So excited and honored to co-lead a tour of CHIME today with @dylanhamerman -CHIME ALUM, rising senior at the University of Washington, and an intern with Ca Assembly Member @JesseGabrielCA Toured the school with staff from the Assembly member’s office. A wonderful morning!
Parent partnerships and a sense of community are at the heart of a quality school and a high quality education. Nothing says community like a Saturday pancake breakfast to round out the first week back to school. Thank you CHIME Community Association!
It is Friday of the first week of school at CHIME. It has been a terrific week and an awesome display of how amazing it is when you welcome ALL students to their first days of school with inviting and engaging classrooms. #inclusionmatters
ALT Playground with a jungle gym, child riding a tricycle and a child in a motorized wheelchair. Many children playing.
ALT Four year old children lining up in the morning preparing@for their transitional kindergarten class.
ALT Four year old children in a transitional kindergarten class sitting on the carpet for their morning meeting. An adult classroom aide sitting next to an iPad displaying communication software for use by a student who is non-verbal.
ALT Middle school students in a science laboratory at school.
Students who have IEPs aren’t “special education students.” They are general education students who receive special education supports. All students can benefit from the expertise of special educators through collaborative universal design for learning. #EdChat#udl
Equity. Inclusion. Least Restrictive Environment.
All literally the same thing. An education system simply cannot have one without the others. If even one student identity is marginalized, you have none of them. @hollister_sd proud you are in our project. @CADeptEd@WrightNowCA
Purposeful inclusive environments won't occur if students' aren't understood and celebrated. UDL isn't universal if students are defined by a deficit-based identity. Amazing work today UDL: Designing for Equity and Access. @SMCOETweet @CADeptEd@CAST_UDL@WrightNowCA
"A Strengths-based Approach to Teaching and Learning" is an online professional development program that begins September 22nd offered through @SIPInclusion partner, @CHIMEInstitute. See brochure and register at: chimend.org. @CADeptEd@WrightNowCA@ElDoradoCOE@RCOE
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