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Inclusive Schools Build Inclusive Societies Eureka! Inclusive TK-Grade Charter School The concept for Eureka began in 2013 with leaders of the SJUSD Community Advisory Committee for Special Education Local Plan Area IV (CACSE) “ Vanessa Wallace Chair Music Teacher Tiffany Maciel Vice Chair Early Interventionist Aparna Menrai Treasurer Dentist Veronica Andrade Secretary Public School Teacher SJUSD Parent: daughters and sons autism spectrum and daughter ADHD Chair Sub-Committees: Parent Education/Speakers Mental Health SJUSD Parent: school aged sons Autism Spectrum Dyslexia/Complex Health SJUSD Parent: school aged daughters Typically Developing Cerebral Palsy and Autism SJUSD Parent: Son on spectrum San Jose Unified School District Student Sub Group Performance Source: CA State Dashboard Fall 2018 https://www.caschooldashboard.org/reports/43696660000000/2018/academic-performance#college-career SJUSD Student Sub Group Suspension Graduate College or Career Ready Students w/Disabilities 7.4% 8.9% English Learners 4.1% 13% Socio-economically Disadvantaged 4.4% 34.4% All Students 3% 48.2points below San Jose Unified School District Student Sub Group Performance Source: CA State Dashboard Fall 2018 https://www.caschooldashboard.org/reports/43696660000000/2018/academic-performance#college-career SJUSD Student Sub Group ELA MATH Students w/Disabilities 87.8 points below 117.7 points below English Learners 43.7 points below 71.9 points below Socio-economically Disadvantaged 41 points below All Students 10.6 points above 19.5 points below 79.3 points below California Public Education Current Model TWO SEPARATE SYSTEMS Problem #1 COSTLY, INEFFECTIVE, TOO LATE In California, model programs of service delivery options that would promote student outcomes had not been identified for students with disabilities Problem #2 FAILURE IS REQUIRED The lack of interventions available for struggling students often leads to the first intervention being a referral to special education Inclusive education: A set of systems, practices and beliefs that allow for equity in access to education for all students, taking into account an individual’s … Disability Social class/ geography Language Etnicity and Race Aaron Lanou, 2017 Inclusive Education Delivery Model: Program Goals and Equitable Outcomes Supports that give teachers the resources they need to help children learn Academically effective and aligned with grade level content and topics Socially meaningful and aligned with age level appropriate activities Developmentally appropriate and aligned to reflect measurable growth towards grade level target goals CHIME Institute, established 1990 National leader in the development and implementation of an intentionally inclusive model of education SWIFT Schools An Inclusive Multi-Tiered System of Supports Our mission is to establish an intentionally inclusive and universally designed TK-6th grade charter school reflective of the cultural, linguistic, and learning diversity of the students living in San Jose and surrounding neighborhoods Eureka! Inclusive will provide a welcoming school environment for students that are currently underserved by traditional public and charter schools Our vision is that Eureka! Inclusive will serve as an inspirational educational model to other schools in San Jose Unified and that its success will promote the growth of intentionally inclusive, universally designed, relationship based, schools throughout Santa Clara County Our commitment to the academic success of all children is neither neutral or inconsequential It is the pedagogical challenge of our time that we can and should meet if we are to educate and prepare students to be 21st century civically engaged members of the global community Eureka! Inclusive will set a new standard of expectation and outcomes for student subgroups that have suffered too long under the myth of inability Our promise is to provide excellent academics in a socially meaningful environment that endeavors to nurture a sense of self-worth and intrinsic value in each child Eureka! Inclusive model of inclusion is anchored by four shared principles Nurturing relationships are essential to the healthy development of all children Nurturing environments are essential to healthy explorations for all children Equal access to curriculum is essential to academic success for all children Childhood should be filled with wonder, joy, friends, and play Investing in People-Building Relationships “If you want to support the student, support the teacher.” adapted from Bowlby Our Interdisciplinary teaching teams work together in collaboration to provide a 1:13 classroom ratio They include*: • full Time Teachers • Full Time Special Education Teachers • Full Time Classroom Assistants • Full time Occupational Therapist • Full Time Speech and Language Pathologist *increases with enrollment to maintain 1:13 ratio **additional support will be provided by graduate student externs, but is not factored in the classroom ration calculations Investing in PeopleStrengthening Relationships Our classroom teams are supported by: • Executive Director • Director of Special Education • Family Therapist 25 Full Time • School Psychologist 25 Full Time Our school is supported by: • CHIME Institute • SWIFT Schools Eureka! Inclusive is a relationship based school and informed by a deep appreciation for the basic attachment needs of all humans Key Features Support Principles and Morning Movement Multidisciplinary Teaching Teams Small School Relationship-Bas ed School Model Instructional Lunches Strong Family and Community Relationships Health and Wellness Center • • • • • • In the morning I need to … Play quietly Run, Jump, and Play!! Be comforted Eat Rest Morning Movement Benefits: • Social • Emotional • Intellectual • Physical Health Morning Movement: The Hidden Benefits Flat Tire Spilled Milk Sick Child Key Features Support Principle Universal Design for Learning (UDL) Daily Team Collaboration Hour Common Core Aligned Integrated Arts Curriculum Inquiry Based Academics “A Culture of Thinking” Daily Designated Learning Hour Technology Toolbox ● ● ● ● ● An interdisciplinary, co-teaching model Transdisciplinary team approach Daily team co-planning time Small classes and high student/adult ratio Relationship-based teaching and school practices Eureka’s design is committed to: Assuming the competence, contribution, and belonging of all kids WHY Universal Design for Learning? “Barriers to learning are not, in fact, inherent in the capacities of learners, but instead arise in learners' interactions with inflexible educational goals, materials, methods, and assessments.” Center for Applied Special Technology, 2003 Finding: Universal Design for Learning = ● Accessible and Welcoming Classrooms ● Accessible and Welcoming Curriculum ● Accessible and Welcoming Communities Daily Designated Learning Hour Each student to receives daily individual enrichments and supports, in areas such as Second Language Acquisition Social Thinking Enrichment Speech Math Reading OT/PT GATE Childhood should be filled with wonder, joy, friends, and play Principle Vision of What It Means to be an Educated Person in the 21st Century At Eureka, children more than learn, they discover their place in the world! ∙ Pride in their individual human value and purpose; ∙ Respect for the human value and purpose of others; ∙ Demonstrable ability to think independently, work collaboratively, and communicate effectively; ∙ Demonstrate knowledge and grasp of technological resources that help them navigate in the 21st century; ∙ Show confidence in their convictions and capability to follow through with solutions; ∙ Show compassion in their actions and kindness with their words; ∙ Have an unwavering commitment to challenge the status quo to improve the human condition; ∙ An appreciation for nature’s beauty and their responsibility as stewards Perhaps, most importantly, retaining the wonder, joy, and optimism of childhood, powered by imagination and the ability to look at the seemingly impossible and declare, “I CAN DO THAT!” Inclusion is not a marginal issue Eureka! 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