1. Special Education Leadership

2. Purpose(s)  The purpose of these sessions is to:  examine the practice of special education leadership.  revisit the history, context, legal provisions, and policy implementation of special education practices.  understand how law, policy, and practice are integrated to form special education leadership.  develop a language of special education leadership that helps us explain special education phenomena.  explore applications of a language of special education leadership practice.  revisit the history, context, legal provisions, and policy implementation of special education practices.

3. PRACTICE  Practice is what professionals read, write, think, act, and do to pursue the goods, valued ends, and aspirations of their work.

4. The Practice of Special Education Leadership  What do special education leaders read, write, think, and do?  What are the goods, valued ends, and aspirations of special education leadership?

5. The Practice of Special Education Leadership  What do special education leaders read, write, think, and do?  What are the goods, valued ends, and aspirations of special education leadership?

6. The Practice of Special Education Leadership  What do special education leaders read, write, think, and do?  What are the goods, valued ends, and aspirations of special education leadership?

7. What’s Next?  What foundational knowledge do we need to understand special education leadership?  What do we need to know and be able to do to enact special education leadership?  What strategies should we use to develop and communicate a shared language of special education leadership practice?  How do we connect special education leadership practice with general education?

8. Caregiving Professions Civil Rights Law and Policy Special Education Behavioral Psychology Special Education Leadership Practice Disciplinary Foundations of Special Education Leadership Practice Educational Leadership