5.a Presentation to the Board of Education Dr. Debra LoVerde Executive Director of Special Education November 13, 2019 Packet Pg. 51
5.a Our Public • Franklin Early Childhood Center – PK-1 Schools • Hewlett Elementary School – 2-5 • Ogden Elementary School – 2-5 • Woodmere Middle School – 6-8 • Hewlett High School – 9-12 Packet Pg. 52
5.a YNH MNH • Hebrew Academy of Long Beach (HALB) – Grades Pre K – K: Integrated • Individualized Vocational Development Unit ( IVDU) – Currently grades K-3 • Lawrence-Woodmere Academy (LWA) – Grades K – 12 Our Non-Public • Mesivta Netzach Hatorah (MNH) High School for Boys – Grades 9 - 11 Schools • Shulamith School - Grades Pre K - 1: Girls • Stella K. Abraham (SKA) High School for Girls – Grades 9-12 • Yeshiva Nishmas Hatorah (YNH) – High School for Boys – Grade 9 - 10 • Yeshiva of South Shore (YOSS) – Grades Pre K – 8: Boys • Cahal Special Education Program – Grades K – 8: • Boys (housed at YOSS) • Girls (housed at Shulamith) Packet Pg. 53
5.a • Total Number of District SWD – 408* • NYS Classification Rate – 13%** By the Numbers • Preschool Students (CPSE) – 85* • Total Number of NPS students – 159* • Total Number of IEPs – 654* * 19-20 School Year (as of 10/28/19) ** Figure represents percentage as of the end of 18/19 19/20 Assessment Data not currently available Packet Pg. 54
5.a IEP Total District IEP Two Year Look Back Two Year Look Back School 2017-18 2018-19 2019-20* Total District Preschool 87 137 90 OOD 20 28 24 FECC 49 49 43 HES 67 87 76 OES 36 46 54 WMS 92 103 99 HHS 172 159 137 NON-PUB 164 169 146 Totals 687 778 669 *As of 10/28/19 Packet Pg. 55
5.a In District Schools IEP Two Year Look Back by Grade 2017-18 2018-19 2019-20* 0 2 0 P FECC IEP 20 20 19 K 29 26 21 1 Two Year Look Back 0 1 3 2 OES & HES 28 35 22 2 By In District Schools 21 36 38 3 27 29 37 4 26 33 31 5 1 0 2 Ungrd 28 34 31 6 WMS 27 32 30 7 32 31 33 8 5 6 5 Ugrd MS 39 35 33 9 HHS 37 36 29 10 42 37 30 11 38 40 35 12 16 11 10 Ungrd HS 416 444 409 TOTAL *As of 10/28/19 OOD = Students placed Out of District Packet Pg. 56
5.a • HALB – 11 • IVDU – 1 Non-Public • Lawrence-Woodmere Academy – 14 Numbers • Mesivta Netzach Hatorah – 8 • Shulamith School – 1 + 3 Cahal • SKA – 34 • Yeshiva Nishmas Hatorah – 5 • Yeshiva of South Shore – 57 + 11 Cahal Packet Pg. 57
5.a • Related Services (OT, PT, SL, CARS, PT, BIS, O & M, Vision, Hearing) Continuum • Resource Room (all schools) provides a moderate amount of support as a stand alone service or supplementary support for special classes. of Specific skill weaknesses, as noted in IEP goals, are addressed intensely to support generalization in general education classes. Services • Integrated Co-Teaching (all schools) provides full-time support to students in general education classes as needed and recommended. • Hybrid programs (all schools) individualize strengths and weaknesses and can be a combination of the above. • 15:1:1 (WMS,HHS ) classes in all schools remain true to the grade level curriculum with full-time special education teacher support. Modifying the curriculum is discouraged, but considered if necessary, for individual students and recommended accordingly on IEPs. • 12:1:2 special classes (FECC, HES, OES, HHS) provide a grade level parallel curriculum that is modified and adapted for individual students. P art time (OES) or full time (FECC, HES, HHS). • 6:1:2 (FECC) and 8:1:2 classes (OES, WMS, HHS) follow a functional life skills curriculum that provides students with significant curriculum modifications. Packet Pg. 58
5.a • Integration with grade-level peers in the area of Music • Special area instruction in art, music, and physical “On the Move” education • Participation of the grade 3 cultural residency: Alvin 8:1:2 Class to Ogden Ailey • Students visit the Mindful Me Yoga Room • Opportunity to work with our TAG teacher for Genius Hour • Welcomed to attend PTA after-school classes with approved supervision (parent, babysitter, etc.) • SeeSaw used to connect with parents • Online reading program called Reading Eggs that they access on the iPads • Students are learning about current events using News2You Packet Pg. 59
5.a WordMasters Challenge™ • Each year, over 150,000 students in grades 3-8 from schools across the country participate Discovery - WMS • Helps students to think both analytically and metaphorically • The contest addresses higher-level word comprehension and verbal reasoning • It challenges students to complete analogies based on relationships among words they have learned Packet Pg. 60
5.a WMS Discovery Students • The "Great" Egg Drop March 2020 Coming Attractions • Cradle of Aviation Museum Egg Drop Competition • CPNassu Trivia Challenge • Middle School History Bee • WMS Robotics team Packet Pg. 61
5.a • Lessons based on the concepts of teamwork, creativity, logic and problem solving. Lessons include hands-on engineering challenges or use Discovery/Enrichment - technology such as Dash robots or Snap Circuits. OES • Lessons for the purpose of identifying gifted and talented students. Results are used on the portfolio portion of the identification matrix: • line transformation drawing • math/problem solving activity • writing activity • “Genius Hour " - to develop skills such as sequencing and looping. Packet Pg. 62
5.a • Discovery Class used for indoor recess • Technology • Kahoot • Robotics Enrichment - HES • Coding Packet Pg. 63
5.a • Co-Teaching Professional Development Professional • ENL Development • Measurable Annual Goals • Data Collection • Progress Monitoring • CSE Referral Process at Building Meetings Packet Pg. 64
5.a Questions Packet Pg. 65
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