EAST CARROLL PARISH

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EAST CARROLL PARISH

• INCLUSION

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The Birth of Inclusion in East Carroll Parish

• In 1993 East Carroll Parish was monitored by the
  Office of Special Education Services Programs out
  of Washington D C.

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Correction Action Plan

• Eighteen months later a corrective action plan
  was developed with emphasis on LRE.
• The correction action plan stated that funds were
  to be provided by the Department to hire a
  consultant.

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Consultant Hired

• The consultant hired was Toni Bennett. Toni was
  to insure the corrective action plan was fully
  implemented and carried out.
• Mrs. Bennett insisted that the only way we could
  insure the corrective action was fully
  implemented was with inclusion.
• Prior to the return monitoring of the OSESP, East
  Carroll had surpassed the projected goals and
  objectives for LRE.

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Inclusion Planning

• It was decided that East Carroll Parish would
  implant inclusion in grades kindergarten through
  the twelfth grade.
• The summer before inclusion was to take place
  professional development was held monthly.
• Characteristics of Special Needs Students
• Co-Teaching
• Collaboration
• Differentiated Instruction

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Inclusion Implementation

• Two years later pre school was fully included.
• To this date we remain a successfully included
  system except for the very involved students whom
  are in a resource setting.

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Struggling With Inclusion

• This is not to say that there have not been any
  bumps along the road.
• Initially there was a great deal of reluctance by
  both regular and special education teachers.
• Many teachers felt that students with
  disabilities should be segregated by classes.
• Today there is no talk of your students vs our
  students. They are OUR students!

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Support of School Board

• With the support of the local school board and
  the superintendent we have managed to continue
  our inclusion.
• LaSIG has been a major contributor to our
  continued success.
• East Carroll has been named an outperforming
  school district by Standards and Poors for two
  years compared to schools throughout the country
  with like population.
• Additionally East Carroll had schools named in
  the top 20 schools by the SDE as outperforming
  schools based on progress with a population
  described as high minority, high at-risk, high
  poverty.

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LaSIG

• East Carroll is entering the 6th year in the
  LaSIG grant.
• We now have Toni Bennett as our site liaison.
• Our LRE data shows sustainability of placement as
  90 of our special needs students are in general
  education classrooms with support.
• East Carroll has 0 students in self-contained
  placements.
• East Carrolls Special Education GPS has
  consistently been above the state average.

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Continuous Professional Development

• As one would imagine there has been a big turn
  over in staff.
• We have to continually train to insure both
  special and regular education teacher are aware
  of the latest developments involving co-teaching
  and inclusion.
• LaSIG helps fund
• Continued Professional Development
• Teacher Mentoring Program
• Parents as Tutors Program
• Collaborative Meetings

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Inclusion

• Today In East Carroll Parish

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Griffin Middle Academy
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Griffin Middle Academy
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Southside
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Southside
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Northside
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Northside