September 27, 2011 Forum for ExcellenceICSPS

Enhancing Classroom Enhancing Classroom Success for ALL Success for ALL Learners: Special Learners: Special Populations ResourcesPopulations Resources

Illinois Center for Specialized Professional Support (ICSPS)

Providing Publications Professional Development Technical Assistance

Funded by ICCB Resources for Career and Technical Education

Special Populations

…YOUR very important students!

Who Are The Who Are The Special Special

Populations?Populations?

Individuals from Individuals from EconomicallyEconomically

Disadvantaged Disadvantaged FamiliesFamilies

Single Parents/ Single Parents/ Displaced Displaced

HomemakersHomemakers

Illinois Special Populations: Current Status

Percentage of CTE students who qualify for one or more category of Perkins special populations

FY08 45% FY09 47% FY10 73%

"prepare special populations, including single parents and displaced homemakers…for high wage, high skill or high-demand occupations" (Perkins Act of 2006)

Because they are your students…

…and you want the best for them.

Universal Design

Strategies to Support Success

Instructional Strategies

Universal Design

Adopt practices that reflect high values with respect to both diversity and inclusiveness.

Instructional Strategies

Universal Design

Assure that activities, materials, and equipment are physically accessible to and usable by all students and that all potential student characteristics are addressed in safety considerations.

Instructional Strategies

Universal Design

Assure that course materials, notes, and other information resources are flexible and accessible to all students.

Instructional Strategies

Universal Design

Encourage effective interactions between students and between students and the instructor and assure that communication methods are accessible to all participants.

Accommodations and Modifications

Individuals with Disabilities

Videos on Individuals with Disabilities

Academic English

Individuals with Limited English Proficiency

Teaching Academic English to English Language Learners

Doing What Works

Poverty and Class

Individuals from Economically Disadvantaged Families

Success Has No Gender

Individuals Preparing for Non-traditional Fields

Single Parents, including Single Pregnant Women

How to Keep Pregnant and Parenting Students from Dropping Out

Online Tool

Illinois Center for Specialized Professional Support

Lynn Reha, Director

Aime’e Julian, Associate Director of Professional Development

Lisa Matejka,Associate Director of Product Development

Thank you!

Check out special populations resources

at www.icsps.illinoisstate.e

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