nicola wayer - professional development in ese for vs teachers

U.S. Department of Educa3on’s “Na3onal Educa3on Technology Plan” promotes virtual schooling as a means for mee3ng NCLB requirements Most Virtual School teachers are not ESE trained Increasing numbers of ESE students are enrolling in virtual school programs Virtual Schools are required to accommodate ESE students VS teachers have reduced access to support staff such as resource teachers, speech/physical/occupa3onal therapists, audiologists, mobility/ Braille specialists, diagnos3cians, staffing/placement specialists Nearly 20% of FLVS students are “at risk” students seeking credit recovery A Proposed Program for Professional Development Topics Covered in this PD Course Upon comple:ng this unit of instruc:on, par:cipa:ng virtual school teachers: Will be able to iden3fy common characteris3cs of students with high and low incidence disabili3es likely to enroll in a virtual school Will be able to iden3fy common interven3ons and/or accommoda3ons for students with a variety of disabili3es Will demonstrate the ability to modify a lesson or instruc3onal ac3vity to accommodate a student with a specific disability Will be able to iden3fy resources for loca3ng informa3on or assistance in accommoda3ng the needs of students with disabili3es Objec:ves for this PD Course Introduc3on to Special Educa3on: Terminology, The Law, & How It Applies to You Students with Learning Disabili3es Students with ADD/ADHD, and Other Mild Emo3onal and Behavioral Disabili3es Students Who Are Deaf or Hard of Hearing Students with Visual Impairments Students with Physical Disabili3es and Other Health Impairments Applica3on and Summary Addi3onal Technology Resources Special Educa:on in the U.S. Virtual Schooling Graphics from: Watson & Ryan (2006). Keeping pace with K‐12 online learning: A review of state‐level policy and prac3ce. North American Council for Online Learning, Vienna, VA. 13.6% of all students served in the U.S. have a disability (2006‐2007) Development Considera:ons Moving Forward Currently under review by experts in online learning, professional development, and special educa3on in prepara3on for a pilot study. Moodle Module Screen Capture

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Page 1: 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.

MoodleModuleScreenCapture

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