“All are Welcome” All are Welcome: Building the Capacity of Catholic Schools to meet the needs of Students with Disabilities

Michael J. Boyle, Ph.D. Director mboyle3@luc.edu @mjboyle3

In thinking about serving students with special needs, What are you wondering about?

Overall Outcome of All are Welcome To build structure, procedures and protocols to create a sustainable approach to providing for the needs of students with disabilities in Catholic schools.

“All are Welcome”

All Are Welcome Building Local Capacity Building Experiential Base Building Wrap Around Plans Building Local Capacity Building Experiential Base All Are Welcome Building Knoweldge Base

Required Courses for the Certificate Program Coursework Required Courses for the Certificate Program CIEP 560: Special Education Administration CIEP 431: Three-Tiered Prevention: Advanced Primary Supports CIEP 432: Three-Tiered Prevention: Secondary and Tertiary Supports CIEP 401: The Exceptional Child

Embedded Externship Interactions with students, families and therapists to enhance the development of dispositions to support inclusive environments.

All Are Welcome Building Local Capacity Building Experiential Base Building Wrap Around Plans Building Local Capacity Building Experiential Base All Are Welcome Building Knoweldge Base

Weak Foundations limit the size of the Tower!

Tertiary Prevention Secondary Prevention On-going Assessment Wrap Around Secondary Prevention Teacher Assistance Team Targeted Group Interventions On-going Assessment Assessment Literacy Curriculum Design Instructional Strategies Behavior Management Primary Prevention

Tier One Assessment Literacy Curriculum Instruction Behavior

Key Indicators

Key Indicators-Curriculum Written, standards-based curriculum Balanced Literacy program, including directed development of phonics and reading strategies Balanced mathematics,including balance between calculations and problem solving Collaborative planning process Common Assessments Data-based adjustments to teaching

Key Indicators-Instructional Strategies Talk about effective teaching strategies Teachers collaborate on implementing strategies Values use of DI Evidence of DI in the classrooms Explicit system to address students who struggle Explicit system to address students who excel

Key Indicators-Assessment Literacy Evidenced based decision making Data collection system in place Data readily available Artifacts assist data analysis Time provided to analyze data Data informs teaching

Key Indicators-Positive Behavior 3-5 agreed upon school-wide behavioral expectations System to teach behavioral expectations to students transfer students Plan to celebrate student success System to collect data on student behavior Data used to make changes in school program

Professional Development Leadership Coaching Curriculum Instruction Assessment Behavior Professional Development Consultation Related Services

The Key is Partnerships

The Mustard Seed Project: Inclusive Practices in Catholic Schools October 9, 2017 Loyola University Chicago luc.edu/gcce

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Michael J. Boyle, Ph.D. Director mboyle3@luc.edu @mjboyle3