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Title: Special Education High School


1
Special EducationHigh School
  • John Kaseta Special Education Leader

2
Overview of Special EducationDepartment
  • 4 Special Education Teachers
  • 6 Para-professionals/Para-educators
  • General Responsibilities
  • Operation of individual classrooms
  • Planning and Placement Team meetings
  • Conduct individual educational evaluations
  • Contacting classroom teachers
  • Individual Educational Program (IEP)
  • Helping students take PSAT and SATs

3
Overview of Special Education Department
  • Currently serving 74 exceptional students in the
    high school setting
  • 33 - Specific Learning Disability
  • 23 Other Health Impaired (ADD/ADHD)
  • 10 Emotional Disability
  • 1 Multi-Handicapped
  • 1 Autism
  • 1 Traumatic Brain Injured
  • 5 Intellectual Disability

4
Special Education Curriculum
  • Based upon the individual needs of the student.
  • Individual goals and objectives are aligned with
    course standards.
  • Courses include
  • Math Transitional Math, Consumer Math, Math
    Foundations, and Basic Math
  • English Freshmen, Sophomore, Junior and Senior
    English (writing and reading skills)

5
Special Education CurriculumAdditional Topics
  • Individualized Transitional Programs
  • Vocational skills
  • application forms
  • letters of application
  • resume construction
  • vocational interest surveys
  • interviewing skills.

6
Special Education CurriculumAdditional Topics
  • Community Participation Skills
  • Identification of organizations in the community
    (Lions, Rotary, etc.)
  • Voting, basic rights and responsibilities as
    citizens.
  • Independent Living Skills (banking, renting an
    apartment, budgeting, health and safety, and
    insurance).

7
Connections with Students
  • Continuous meetings or contact with regular
    education teachers to discuss students progress
    and provide alternative strategies so students
    can reach their maximum potential.
  • Involvement in the Professional Learning
    Community (PLC) process Special Education
    teachers have been included in specific
    departments Math (Kaseta, Malin) and English
    (Kennedy, Jette) meetings working on
    identification and unwrapping of standards,
    determining the big idea (what do students know
    and what do we want them to be able to do),
    Powering the Standards (sequential steps needed
    to master the standard),

8
Connections with Students
  • Emphasis on raising students scores and having
    students see the relevance of what they learn in
    class and its direct connection to the real
    world.
  • Example Math Standard Measurement,
    Unwrapping the Standard volume and area, Big
    Idea calculating area, Powering the Standards
    (specific steps or sequence needed to master
    standard). Direct connection between calculating
    area to purchasing a rug to cover your living
    room at local carpet center.

9
Connections with Students
  • Example English Standard Reading
    Comprehension and Response to Literature
    students requested to response to proposal that
    GPS systems be installed on cell phones, letting
    parent know to location of son or daughter. Are
    you for or against this?
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