Inclusion: �a belief system for all

QuesnelDistrictStaffJune6,2016

FayeBrownlie

Learning Intentions •  Ihaveadeeperunderstandingofinclusion.•  Iunderstandhowaclassreviewcanhelpusworktogetherasacommunityintheschool,providingenhancedlearningopportuniEesforall.

•  IhaveabeGerunderstandingofasupportmodelthatfocusesonco-teaching.

•  Ihaveaplantosupportclassreviewsandachangingsupportmodelthroughmyrole.

A Street Corner Scene

•  Howisthisstreetcrossingametaphorforinclusion?

Inclusion •  Sharedgoals•  Everyoneisincluded,expectstosucceed,andbelongs

•  MulEplepathways

•  Differentrates•  Variouslevelsofsupport

•  MovefromCONFUSIONandFEARtoPOSSIBLITIESandPOSITIVEEXPECTATIONS.

•  InclusionrequiresTRUSTandCOLLABORATION.Youcan’tdoitalone!

•  InclusionisnotaspecialeducaEoniniEaEve,ratheritbelongstogeneraleducaEonandisareflecEonofthesocietywewant.

•  Diversityisstrengthandweareenrichedaslearnersandcommunitymemberswhenweworktogethertowardsharedgoalsthatbenefitallstudents.

•  WedoknowenoughcollecEvelytoteachallstudents.

Thingshavechangedinthelast25years.

Leadership Roles: as district staff

-keepingthevisionalive

-workingwithstructuresandsupportstohelpmodelandcollaboratewithinrichlearningenvironments

-maintainingastrengths-basedperspecEve:language,language,language

•  Lowgroup•  ChildrenidenEfiedbylabelorreadinglevel•  MyIEPs

•  Specialneeds•  …

ProfessionalCollaboraEon

•  InteracEveandon-goingprocess•  Mutuallyagreeduponchallenges

•  CapitalizesondifferentexperEse,knowledgeandexperience

•  Rolesareblurred•  Mutualtrustandrespect

•  CreateanddelivertargetedinstrucEon•  GOAL:beGermeettheneedsofdiverselearners

Structures and Supports •  Classreviews•  Achangingroleforsupportstaff•  CollaboraEonEme

•  Afocusonco-teaching•  Walkingthetalk

-What’sworking?

-Whatdoweneedtopolish?

The Class Review Process

LearninginSafeSchools–Brownlie&King,2nded.PembrokePress

•  Meetasaschool-basedteam,withtheadministrator

•  Eachclassroomteacher(CT)joinstheteamfor45minutestospeakofherclass

•  TOC’sprovidecoverageforCTs•  Followtheorderofstrengths,needs,goals,individuals

•  TheCTdoesnotdotherecordingorthechairing

ImplementingClassReviews

Whatarethestrengthsoftheclass?

Whataretheneedsoftheclassasawhole?

Whatareyourmaingoalsfortheclassthisyear?

Whataretheindividualneedsinyourclass?

Class Review Learning in Safe Schools, 2nd ed.

(Brownlie & King, 2011)

Teacher: Class:

Classroom Strengths Classroom Needs

Other Socio-Emotional Learning Language Medical

Goals Decisions

Individual Concerns

Class Review Recording Form

Schools as communities where everyone ‘owns’ all students

Chap.1-4

LearninginSafeSchools,2nded–

Brownlie&King

Goal:

tosupportstudentsinworkingeffecEvelyintheclassroomenvironment

Rationale:

BysharingourcollecEveknowledgeaboutourclassesofstudentsanddevelopingaplanofacEonbasedonthis,wecanbeGermeettheneedsofallstudents.

A Key Belief

IntervenEonisfocusedonclassroomsupport.Classroom-basedintervenEondoesNOTmeanthatallspecialistshavetobeintheclassroomalltheEme.Instead,theRESULTSoftheirworkhavetoshowupintheclassroom.

Shifting or reaffirming resource/support models

Chap.9

LearninginSafeSchools,2nded–

Brownlie&King

SampleElementaryDayLearninginSafeSchools,2nded.

8:15-8:45 School-basedteammee4ng8:45-9:30 Gr.6/7LiteratureCircles9:30-10:15 Gr.2/3Reading:LiteracyCentres,1:110:15–10:30 Recess10:30-11:15 Gr.2/3Math11:15-12:00 Gr.3/4WriEng12:00-12:50 Lunch12:50-1:35 KWriEng–co-teaching1:35-2:20 Gr.6/7Individualsupport2:20-3:00 DPA–orpaperwork

Co-Teaching Models�(Teaching in Tandem – Effective Co-Teaching in the Inclusive Classroom – Wilson

& Blednick, 2011, ASCD)

•  1teach,1support•  Parallelgroups•  Sta4onteaching•  1largegroup;1smallgroup

•  Teaming

Resources•  Assessment&Instruc:onofESLLearners–Brownlie,Feniak,

&McCarthy,2004•  GrandConversa:ons,Though@ulResponses–aunique

approachtoliteraturecircles–Brownlie,2005•  StudentDiversity,2nded.–Brownlie,Feniak&Schnellert,

2006•  ReadingandResponding,gr.4,5,&6–Brownlie&Jeroski,

2006•  It’sAllaboutThinking–collabora:ngtosupportalllearners

(inEnglish,SocialStudiesandHumani:es)–Brownlie&Schnellert,2009

•  It’sAllaboutThinking–collabora:ngtosupportalllearners(inMathandScience)-Brownlie,Fullerton&Schnellert,2011

•  LearninginSafeSchools,2nded–Brownlie&King,Oct.,2011