September 2018 - Special Educator e-Journal
Table of Contents
- Special Education Legal Alert. By Perry A. Zirkel
- Book Review: Hacking Leadership. By Nancy Watson
- Final Rule: Delay of Compliance Dates for Disproportionality
- New Special Education Teacher Perceptions of Classroom Assessment Knowledge. By Karen M. Potter
- Book Review: Secrets of Great Leaders: 50 ways to make a difference. By Bonnie L. Rosenblum
- Buzz from the Hub
- Book Review: Leading a Culture of Change. By Nathalie Diaz
- For Parents: Your Child Needs Your Involvement in the School Life. By Sarah AL-Sharif
- Examining Black Male Behavior through a Culturally Reflective Lens. By Monique Matute
- Acknowledgments
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Special Education Legal Alert
By Perry A. Zirkel
© August 2018
This monthly legal alert addresses three significant procedural issues under the IDEA—child find when the child is determined not to be eligible; child-identified e-mails that are not part of the child’s file; and the removal (or refusal to include) planning time in a child’s IEP. For automatic e-mailing of future legal alerts, sign up at perryzirkel.com.
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Book Review: Hacking Leadership
By Nancy Watson
Sanfelippo, J., Sinanis, T. Hacking Leadership. Ohio: Times 10, 2016. 155pp. $18.36.
“Because a school’s culture extends to all of its stakeholders, effective interactions are the single most important non-negotiable in creating flourishing schools.” The authors, Joe Sanfelippo and Tony Sinanis believe that creating personal relationships with staff, teachers, and students is what makes schools grow and be successful. This book talks about the ways schools can grow, children can learn and the school be successful all around.
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Final Rule: Delay of Compliance Dates for Disproportionality
On July 3, 2018, the U.S. Department of Education issued a final rule that will delay by two years the date for States to comply with the “Equity in IDEA” or “significant disproportionality” regulations. Set to go into effect on July 1, 2018, implementation of those rules are now delayed until July 1, 2020. In the same final rule, the Department also postponed the date for including children ages 3 through 5 in the analysis of significant disproportionality, with respect to the identification of children as children with disabilities and as children with a particular impairment. The initial implementation deadline was July 1, 2020; the deadline is now two years later: July 1, 2022.
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New Special Education Teacher Perceptions of Classroom Assessment Knowledge
By Karen M. Potter
Upper Iowa University
Abstract
This qualitative interview study examined the perceptions of classroom assessment competence and knowledge of five recent graduates of the University of New Mexico Special Education Dual License Program (SEDLP). A two interview (per participant) semi-structured format was used with constant comparative methodology to gain an understanding of three broad questions. First, in what ways do graduates characterize their theoretical understanding and ability to apply classroom assessment for students who receive special education services? Second, in what ways do SEDLP graduates report that they use classroom assessment to inform classroom instruction? Finally, what features of the SEDLP do graduates identify as having positively or negatively impacted their ability to effectively use classroom assessment? Content analysis of the interviews allows discussion of these questions and permits explanation of implications for assessment preparation within the general field of Special Education teacher preparation.
Keywords: classroom assessment, teacher preparation, special education, dual license
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Book Review: Secrets of Great Leaders: 50 ways to make a difference
By Bonnie L. Rosenblum
Secrets of Great Leaders: 50 ways to make a difference. O’Connor, Carol. London, UK: John Murray Learning, 2015. 260. $14.99.
This book awakens your inner soul as O’Connor presents 50 tips to inspire you to maximize a multitude of leadership abilities and steer colleagues toward success. Secrets of Great Leaders: 50 ways to make a difference offers detailed suggestions with real life examples and applicable situations in which they could be implemented. Each of O’Connor’s 50 tips is strategically broken down into three components: practical, visionary and connecting to enable the reader to follow the tip from concept to implementation. The author recommends for the reader to identify their personal strengths and weaknesses prior to embarking on this journey. Then, skip around the book and read the tips that are most applicable to strengthening their individual needs. Establishing mindfulness of each tip will facilitate leadership building skills in the order by which the reader establishes.
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Buzz from the Hub
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- The 101 Guide To Telling a Compelling Story With Data
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- Opportunity for All? Technology and Learning in Lower-Income Families
- The Direct Support Workforce and People with Intellectual, Developmental, and Other Disabilities
- 2018 State Determination Letters from OSERS
- State-level Statistics and Fact Facts
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Book Review: Leading a Culture of Change
By Nathalie Diaz
The book by author Michael Fullan Leading a Culture of Change is a philosophical journey into the world of educational leadership that derives from a business model perspective and connects those points to an educational leader perspective as a school administrator. Fullan in his book provides examples from top leading companies in America and discusses how these companies collaborate and take on their leadership roles in running corporations and how that same concept can be applied to our schools.
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For Parents: Your Child Needs Your Involvement in the School Life
By Sarah AL-Sharif
Abstract
When parents develop a good working relationship with the teachers, they feel supported in their parenting. When a parent feels like she or he has another person who shares the good and the down times of her child makes the parent feel supported. It helps them to reduce their anxiety especially when the children are young. The teacher makes it feel like it is the extended family taking care of the child. A parent always needs someone to talk to about the child any time she has concerns. Having a good relationship with the teacher helps to achieve this. In addition, the relationship helps the parents to develop knowledge and skills. It is clear that parents have been with their children raising them (George & Elshtain, 2010). Therefore, they have an adequate amount of information about them. However, there are some skills that they do not know about their children development.
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Examining Black Male Behavior through a Culturally Reflective Lens
Monique Matute, M.Ed.
University of Nevada, Las Vegas
Abstract
Black males have been disproportionately identified, labeled with, and placed into classrooms for students with emotional and behavioral disorders (EBD). For decades, since the inception of the Education of All Handicapped Children Act (EAHCA), now the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA), schools and school personnel have struggled with Black males’ overrepresentation in the EBD category. Suggestions have been put forth regarding how to fix this ongoing problem, including encouraging teachers to adopt culturally responsive strategies that are specific to the needs of Black males. This article will discuss (1) the disproportionate representation of Black males with EBD in special education, (2) typical Black male behaviors that contribute to their disproportionate representation, (3) the functional behavior assessment (FBA) and its reconceptualization as a culturally responsive tool, (4) the implementation of culturally responsive strategies in the classroom, and (5) suggestions for teachers to incorporate to create a safe and engaging environment.
Keywords: emotional behavioral disorders, overrepresentation, functional behavior assessment, cultural responsivity
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Acknowledgements
Portions of this or previous month’s NASET’s Special Educator e-Journal were excerpted from:
- Center for Parent Information and Resources
- Committee on Education and the Workforce
- FirstGov.gov-The Official U.S. Government Web Portal
- Journal of the American Academy of Special Education Professionals (JAASEP)
- National Collaborative on Workforce and Disability for Youth
- National Institute of Health
- National Organization on Disability
- Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration
- U.S. Department of Education
- U.S. Department of Education-The Achiever
- U.S. Department of Education-The Education Innovator
- U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
- U.S. Department of Labor
- U.S. Food and Drug Administration
- U.S. Office of Special Education
The National Association of Special Education Teachers (NASET) thanks all of the above for the information provided for this or prior editions of the Special Educator e-Journal