Welcome to this summer’s PLC at Work Live Institute 2022! Please register for your sessions for Wednesday-Friday. We ask you and your team to engage in as many breakout sessions as possible. Don’t forget to register for the Keynotes and Team Planning!
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Yes, We Can! An Unprecedented Opportunity to Improve Special Education Outcomes
Warning: This work is not for the faint of heart! When teams commit to the PLC process and decide to engage in a cycle of continuous improvement, the first critical step is to examine their personal and systemic beliefs about students, themselves, and learning. Only then can they exclaim with confidence that “All really does mean all!” Once team members collectively make that commitment and understand how they got here, they must then define what improvement looks like and how to get there. Mandy Barrett challenges participants to examine their professional beliefs before delving into collaborative structures, the importance of scaffolding, what tailored instruction does and does not look like, and where local practices may or may not align to the belief that all kids can learn at high levels.
Outcomes from this session include: ● Understanding past realities regarding special education ● Learning strategies to build a school and district culture with a belief that all students can learn at high levels ● Examining collaborative structures to support high levels of learning for all ● Identifying instructional practices that lead to high levels of learning for all ● Reflecting on local current practices and policies that do and do not align with the belief that all students can learn at high levels
