Chat Log for SchoolsMovingUp Webinar Journey Toward Special Education Improvement
January 26, 2011
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Timestamp User Chat
Wed Jan 26
Melissa_Bray Curriculum Coordinator, California
13:31:45 2011
Wed Jan 26
Janice Elementary Principal, Pennsylvania
13:31:51 2011
Wed Jan 26 Rhonda_Lockwo
R.Lockwood, Asst. DoSE, KY
13:31:52 2011 od
Wed Jan 26
Jennifer Parent Advocate in Wyoming
13:31:55 2011
Wed Jan 26
Lisa_Ford Lisa Ford - Nevada Department of Education
13:32:00 2011
Wed Jan 26 Special Day Class Teacher & Special Ed Department Head, Joe Walker Middle School in
Noelle_Brecek
13:32:02 2011 Lancaster, CA
Wed Jan 26
Jill_Rezanka Special Education Supervisor, Michigan
13:32:03 2011
Wed Jan 26
Elizabeth_Rorick Acting Director of Government Affairs, National PTA
13:32:33 2011
Wed Jan 26
Angela School Psychologist
13:32:50 2011
Wed Jan 26
Naomi_Blakely Program Specialist
13:33:01 2011
Wed Jan 26 Stephanie_Carpe
School Psychologist
13:33:07 2011 nter
Wed Jan 26
Mbaileybird Mbaileybird- Program Specialist- SPED
13:33:29 2011
Wed Jan 26
Galen_Shaver Director of Special Programs- Idaho
13:33:31 2011
Wed Jan 26 Laura_Wentwort
University/District Partnership Director
13:33:34 2011 h
Wed Jan 26
Cheryl_C statewide LRE project IL
13:33:51 2011
Wed Jan 26 schoolsmovingup
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13:33:55 2011 _staf
Wed Jan 26
Patti Educational Consultant, Kent ISD, Grand Rapids, MI
13:34:22 2011
Wed Jan 26
Janet_Gibbs state office
13:35:04 2011
Wed Jan 26
jduffie Thank you for all your introductions
13:35:21 2011
Wed Jan 26 schoolsmovingup
CAHSEE refers to the California High School Exit Exam
13:36:21 2011 _staf
Wed Jan 26
jduffie Do you know about the Donahue -use the check on the right for yes
13:38:37 2011
Wed Jan 26 schoolsmovingup Donahue study can be found at
13:39:06 2011 _staf http://www.donahue.umassp.edu/docs/exec_summary_field_rsrch_findings
Wed Jan 26
Nancy no
13:39:14 2011
Wed Jan 26
Teresa_Hamm is there an audio component to the presentation?
13:39:56 2011
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Wed Jan 26
jduffie Yes via the phone only
13:40:19 2011
Wed Jan 26 schoolsmovingup
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13:40:31 2011 _staf
Wed Jan 26 Laura_Wentwort
How did district leaders articulate the expectation for collaboration?
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Wed Jan 26
Deborah_White North River Collaborative
13:42:13 2011
Wed Jan 26
jduffie article and related resources at http://www.schoolsmovingup.net/webinars/sangersped
13:42:16 2011
Wed Jan 26 Two districts used Professional Learning Communities for collaboration.
Mette_Huberman
13:42:57 2011 Matt will talk more about that.
Wed Jan 26
Angela is the presentation supposed to be advancing? we're still on the first slide...
13:44:39 2011
Wed Jan 26
jduffie Again if you have just joined us all audio is via the phone only Toll Free: 1-866-939-0190
13:44:46 2011
Wed Jan 26
jduffie Thank you everyone for doing the quick polls
13:49:43 2011
Wed Jan 26
jduffie Please feel free to type in any questions or comments at any time -thank you
13:50:19 2011
Wed Jan 26
Christy_Grant What is a PI district?
13:50:43 2011
Wed Jan 26
Mbaileybird Program Improvement in California
13:51:03 2011
Wed Jan 26
Mette_Huberman A district In Need of Improvement in California.
13:51:08 2011
Wed Jan 26
Nancy can i print these slides?
13:51:51 2011
Wed Jan 26 The sides are available on the web site in PDF
jduffie
13:52:23 2011 http://www.schoolsmovingup.net/webinars/sangersped
Wed Jan 26
Nancy ok thank
13:52:39 2011
Wed Jan 26 schoolsmovingup
How many of you have similar principles that guide your district?
13:54:13 2011 _staf
Wed Jan 26 Laura_Wentwort
How does EDI relate to SPED?
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Wed Jan 26 Rhonda_Lockwo
We call them "SMART GOALS"
13:54:42 2011 od
Wed Jan 26
Eric we r just beginning ...
13:54:43 2011
Wed Jan 26
Aimee What did EDI stand for again?
13:55:01 2011
Wed Jan 26
Mette_Huberman Explicit Direct instruction.
13:55:11 2011
Wed Jan 26
Aimee thank you
13:55:16 2011
Wed Jan 26 schoolsmovingup API = Academic Performance Index of California schools and districts. Schools and
13:56:01 2011 _staf Districts receive a score of 0 to 1000.
Wed Jan 26 We are coming up to a very short break in a few moments - please post in any questions a
jduffie
13:57:22 2011 nd comments and will be select a few
Wed Jan 26 does "inclusion" include students with sensory impairments, significant cognitive
Diane_Ryndak
13:59:10 2011 disabilities, etc?
Wed Jan 26
Mette_Huberman SELPA stands for Special Education Local Plan Area
13:59:11 2011
Wed Jan 26 Cheryl_C what's the percentage of special ed. students in full inclusion
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13:59:15 2011
Wed Jan 26 Advocacy_Institu
are most sped students attending their neighborhood school?
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Wed Jan 26
Eric Are the general ed teachers given lexile scores?
14:00:30 2011
Wed Jan 26
mshami What strategies did you use to ensure/encourage teacher buy-in?
14:01:19 2011
Wed Jan 26
Nancy What is PL
14:02:26 2011
Wed Jan 26
Mette_Huberman PLC refers to Professional Learning Communities
14:02:56 2011
Wed Jan 26
jduffie I am publishing the poll now please submit
14:03:23 2011
Wed Jan 26
Nancy Do you include kids with verbal and non verbal scores lower than 70?
14:03:24 2011
Wed Jan 26
Jennifer Do your scores include those students who the county is serving?
14:04:03 2011
Wed Jan 26
Nancy wow . I want to transfer my kid
14:04:09 2011
Wed Jan 26
Kim_Riley Please repeat your answer on funding...
14:06:52 2011
Wed Jan 26 This event is being archived so you can listen to the archive after the event to review
jduffie
14:07:19 2011 information :)
Wed Jan 26
Brandy_Ethridge what is the pin to get the audio. I have tried it multiple times and it's still not working
14:08:00 2011
Wed Jan 26
jduffie Toll Free: 1-866-939-0190
14:08:15 2011
Wed Jan 26
Nancy Do you accept students with LD from other district and how I would do that?
14:08:38 2011
Wed Jan 26
Carmel_Schools Our culture of success is only for our gen ed. students/high performing students
14:09:14 2011
Wed Jan 26 schoolsmovingup
Toll-free: 1-866-939-0190; participant code: 894-7100#
14:09:18 2011 _staf
Wed Jan 26
jduffie Please share your own stories about changing culture
14:09:18 2011
Wed Jan 26
Nicole We have flexible programming for one of our HS and it's really working for ALL learners!
14:09:32 2011
Wed Jan 26
jduffie Thanks Nicole
14:09:50 2011
Wed Jan 26
jduffie Please feel free to type in reflections /comments and questions into the chat
14:12:09 2011
Wed Jan 26
karen_caroscio how often were the special ed summits?
14:12:23 2011
Wed Jan 26
Brandy_Ethridge thanks. I put that in, but it's not working. That's OK. Thanks!
14:12:30 2011
Wed Jan 26
jduffie How do you have parent and community involvement?
14:13:22 2011
Wed Jan 26
Brandy_Ethridge it's OK. I'm using Skype to dial in
14:13:45 2011
Wed Jan 26
Brandy_Ethridge Thanks!
14:13:49 2011
Wed Jan 26
Brandy_Ethridge I am very curious about the answer to jduffle's question...
14:14:48 2011
Wed Jan 26
jduffie How do you get your general and special ed teachers to work together?
14:15:00 2011
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Wed Jan 26 how did the scheduling of time for teachers to work together work? was it through
karen_caroscio
14:15:12 2011 substitute time or built into the day?
Wed Jan 26
jduffie Do you have any comments or questions on what Matt is sharing about culture change?
14:15:39 2011
Wed Jan 26
Nancy What is RTI stands for
14:15:48 2011
Wed Jan 26 Rhonda_Lockwo
So you used spec ed teachers as RTI implementers?
14:16:13 2011 od
Wed Jan 26 Rhonda_Lockwo
RTI is Response to Intervention
14:16:39 2011 od
Wed Jan 26
Psychs DO feel that after several years you have full buy in from all teachers?
14:16:54 2011
Wed Jan 26 Do general ed and special ed teachers co-teach classrooms?
mshami
14:17:20 2011 Curious if collaboration is done in planning and PD - or also in the classroom.
Wed Jan 26 Advocacy_Institu Did you run into barriers related to restrictions of use of federal funding sources, such as
14:17:47 2011 te Title I and IDEA?
Wed Jan 26 Do you work around those who don't buy in? Are they reinforced for their recalcitrance
Naomi_Blakely
14:17:48 2011 by not having complex kids?
Wed Jan 26 What time structure was used to build in time for true collaboration time between
robin_carter
14:17:49 2011 reged and sped
I would like to re-pose jduffle's question: there is a legal minimum for parent involvement,
but how do you all in your different roles involve parents and the community in
Wed Jan 26
Brandy_Ethridge special education? What strategies are you using to get parents involved beyond the
14:17:59 2011
legal minimum? How do you utilize the community to meet the needs of families and the
schools?
Wed Jan 26 Rhonda_Lockwo
Use Spec Ed teachers as RTI implementers?
14:19:29 2011 od
Wed Jan 26 A state office of education should be the model for collaboration between
Janet_Gibbs
14:19:42 2011 gen.ed and sp.ed. Utah has a good collaboration between gen.ed and sped at the state level.
Wed Jan 26 does each school have its own school psychologist? we're itinerant and have a
Psychs
14:20:55 2011 hard time having time to devote to more than one school, plus other roles...
Wed Jan 26 do you have a special ed resource teacher in each school and does s/he work with students?
karen_caroscio
14:24:15 2011 Do they attend all grade level PLC's as a consultant?
Wed Jan 26
jduffie Any comments/questions around PLCs and how Sanger is using them
14:25:36 2011
Wed Jan 26 Rhonda_Lockwo
please post author name
14:26:06 2011 od
Wed Jan 26
jceasar Patrick Lencioni
14:26:56 2011
Wed Jan 26
Cheryl_C so the 80 min. a week was used by PLC's?
14:27:29 2011
Wed Jan 26 schoolsmovingup Find out more about
14:28:48 2011 _staf The 5 Dysfunctions of a Team at http://www.tablegroup.com/books/dysfunctions/
Wed Jan 26 All these pieces are part of the packet posted on our web site for this event
jduffie
14:29:43 2011 http://www.schoolsmovingup.net/webinars/sangersped
Wed Jan 26 i don't see the PLC checklist in packet. do you know what the slide number is for that
karen_caroscio
14:30:08 2011 handout?
Wed Jan 26 Rhonda_Lockwo
can you restate those
14:30:27 2011 od
Wed Jan 26 Rhonda_Lockwo
thanks
14:30:56 2011 od
Wed Jan 26 schoolsmovingup
Common...Objectives
14:31:08 2011 _staf
Wed Jan 26 For those of you who want to learn about PLCs, go to www.allthingsplc.info
Eric
14:32:39 2011 This site has NO advertisements and LOTS of research by Rick and Becky DuFiur
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and others
Wed Jan 26 Do you work around those who don't buy in? Are they reinforced for their recalcitrance by
Naomi_Blakely
14:33:04 2011 not having complex kids?"
Wed Jan 26
Ian Working on it...
14:34:31 2011
Wed Jan 26
Psychs we are trying to use it... but having difficulty with buy-in
14:34:36 2011
Wed Jan 26
Aimee work in progress
14:34:40 2011
Wed Jan 26 Rhonda_Lockwo
we need help!
14:34:49 2011 od
Wed Jan 26
reinholta not in all grades, but we are working on it
14:34:50 2011
Wed Jan 26
Carmel_Schools elementary buildings are doing well, secondary not so much
14:34:57 2011
Wed Jan 26 CA has renamed RtI to RtII- response to Instruction and Intervention.
Nikarre_redcoff
14:35:00 2011 This keeps great focus on gen ed Tier I instruction
Wed Jan 26
jduffie Thank you all for doing the polls and chat :)
14:35:15 2011
Wed Jan 26
jduffie I would like to know what grade level s are serviced under the RtI model.
14:38:56 2011
Wed Jan 26
Margo_Austein What about confidentiality
14:39:48 2011
Wed Jan 26
Aimee we have a simlilar wall and students are coded no names are used
14:40:13 2011
Wed Jan 26
Aimee only teacher knows code
14:40:32 2011
Are your buildings making system-wide decisions based on their RtI data?
Wed Jan 26
Peggy_O_Dell Thinking about how are they changing practices/instruction/curriculum at Tier 1 to
14:40:38 2011
make a bigger impact.
Wed Jan 26 Rhonda_Lockwo
using RtI for SLD only or all disabilities?
14:41:01 2011 od
Wed Jan 26 Rhonda_Lockwo
do most of your schools build that time into the schedule
14:41:49 2011 od
Wed Jan 26
jduffie We are coming up to a short break -
14:42:12 2011
Wed Jan 26
Donna Is RTI happening after or before school as well as during school hours?
14:42:12 2011
Wed Jan 26
Psychs what intervention programs and universal screening measures does your district use?
14:43:19 2011
Wed Jan 26
Ian DIBELS is a good for progress monitoring anything different for Diagnostic Assessment?
14:44:58 2011
Wed Jan 26
reinholta not sure i really understand edi yet
14:45:13 2011
Wed Jan 26
karen_caroscio need a definition of EDI
14:46:03 2011
Wed Jan 26 If you have to leave please do our survey to give us your feedback before you leave
jduffie
14:46:44 2011 http://www.surveymonkey.com/s/7X8LMNP
Wed Jan 26 Stephanie_Carpe
Is EDI different than Direct Instruction?
14:47:56 2011 nter
our system uses a model, coach, apply philosophy - using think alouds so students can
Wed Jan 26
karen_caroscio "see" what experts do with a particular task - moving to guided practice and
14:49:05 2011
finally independent practice. is this different from EDI?
Wed Jan 26 schoolsmovingup You may also wish to view this webinar,
14:49:09 2011 _staf “Santa Fe Middle School: Strategies for Success,”
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which discusses leadership at the school level.
http://www.schoolsmovingup.net/webinars/santafe
Wed Jan 26
jduffie Any final comments or questions?
14:52:29 2011
Wed Jan 26 Stephanie_Carpe
Where can we find more information regarding EDI?
14:52:55 2011 nter
Wed Jan 26
Donna What are the words for the acronym TAPPLEE?
14:53:27 2011
Wed Jan 26
Nicole Teach, Ask, Pick, Pause, Listen, Explain, Expand
14:54:32 2011
Wed Jan 26 schoolsmovingup You can find some resources on EDI at
14:55:09 2011 _staf http://aim.cast.org/learn/historyarchive/backgroundpapers/explicit_instruction
Wed Jan 26 Advocacy_Institu are there requirements in current federal education laws - NCLB and IDEA –
14:56:01 2011 te including use of federal funds that are barriers to implementation of your initiatives?
Wed Jan 26
Noelle_Brecek What is Matt's role in the Sanger School District?
14:56:38 2011
Wed Jan 26
karen_caroscio he understands what good teaching looks like. :)
14:57:26 2011
Wed Jan 26
Nikarre_redcoff Thank you so much. Furhter proof that succes with sp.ed. students can be achieved!
14:57:42 2011
Wed Jan 26
robin_carter School principal leadership is so critical to implementing these ideas!
14:59:33 2011
Wed Jan 26 Advocacy_Institu
has the percent of students identified as needing special ed declined?
15:00:33 2011 te
Wed Jan 26
jduffie Thank you all please give us your feedback at http://www.surveymonkey.com/s/7X8LMNP
15:00:34 2011
Wed Jan 26
jduffie Thank you all for coming today
15:00:41 2011
Wed Jan 26
jduffie http://www.schoolsmovingup.net/webinars/sangersped
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Wed Jan 26 Rhonda_Lockwo
this was awesome.
15:01:19 2011 od
Wed Jan 26 EDi is a registered trademark of DataWORKS educational research.
jceasar
15:01:26 2011 They have a book. Authors are John Holiingsworth and Sylvia Ybarra.
Wed Jan 26 Rhonda_Lockwo
This was awesome. Thanks!
15:01:28 2011 od
Wed Jan 26
Nancy Thank you so much
15:01:46 2011
Wed Jan 26
deborah_daly thank you so much for sharing your process
15:02:01 2011
Wed Jan 26
Kim_Riley He's an excellent speaker. Well done!
15:02:09 2011
Wed Jan 26
Harbor Thanks for a terrific webinar.
15:02:19 2011
Wed Jan 26
reinholta Thank you!
15:02:32 2011
Wed Jan 26 Rhonda_Lockwo
where is the contact?
15:02:41 2011 od
Wed Jan 26
Nancy We need your E-mail please
15:02:47 2011
Wed Jan 26
jduffie Thanks Matt and all participants
15:03:56 2011
Wed Jan 26 Rhonda_Lockwo
do we have Matt's email?
15:04:16 2011 od
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