navigates through various levels to create responses to answer various content questions. He can greet and close communication encounters with others using the device.

14. Building Best Practices Create Campus Action Plan from Meetings Outcomes/TasksActions/StrategiesPerson ResponsibleDue Date Completion Date 1. Increase use of tactile/visual accommodations on the continuum of prompting levels to promote independence. Each teacher to identify 3 or more new visual/tactile instructional accommodations for either their subject/class or an individual student and implement over the next month-share results at next meeting. AA teachers at __HSIdentify by ______, start implementing on _________, report back at next team meeting 2. Increase structured work/reward systems District support staff to come in and set up structured work/reward stations with reinforcement bin in each room in collaboration with classroom teacher. District support staff with collaboration with each teacher by next team meeting 3. Lesson Plans include student initials for verb levels Lesson Plans must include the following: a. Student initials for verb levels b. STAAR Alternate predetermined criteria or lesson obj. C. Detailed lesson activities that show how predetermined criteria/lesson obj. is taught D. Visual/tactile/instructional accommodations E. Method of assessment AA teachers at __HSMonday, ______ –email to campus admin. & D. Zimmerer by end of the day.

15. Building Best Practices Benefits of Partnerships: Win-win! Authentic Partnership – hiring, moving on Campus Administrators sell it! HS #1 HS #2 HS #3 HS #4 HS #5

16. Building Best Practices “Effective teachers get students to do the right things, and they design things for them to do that are right for the students they teach.” Phillip Schlechty