Zooming In and Out of Inclusionary Practices in Washington State
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For inclusion to be fully realized, critical systems change/ complex change work needs to be done. This includes both strategies and vision for what a newly designed inclusive and equitable system looks like. Every time Katie zooms out to discuss critical systems work, Shelley will zoom in with a specific story about what this looks like, sounds like, and feels like for an individual student. Shelley will share stories that help us imagine the impacts of this system on individual students and families supported by this work.
Date | Zooming In | Zooming Out |
Session 3 (March 27, 2023) | The irony of UDL | Focus on addressing competency (i.e., UDL) and implementation barriers (i.e., access to high-quality instructional materials) to ensure that all learners and educators are supported, inspired and supported in inclusive systems |
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Section | Presenter | Focus | 
15 minutes | 
| Story Time! Hint: It’s about Napoleon.
Access Shelley’s Seed Packet template | 
30 minutes | 
| The Process of Universally Designing a Lesson
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45 minutes |
| Needs-Based Classroom Support Plans
In this section, Shelley will take learners through a needs-based planning session to be responsive to specific student needs. | 
15 minutes | 
| Fireside Chat
Q&A with Shelley and Katie | 
15 minutes | 
| Optimistic closing from the project team and final reflection |
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Date | Zooming In | Zooming Out |
Session 2 (Feb. 6, 2023) | Shifting IEPs by recentering student voice | Focus on addressing competency barriers (i.e., co-teaching expertise) to foster universal design for learning to elevate voice and choice. |
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Section | Presenter | Focus | 
15 minutes | 
| - Welcoming/inclusion activity: Shelley to share the origin story of the seed packet.
- Prompt: If you had to make your seed packet, what would be on it?
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45 minutes | 
| What is UDL, and how can systems support it?
- UDL analogies
- Core components: variability, firm goals, and expert learning
- Share Would You Rather resource
- The power of UDL and co-teaching
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35 minutes |
| - IEP development the UDL way
- Before/after IEP
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20 minutes | 
| Fireside Chat and Q&A with Shelley and Katie |
5 minutes |
| Optimistic closing from the project team and final reflection |
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Date | Zooming In | Zooming Out |
Session 1 (Jan. 11, 2023) | The Story of One Student | Introducing MTSS as a driver of inclusive and equitable systems |
Section | Presenter | Focus |
10 minutes |
| Welcoming/inclusion activity using Zoom, by Istvan Banyai as inspiration. |
45 minutes | 
| - A story of a student - Shelley (elementary non-example and inclusive example)
- This is what my IEP looked like, why goals are bunk, and why I want to blow them up! (P.S. I do like accommodations!)
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30 minutes | 
| - Zoom back to the classroom
- Zoom back to the school
- Zoom back to the district (touch on implementation science)
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15 minutes |
| Fireside Chat and Q&A with Shelley and Katie |
10 minutes | 
| Zoom back into the student - and how the inclusive practice didn’t scale because it wasn’t fully implemented at all levels |
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