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Project Title: Inclusion: A Demonstration Model for the New Millennium Nathan Hale High School
Seattle School District
Contact: Judith Peterson, japeterson@is.ssd.k12.wa.us
10750 30th Ave NE
Seattle, WA 98125
(206) 366 7800
Population Special Educ 504 Title I/LAP ESL 1084 138 28 332 176 Project Description:
The school has established two ninth grade Academy programs consisting of of six general ed., special ed., and ESL teachers with a student/teacher ratio of 21 to 1. The Academies provide team teaching and integration of English, Social Studies, Science and Health. The Academy occurs in a three-hour block that meets daily.Challenges:
Challenges include no shared building-wide philosophy on inclusion. The Academy program exists at ninth grade this year. Next year, current Academy teachers will loop to the tenth grade level and a new ninth grade team will be established.Needs:
Needs include all staff training on inclusion, LRE, and co-teaching. Summer planning for the ninth and tenth grade block period teachers, and the need to establish a collaboration period for the eight block teachers for next year to do team planning. This planning period will be used to share/case manage students, monitor students, phone calls to students' homes, and to integrate curriculum.Strengths of Site:
Strengths include the building's decision to prioritize the building budget to directly support services to students. The school is involved with a social justice and equity national grant. Since the 9th grade Academy has been in place they have documented dramatic decreases in behavior suspensions and expulsions. Each child is assigned to a mentor teacher who is a case manager for that child and parents or guardians. The teaching of organizational skills is emphasized during the teaching of all course content. Students are expected to apply these skills and to meet clearly established behavioral expectations.Evaluation:
Evaluation of student outcomes will be in reading, writing, and behavior.
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Office of State Superintendent of Public Instruction
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Olympia, WA 98504-7200
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