1. STUDENT PROGRAMS UPDATE APRIL 2010 GYPSD

2. P of I-A History  Special education study 2008  Individual school’s response at DLT  Emphasis on a scaffold of tools, strategies and programming supports  The visual: pros and cons

3. Setting the Direction  Alberta Education supported short term priorities  Aligned with Board Priorities 1. Learning Teams 2. Wraparound research project-redefined 3. Alternative structures to IPPs

4. Learning Teams  Structure and implementation of Learning Services Support Teams at each school  Using Pyramid of Interventions  Ensure timely and appropriate supports  CSTs currently revising P of I to increase effectiveness and understanding

5. The Collaborative Strategic Planning Model- Learning Services Team What is the concern? Why is the concern occurring? What do you want to see happening and by when? What actions will be done to meet the goal and resolve the concern? Is our plan working? Define concern Analysis of concern Goal settingPlan development & Implementation Evaluate the Plan

6. Pyramid of Interventions  Goal is to have staff continue to focus on a continuum of supports for identified students  Proactive  Early identification and intervention  Ensure teachers have the confidence and capacity to use the tools to address academic, environmental, emotional and/or behavioural issues

7. Pyramid of Interventions  Change language-user friendly, action/function descriptors  Guiding prompts  Template to gather evidence  What is working? What isn’t? What do you do when it is not?  Access to resources, strategies and processes by area of need and Division I-IV  Shift away from the current referral process