Project Title: Sumner Inclusion Project

Sumner School District Contact: Betsy Minor Reid 1202 Wood Avenue Sumner, WA 98390 (253) 891 6040

Population	Special Educ	504	Title I/LAP	ESL
7540	891	62	1093	47

Sumner Preschool Program: OSPI Inclusion Grant Progress Report 2001

Project Goals:

• Continuity in curriculum
  • Among preschool sites
  • Between preschool and kindergarten
• Improved transitions
• Improved instruction for high impact students
• More involvement of families in programs

Team Membership:

• Special Education preschool staff
• Headstart and ECEAP staff
• Kindergarten teachers
• Sumner Community Early Childhood Council

Activities:

• Staff Time
  • Team Planning
    • Program
    • Curriculum: Literacy kits, classroom techniques, new curricula (Reggio-Emilia project work)
    • Students: Communication for students with limited verbal skills
  • Family activities outside of program hours
  • Pilot transfer project
• Curriculum materials
  • Emergent literacy kits- Rigby
  • Other emergent literacy materials- Ladders to Literacy
  • Headstart and ECEAP: Materials to increase the amount and use of print in the classroom
• Traning/Staff Development:
  • Surrounding high needs students
    • Autism
    • Tangible symbol systems
  • On developing partnerships with families

   

Effects:

• Curriculum
  • Increased knowledge about the kindergarten and primary curriculum
  • More systematic use of focused emergent literacy activities
• High impact students
  • More flexible use of techniques to improve functional skills
• Transition
  • Ad hoc transition project
  • How we will measure effectiveness is under discussion
• Families
  • Increased participation in family activities

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Office of State Superintendent of Public Instruction
Special Education
P O Box 47200
Olympia, WA 98504-7200
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