The School Leader's Guide to Special Education

The School Leader's Guide to Special Education
Author: Margaret J. McLaughlin
Publisher: Solution Tree Press
Total Pages: 166
Release: 2012-04-12
Genre: Education
ISBN: 1935542834

Special education is often a confusing and expensive consideration of running a school. You have IEPs and BIPs in place, but are they really working? Find a refresher on the key legal rights of students with disabilities, along with methods for designing and implementing IEPs and BIPs that work, approaches to creating effective instruction and assessment practices, and opportunities for inclusion in the general education classroom.

A Principal's Guide to Special Education (3rd Edition)

A Principal's Guide to Special Education (3rd Edition)
Author: David F. Bateman
Publisher: Council For Exceptional Children
Total Pages: 210
Release: 2014-01-01
Genre: Education
ISBN: 0865864799

An essential handbook for educating students in the 21st century, since its initial publication A Principal's Guide to Special Education has provided guidance to school administrators seeking to meet the needs of students with disabilities. The third edition of this invaluable reference, updated in collaboration with and endorsed by the National Association of Elementary School Principals and the National Association of Secondary School Principals and incorporating the perspectives of both teachers and principals, addresses such current issues as teacher accountability and evaluation, instructional leadership, collaborative teaching and learning communities, discipline procedures for students with disabilities, and responding to students' special education needs within a standards-based environment.

Developing Teacher Leaders in Special Education

Developing Teacher Leaders in Special Education
Author: Daniel M. Maggin
Publisher: Routledge
Total Pages: 187
Release: 2020-07-06
Genre: Education
ISBN: 1000082512

Practical and forward-thinking, Developing Teacher Leaders in Special Education is the administrator's essential guide to growing special educator leadership in any school, district, or program. Special educators need to be flexible, proactive, and collaborative – qualities that make them uniquely suited to roles in school leadership – but these skills are often overlooked when choosing effective teacher leaders. Featuring helpful tips and detailed examples to demonstrate the concepts in action, this book breaks down the qualities that special educators can bring to your school leadership team and explores how you can leverage those skills to create a more inclusive and successful community.

The Survival Guide for New Special Education Teachers

The Survival Guide for New Special Education Teachers
Author: Catherine Creighton Martin
Publisher:
Total Pages: 0
Release: 2015
Genre: First year teachers
ISBN: 9780865865068

This book offers practical guidance on such topics as roles and responsibilities, school environment and culture, classroom organization and management, collaboration with other professionals, and individual professional development.

A Practical Approach to Special Education Administration

A Practical Approach to Special Education Administration
Author: James B. Earley
Publisher: Corwin Press
Total Pages: 182
Release: 2022-06-28
Genre: Education
ISBN: 1071877089

Your guide to excelling in the complex role of a special education administrator The job of the administrator of special education is arguably one of the most difficult in a school district—and that complexity can be overwhelming. It requires an aspect of every administrative job in the district, including budgets, human resources, student advocacy, and curriculum and assessment. Written by two veteran special education administrators with more than 100 years of combined experience, this book shows current and aspiring special education administrators how to excel in the many demanding areas of their position, allowing them to be effective administrators and educational leaders. Among the many topics included in the book are The importance of visibility in the form of face-to-face interactions to assist staff, students, and building principals The importance of parents in the process The significance of confidentiality, due process, program development, and working with advocates Insight into decision-making and relationship-building A critical tool in any special education administrator′s box, as well as building administrators, central office administrators and school committee members, this book provides practical and friendly advice for a difficult but critical job.

The School Leader's Guide to Grading

The School Leader's Guide to Grading
Author: Ken O'Connor
Publisher: Solution Tree Press
Total Pages: 130
Release: 2012-12-04
Genre: Education
ISBN: 1935542516

Ensure your school’s grading procedures are supportive of learning, accurate, meaningful, and consistent. Discover how the “seven essential Ps” can improve your effectiveness in supporting assessment and communicating student achievement. You will also learn how to avoid inaccurate grades caused by penalties for lateness or academic dishonesty; extra credit; group rather than individual work; and marking down for attendance.

What Every Principal Needs to Know About Special Education

What Every Principal Needs to Know About Special Education
Author: Margaret J. McLaughlin
Publisher: Corwin Press
Total Pages: 524
Release: 2004
Genre: Education
ISBN: 9780761938316

This book is written as an easily accessible guide for headteachers and other general education administrators who administer and/or interact with special education programmes and services in their schools. The book is designed to provide basic foundational knowledge of special education that every headteacher needs in order to lead effectively, as well as examples for how to create effective special education. In this era of universal accountability for improving student achievement and school wide improvement planning, it is imperative that headteachers understand fully the key components of special education. Headteachers may need basic legal and/or procedural information, but more important are the understandings about who gets into special education as well as current thinking about how to educate children with diverse disabilities.