Nicola Wayer - Professional Development in ESE for VS Teachers

 U.S.DepartmentofEduca3on’s“Na3onalEduca3onTechnologyPlan”promotesvirtualschoolingasameansformee3ngNCLBrequirements

 MostVirtualSchoolteachersarenotESEtrained

 IncreasingnumbersofESEstudentsareenrollinginvirtualschoolprograms

 VirtualSchoolsarerequiredtoaccommodateESEstudents

 VSteachershavereducedaccesstosupportstaffsuchasresourceteachers,speech/physical/occupa3onaltherapists,audiologists,mobility/Braillespecialists,diagnos3cians,staffing/placementspecialists

 Nearly20%ofFLVSstudentsare“atrisk”studentsseekingcreditrecovery

AProposedProgramforProfessionalDevelopment

TopicsCoveredinthisPDCourse Uponcomple:ngthisunitofinstruc:on,par:cipa:ngvirtualschoolteachers: Willbeabletoiden3fycommoncharacteris3csofstudentswithhighandlowincidencedisabili3eslikelytoenrollinavirtualschool Willbeabletoiden3fycommoninterven3onsand/oraccommoda3onsforstudentswithavarietyofdisabili3es Willdemonstratetheabilitytomodifyalessonorinstruc3onalac3vitytoaccommodateastudentwithaspecificdisability Willbeabletoiden3fyresourcesforloca3nginforma3onorassistanceinaccommoda3ngtheneedsofstudentswithdisabili3es

Objec:vesforthisPDCourse

 Introduc3ontoSpecialEduca3on:Terminology,TheLaw,&HowItAppliestoYou StudentswithLearningDisabili3es StudentswithADD/ADHD,andOtherMildEmo3onalandBehavioralDisabili3es StudentsWhoAreDeaforHardofHearing StudentswithVisualImpairments StudentswithPhysicalDisabili3esandOtherHealthImpairments Applica3onandSummary Addi3onalTechnologyResources

SpecialEduca:onintheU.S.

VirtualSchooling

Graphicsfrom:Watson&Ryan(2006).KeepingpacewithK‐12onlinelearning:Areviewofstate‐levelpolicyandprac3ce.NorthAmericanCouncilforOnlineLearning,Vienna,VA.

13.6%ofallstudentsservedintheU.S.haveadisability(2006‐2007)

DevelopmentConsidera:ons

MovingForward

 Currentlyunderreviewbyexpertsinonlinelearning,professionaldevelopment,andspecialeduca3oninprepara3onforapilotstudy.

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