NCEA – Special Needs Conference January 17 – 19, 2010 Anaheim, CA Martin Scanlan Marquette University

Cultivate integrated, inclusive systems of service delivery that comprehensively address students’ special needs in your Catholic school community ✜ Students’ special needs ✜ Your Catholic school community

Students’ special needs are frequently met through the innovative efforts and commitments of individuals ✜ Within schools ✜ Across systems of schools

Resource Room Teacher Speech and Language Pathologist School Psychologist Counselor Social Worker Special Education Teacher Physical / Occupational Therapist School Nurse Bilingual Resource Teacher Paraprofessional Support / Aides Literacy Coach Math Coach Title I teacher Home-School Liason Who’s on first? What’s on second? I don’t know’s on third!

Classroom - Early Interventions School – Coordination of services Collaboration of specialists and general educators to promote effective service delivery within the most inclusive environment

Classroom – Early interventions School – Coordination of services ✜ Schools become less dependent on heroic individuals as the model becomes institutionalized ✜ Individual schools have concrete exemplars ✜ Schools are less isolated, more apt to work together

✜ Integrating Service Delivery into a system ✜ Aligning with the Catholic school community ✛ Grounded in Catholic identity and mission ✛ Adapted to local context ✛ Entrepreneurial

✜ Where are these best practices to meet students’ special needs in Catholic schools (and systems)? ✛ Individual schools and classrooms ✛ Archdiocese of St. Louis – Learning Consultant Model

What will help me cultivate integrated, inclusive systems of service delivery to comprehensively address students’ special needs in my Catholic school community? 1. Strengthen relationships in horizontal, vertical, and diagonal directions 2. Promote diffusion of innovation

✜ Horizontally ✛ Within schools ✛ Across schools ✜ Vertically ✛ Within school ✛ Within diocese ✜ Diagonally ✛ Across sectors Where are these relationships strong? Where are areas for growth?

What’s an innovation? What influences its diffusion? ✜ Relative Advantage ✜ Compatibility ✜ Complexity ✜ Trialability ✜ Observability ✜ Reinvention What innovations in your school apply to meeting students’ special needs? To what degree are these likely to diffuse?

✜ Social Context and Perceptions are Paramount ✜ Innovations are Complex

✜ Cultivating integrated, inclusive systems of service delivery throughout Catholic school communities ✜ Best practices of service delivery for Catholic school communities ✜ Relational dimensions ✜ Diffusion of innovation ✜ Your role in leadership

Points of Discussion? NCEA – Special Needs Conference Martin Scanlan Marquette University