Support Success
For Students
With Disabilities
Success Bound Conference
Presenter: Lisa Hite, State Support Team
Lisa Hite, esclew_lh@sstr1.org
SST 1: Who We Serve
Why SSTs Exist
What we are charged to do: Continuous School Improvement
What Color Is This Apple?
Ohio Has a Problem
Ohio ranks 54th out of the 56 states and territories on the percentage of students with disabilities who receive high school diplomas by meeting the same requirements as their nondisabled peers.
The graduation rate of students with disabilities with regular high school diplomas is 21% compared to 85.3% for all students.
-Each Child Means Each Child
More than 20% of high school students with disabilities (or just more than 4,300 students) exit high school by dropping out each year.
What is your reaction to the data?
A Promise Left Unfulfilled
Special education in Ohio is a system of mixed results. For some students with disabilities, special education has supported and helped them achieve their goals. For others, special education has been a quagmire of low expectations, lack of educational and extracurricular opportunities, exclusion from their peers and intervention that, at their best, have been haphazardly implemented and, at their worst, not applied at all. These factors have contributed to a system notable for its vast learning and achievement gaps.
Think Back to the Apple.
pre·dis·po·si·tion
/ˌprēdispəˈziSH(ə)n/
noun
Consider the timeline of laws regarding Special Education
What were your life/career experiences at the time each law was passed?
Take 10 minutes to enter your life experiences
I graduated HS in 91.
I specifically remember there being a separate room.
Starting teaching in 95
Remember filling out HQT forms
What new information did you learn?
What new perspective did you gain?
What was your aha?
What questions did this create for you?
What action can you go back and take in your school?
Find Your Decade -When did you enter the Profession?
https://thevou.com/fashion/70s-fashion/
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ry9AsSO7hTo
https://www.bbc.co.uk/bbcthree/article/91603cc1-f159-4c89-9462-443a078945ca
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9pjUyyW-1h4
https://www.reddit.com/r/starterpacks/comments/ijpd49/mid_2010s_starter_pack/?utm_medium=android_app&utm_source=share
Each Child Means Each Child
More than 80% of students with disabilities have the same cognitive abilities to acquire the knowledge and skills needed to achieve success in life as their nondisabled peers.
Equity is upheld when students with disabilities are held to the same high expectations as their nondisabled peers.
The actions, commitment and collaboration among educators and other adults in the life of a student with disabilities is the most impactful contribution to success.
Supporting Student Success
Students with Diverse Needs
Students At-Risk for Gradation
Perkins Defined Special Populations
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Explore, Expand and Evolve!
FOUNDATIONAL OPTIONS
Earn a cumulative score of proficient or higher on three or more WebXams in a single career pathway;
Earn 12-point approved industry-recognized credential in a single career field;
Complete a pre-apprenticeship program, recognized by the Ohio State Apprentice Council (OSAC), complete an OSAC registered apprenticeship in the student’s chosen career field, or show evidence of acceptance into an OSAC registered apprenticeship program
Obtain a state-issued license for practice in a vocation that requires an examination.
SUPPORTING OPTIONS
Complete a 250-hour work-based learning experience with evidence of positive evaluations;
Earn the workforce readiness score on WorkKeys*; or
Earn the OhioMeansJobs-Readiness Seal.
We’ve been given permission to EVOLVE!
Strategy 10
Start with Changing the Mindset or Disposition of Staff.
Dig Deeper
Final Thoughts
Megan - “Don’t Limit Me!”
“You and a friend are having a picnic by the side of the river. Suddenly you hear a shout from the direction of the water - a child is drowning. Without thinking, you both dive in, grab the child, and swim to shore. Before you can recover, you hear another child cry for help. You and your friend jump back in the river to rescue her as well. Then another struggling child drifts into sight...and another...and another. The two of you can barely keep up. Suddenly, you see your friend wading out of the water, seeming to leave you alone. “Where are you going?” you demand. Your friend answers, “I’m going upstream to tackle the guy who’s throwing all these kids in the water.”
-Page 1 of Upstream
https://bebeautifulbeyourself.org/megan-bomgaars/
Each Child Means Each Child
More than 80% of students with disabilities have the same cognitive abilities to acquire the knowledge and skills needed to achieve success in life as their nondisabled peers.
Equity is upheld when students with disabilities are held to the same high expectations as their nondisabled peers.
The actions, commitment and collaboration among educators and other adults in the life of a student with disabilities is the most impactful contribution to success.
Thank you for your time!
This document/product/software was supported in whole or in part by the U.S. Department of Education, Office of Special Education Programs, (Award #H027A160111, CFDA 84.027A, awarded to the Ohio Department of Education). The opinions expressed herein do not necessarily reflect the policy or position of the U.S. Department of Education, Office of Special Education Programs, and no official endorsement by the Department should be inferred.