The need for Inclusion in a regular education classroom for Preschool
Children with disabilities
is very high. Both regular education and special education students will benefit, learn and grow from an inclusion program.
After
discussing the topics of interest for our Action Research plan, we came to the
conclusion that the Inclusion program at our campus being met with much
hesitation and good inclusion strategies
were not being implemented. The students in our Inclusion program will
benefit from being a part of the Inclusion program. Both the students with disabilities
and the regular education students will benefit greatly from a good Inclusion
program. We decided we need to
create a that will introduce good inclusion strategies and provide input from
both administrators and teachers, with the goal of having the teachers have buy
in and essentially practicing good inclusion strategies in their classroom.
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Action Planning
Template
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Goal: The need for
Inclusion in a regular
education classroom
for Preschool Children with disabilities
is very high. Both regular education and special education students will
benefit, learn and grow
from an
inclusion program.
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Action Steps(s):
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Person(s) Responsible:
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Timeline: Start/End
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Needed Resources
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Evaluation
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Meet with site supervisor and
Special Ed. Director, and Lead Speech pathologists to discuss and lay foundations of
expectations and requirements of Inclusion Program at Pre-K level.
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Emily
Laird
Odie
Michelle
Robbinson
Christina
Castillo
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April
2013
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Signed
approval to conduct Action Research Plan
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Review practices for teacher exptectations
on Pre-K Inclusion Program
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Attend RegionIV Inclusion Project Grant
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Emily
Laird
Odie
Christina
Castillo
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November
2012- March 2013
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Material/content for Region IV
Inclusion Project Grant
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Identify
important Inclusion Strategies that can be implemented in the Pre-K Classroom
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Conduct teacher survey of their
understanding and view on 2012-013 Pre-K Inclusion program.
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Emily
Laird
Christina
Castillo
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May
2013
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Teacher
Survey
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Collect
and review Teacher Surveys
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Research Literature on Inclusion
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Emily
Laird
Christina
Castillo
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March
2013-December 2013
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Lamar Online Library
Internet
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Research
and review literature and make notes of the benefits highlighted in the
literature, on the benefits of Inclusion of Children with disabilities.
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Attend professional development on
Inclusion and special Ed program
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Emily
Laird
Christina
Castillo
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Summer
2013
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Channelview ISD Calendar of Summer
Workshops
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Identify
important Inclusion Strategies that can be implemented in the Pre-K Classroom
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Meet with site supervisor and
speech pathologists to discuss plan for staff development session in August.
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Emily
Laird
Odie
Michelle
Robbinson
Christina
Castillo
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August
2013
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Material/content for staff
development
Literature review
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Identify any resources and areas
that need to be addressed.
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Conduct a staff development
session
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Emily
Laird
Odie
Michelle
Robbinson
Christina
Castillo
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August
2013
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Material/content for staff
development
Literature review
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Teacher
survey
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Teacher Survey on Inclusion Staff
Development
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Emily
Laird
Christina
Castillo
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August
2013
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Teacher
survey
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Review
teacher surveys
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Monitor teachers implementation of inclusion strategies
and curriculum.
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Emily
Laird
Christina
Castillo
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August
2013-May 2014
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Monitor
and feedback forms
Strategy
check off list
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Review
Monitor, feedback forms, and check off list
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Monitor Students in
the inclusion program
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Emily
Laird
Christina
Castillo
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August
2013-May 2014
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Monitor
and feedback forms
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Review
Monitor and feedback forms
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Compare inclusion students
data and CBA test at beginning and end of school year.
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Emily
Laird
Christina
Castillo
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May
2014
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Monitor
and feedback forms
CBA
tests
Student
Data
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Review
data and beginning of the year test and end of the year test results
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Conduct end of the year teacher
survey on 2013-2014 Inclusion Program
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Emily
Laird
Christina
Castillo
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May
2014
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Teacher
survey
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Collect
and review teacher surveys
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Report the results to site supervisor and Special Ed. Director, and Lead Speech
pathologists and teachers. Discuss how research findings can improve
the Pre-K Inclusion Program for the 2014-2015 school year.
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Emily
Laird
Odie
Michelle
Robbinson
Christina
Castillo
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May
2014
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Research
findings
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Review research plan findings on
Pre-K Inclusion Program
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Good plan. You have some important steps - attending training, completing surveys and staff development for the staff. It is very important for teachers to understand exactly what is expeted from them. Teacher understanding and being confident about implementing a program is crucial. Good luck on your project! I hope this helps!
ReplyDeleteI love the idea of inclusion beginning in Pre-K. Maybe you could add how you would build a partnership with the families of the students with special needs. To have active participation in their child's learning.
ReplyDeleteGreat topic! Inclusion is near and dear to my heart and can be so beneficial if it's done right. The only suggestion I have is to maybe provide for some sort of intervention mid-year in case there is something that can be tweaked to maximize the success of the program. Just a thought. I'll be interested to follow your project. Good luck!
ReplyDeleteI love your topic. Inclusion has a special place in my heart as well. I taught on both sides of the inclusion piece (special ed and regular ed). It is great to have these students start bonding and working at an early age. It is a benefit to both general ed and special ed students.
ReplyDeleteIn regards to your plan, here are a couple of things I was thinking: What types of surveys are you planning to use? Survey monkey, google surveys? You might want to also sit and interview some of the teachers to develop more personal communication regarding the plan, only because this topic is a pretty heavy topic. Also, what are you going do with the surveys (graph results, spreadsheet)? Other thank those thoughts, I think it looks very well thought out. I am excited to follow your project. best of luck.
your plan look great. I see that you prepare your research, getting the ground ready this school year and fully implement the plan and collecting the data in 2013-14 school year. I am looking forward to see your updates. Goodluck
ReplyDeleteThe need for Inclusion in a regular education classroom for Preschool Children with disabilities is very much needed. And you're absolutely right both regular education and special education students benefit. I am an inclusion teacher and I help anyone in the class that need help. I may co-teach, lead a lesson, or just assist. I really love it!
ReplyDeleteI couldn't agree more that it's important for pre-k students to have inclusion classes. The message of acceptance that's conveyed to these little ones at such impressionable ages will contribute to how they view the word and their place in it. It is important for them to see that there are a variety of "differences" within every classroom, and therefore, should be given the opportunity to interact with their differently abled peers.
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