Instructional | KEDC Special Education Cooperative

Summer 2019:  3-Hour Conceptual Training Sessions

These sessions are designed to give teachers an introduction to conceptually teaching mathematics concepts from elementary to early middle school students.  All materials will be provided in the trainings.  All the trainings are free to KEDC Special Ed member districts.

Conceptual Strategies for Teaching Addition/Subtraction

Three hour training introduces strategies to build understanding of addition and subtraction using appropriate grade-level standards and manipulatives.

Summer 2019:  3-Hour Conceptual Training Sessions

These sessions are designed to give teachers an introduction to conceptually teaching mathematics concepts from elementary to early middle school students.  All materials will be provided in the trainings.  All the trainings are free to KEDC Special Ed member districts.

Conceptual Strategies for Teaching Fractions

Three hour training introduces strategies for introducing and performing operations with fractions.  Appropriate grade-level standards and manipulatives are used to help build understanding.

New MSD Teacher Cadre

This series of professional learning is designed for new MSD teachers to gain critical information in preparation for the first years of instruction. Initial work-sessions will include Environmental Arrangement, Scheduling and Paperwork Prep, and Visual Supports. Monthly online learning and webinar meetings will be scheduled to address further training topics such as behavior intervention, communication supports, and IEP development and progress monitoring. Coaching and technical support will be provided throughout the school year to address the individual learning goals set by the participant.

Target Audience: MSD teachers with 2 years or less of experience teaching students with moderate and severe disabilities.  The Director of Special Education from each member district will submit names for this cadre.

Real World SLP - Integrating SLP Interventions into the Classroom Using a Workload Approach

LEARNER OUTCOMES –

As a result of the activity, the participants will be able to:

1.     Implement time-saving strategies to integrate highly effective therapy into classrooms even with high caseloads.

2.     Explain the need for and implement a workload approach to therapy in their schools.

3.     Write measurable and authentic goals that support the student in all school settings.

BIOGRAPHY –

Christina Bradburn is a full-time, practicing, school-based speech-language pathologist.  She is a national presenter for the Bureau of Education and Research and author of “Timesaving Strategies to Integrate SLP Interventions into Classrooms: Moving from a Caseload to a Workload Approach”.  She is passionate about working collaboratively with teachers, administrators and school staff while using creative, yet research-based interventions. She strives to maximize time through creative scheduling without sacrificing high-quality and effective services to her students. Christina is known for her highly practical approach and for sharing a wealth of proven teaching strategies and resources that are easy to use on a daily basis. You will find her presentation fast-paced, enjoyable and full of useful ideas you can immediately implement to guide your school’s speech-language program.

DESCRIPTION OF PRESENTATION -

A “Workload vs Caseload” approach to therapy sounds great in theory, but what does it look like in the real world of a school-based Speech Language Pathologist? This presentation is designed to provide time-saving strategies that will turn you into an intervention superstar without compromising your SLP- specific skill set. You will gain valuable strategies to help you integrate classroom curriculum into your goals, learn to co-teach across grade levels, and push in to all parts of the school day. Scheduling your days for maximum impact will be a focus of the day along with models of hundreds of grade-level specific ideas to take back and use tomorrow. 

Need a Recipe for Reading? We want to equip you with the resources and tools you need to help struggling readers who are stuck in phonics, blending, and other early literacy skills. These essential skills must be taught to our students who are not reading on grade level. The training will equip you with an inexpensive and structured Phonics program of instruction for your students who struggle with letter-sound combinations and blending of sounds.  We will share a multi-sensory approach to teaching important reading skills, which include a visual, auditory, tactile, and kinesthetic (VAKT) strategies. 

This session will provide the updated step-by-step guide of the process for developing an Individual Education Program using the IEP Guidance Document produced by the Kentucky Department of Education. Teachers will be provided the knowledge and skills to design meaningful, individualized programming for students in special education. This session will emphasize the role of determining current baseline using student performance data, developing measurable, observable goals, determining evidence based SDI & SAS and using appropriate tools for monitoring progress on successful student outcomes.

This training is at the KEDC Ashland Office.

Who can register for the training:

• New Teachers
• Service Providers
• Administrators who need a detailed step-by-step training of how to develop IEP for students with disabilities. 

This series of training and coaching support is meant to provide new (0-2 years’ experience) LBD teachers activities that are grounded in research-based practices to increase teacher skill-sets and administrator understanding of indicators of high quality teaching and learning for students with Learning and/or Behavioral Disabilities (LBD).

THE DIRECTOR OF SPECIAL EDUCATION IN EACH MEMBER DISTRICT WILL SUBMIT NAMES FOR THIS CADRE.

New LBD Teacher Boot-Camp is a learning series that will focus on supporting special education teachers for the 99% and bringing rigorous academic instruction for all students.  The goal of the series is to build the instructional capacity of KEDC’s Special Education teachers to increase academic achievement for students with learning/behavior disabilities. 

The series will include training in explicit instruction, co-teaching, working with paraprofessionals, applied behavior analysis (PBIS, classroom management, de-escalation strategies), social/emotional learning instruction, accommodations and modifications, IEP development, progress monitoring, functional behavior assessments, behavior intervention plan development, continuous classroom improvement, evidence-based reading and math instruction in the resource setting.  

This statewide training module demonstrates how progress monitoring fits into the Individualized Education Plan (IEP) process by providing approaches, tips and tools for progress monitoring and showing how to use progress monitoring data to set goals, make instructional decisions, and plan programs for individual students with disabilities.

This meeting will provide an opportunity for School Psychologists from the KEDC and KVEC Special Education Cooperative regions to come together to receive enrichment, networking and growth opportunities.  They will also discuss current topics, trends, and resources related to their area of expertise.

For more information please contact jenny.hogg@kedc.org