Life Skills & Community Based Classrooms Professional Learning

CommunitiesExtended Core Curriculum

What are we doing?

PROFESSIONALQuarterly meetings with other severe unit

teachers.LEARNINGCollaborate with teachers regarding

curriculum, instruction, and behavior interventions.

Collaborate with teachers regarding transition.

COMMUNITIESProvide support to one another.

Why?“Winds of

Change”

How are things going to change?

Utah State Office of Education Extended Core Standards for Students with Significant Cognitive Disabilities.

IEP Goals aligned with USOE Extended Core Standards on grade level.

Implementing curriculum district-wide.

USOE Extended Core Standardsfor Students with Significant Cognitive Disabilities

Raising the Bar

IntroductionDeveloped to give students with significant disabilities access to the Core Curriculum.

Contains standards for math, science and English language arts for grades K-12.

OrganizationStandard: a broad statement of what all

students are expected to understand.Element of the Standard: a statement of

specific expectations and basic principles of the standard.

Extended Core Standard: a statement of what a student with significant cognitive disabilities is expected to understand at each grade level.

Example: intended to demonstrate practical and functional application of

the standard.

PLC ApplicationIn your groups:• Pick an extended core standard for English language arts that falls within the grade level of students your group currently instructs.• Write a lesson plan in which the content objective of the plan aligns with the extended core standard.• Do the same for math and science.

IEP Goalsaligned with grade level Extended Core Standards

Reporting Progress

RefresherIEP goals should be:ObservableMeasureableHave functional application (PLAFFP

“statement of function”)Goals tied to objectives

“as evidenced by”

AssessmentShould direct IEP goals and instruction.

Should be done with each Extended Core Standard.

Should culminate every year with UAA.

PLC ApplicationIn your groups:• Look at English language arts Core Standards and write an IEP Goal and Objectives for the grade level your group currently instructs.• Design or outline an assessment procedure for your IEP goal. . .make sure to address progress reporting.• Do the same for math and science.

Curriculumimplemented district-wide

Equipping with Tools

ElementaryEnglish language arts:MEville to WEville

Math•Every Day Counts

ElementaryEnglish language arts:MEville to WEville

Currently being piloted at:Green Acres Elementary

Math:Every Day Counts

Currently being piloted at:Green Acres Elementary

SecondaryEnglish language arts:Language! Level A

MathAttainment’s Teaching

to Math Standards

SecondaryEnglish language arts:Language! Level A

Currently being piloted at:Bonneville High School

Math:Attainment’s Teaching to

Math StandardsCurrently being piloted at:

Orion Junior High

ElementaryJanice Hill

Extended Core with Lo-Tech Accommodations

SecondaryNichole Warren-Doman

Extended Core Science—teaching with technology

Curriculum Demonstration

Where do we go from here?Personal Reflection

What am I currently doing? Why am I doing it that way? How can I begin to implement change?

Question/Feedback Write down at least one question you still have. Any presentation feedback.

• PLCs: Collaborate! Don’t continue to reinvent the wheel.

• Coordinators: Plan to meet with your coordinator and share your “How” question, so they have a specific way to help.

• Me: Please leave your question with me today and I will get them answered.

• I will be facilitating the PLC meetings this year so please share your feedback with me.

• I would love to come see the exciting things you are doing in your classes and help problem solve with you.

Juliana Woodbury (801)814-8087 jwoodbury@weber.k12.ut.us

Who will support you?