Inclusionary Practices Technical Network Zoom Courses
WEA's Inclusionary Practices Technical Assistance Network (IPTN) combines the Inclusionary Practices Project and Special Education Program to provide professional development online via Zoom. Available courses are listed below.
Information for Instructure/Canvas courses can be found HERE.
General Registration/Clock Hour Information:
- After registering, you will receive a confirmation email with the Zoom registration link.
- Courses are available to all. Courses are free.
After completing a course, it will take up to 3 business days to receive your evaluation email. Once you submit your evaluation, it will take up to 3 business days to receive the email containing the link to download your clock hour form. Evaluation emails and clock hour form emails come from tgrady@washingtonea.org via Cvent.
After 10 business days, if you do not receive the emails and you have checked all of your email accounts and spam/junk folders, please complete the following form for assistance: https://forms.washingtonea.org/Forms/pdtrainingrecord or email Sheila Beaver.
For questions, registration assistance, or clock hour assistance for SESC and IPTN courses, email Thera Grady.
IPTN Courses - Zoom
Foundations of Equitable Inclusive Education (6 clock hours)
Monday, April 15, 2024 and Tuesday, April 16, 2024
4:30pm - 7:30pm
Understanding the Federal and State laws for providing special education programs in our public schools is imperative to ensure the compliant delivery of services to qualified students. This course provides an overview of the rules and regulations required for providing special education services
Register: 4/15 & 4/16/24
ESAs Supporting MTSS: What Does It Look Like and Why? (6 clock hours)
Wednesday, April 17, 2024 and Thursday, April 18, 2024
4:30pm - 7:30pm
Participants will work within the MTSS framework and learn how to apply it to Educational Staff Associate roles. They will learn strategies for ESAs in each Tier and how to collaborate with teams to gather data, collect information, and support students and staff. Service dynamics, frameworks for evaluations, and provision of equity based services are also explored. Dynamic conversations around concepts of intersectionality, implicit bias, principles of inclusion, and social barriers will also be supported.
Register: 4/17 & 4/18/24
Universal Design for Learning 101 (6 clock hours)
Monday, April 22, 2024 and Tuesday, April 23, 2024
4:30pm - 7:30pm
Participants will learn about Universal Design for Learning, a framework for inclusive education that aims to reduce barriers to learning and optimize each individual student’s opportunity to learn in the general education setting. The course will be organized into 4 core areas: equity and inclusionary practices, UDL Principles, overcoming barriers to implementation, and practical tips for implementing UDL principles in the classroom.
Register: 4/22 & 4/23/24
Sensory Strategies in the Inclusive Classroom (Equity) (6 clock hours)
Wednesday, April 24, 2024 and Thursday, April 25, 2024
4:30pm - 7:30pm
Participants will be guided through sensory processing concepts and will learn how to apply and incorporate these principles immediately into practice in the inclusive classroom. They will understand the importance of sensory support and the physiological needs of students to attain an optimal learning state. Participants will learn about basic neurological processes around children’s sensory processing and how to identify and apply strategies immediately to produce lasting results.
Register: 4/24 & 4/25/24
Behavior Intervention Strategies to Support Students through Inclusive Practices (Equity) (9 clock hours)
Monday, April 29, 2024, Tuesday, April 30, 2024, and Wednesday, May 1, 2024
4:30pm - 7:30pm
Participants will be cultivating a growth mindset when working with students with social, emotional, and behavioral needs. They will learn about the different lens of behavior and high leverage practices for supporting students with social, emotional, and behavioral needs in inclusive classrooms. They will identify the root causes and different functions of behavior. Learning Objectives View behavior through different lens. I.E. Implicit/Explicit bias, Ladder of Inference, ACE’s, Disproportionality and Relationships Cultivate a growth mindset to improve student academic and behavior success. Learn, apply and increase high leverage social and emotional practices to address the needs of all students learning Develop an understanding of behavior, functions and their importance.
Register: 4/29, 4/30 & 5/1/24
Foundations of Special Education Law for All Educators (6 clock hours)
Monday, May 6, 2024 and Tuesday, May 7, 2024
4:30pm - 7:30pm
This course provides a foundational understanding of federal and Washington State special education law. Participants will gain an understanding of the process from eligibility to implementation of special education services, ensuring student access to Free Appropriate Public Education (FAPE). This course is appropriate for all educators, including administrators, general education teachers, support staff, paraprofessionals, and families.
Register: 5/6 & 5/7/24
Developing Transition IEPs (6 clock hours)
Monday, May 13, 2024 and Tuesday, May 14, 2024
4:30pm - 7:30pm
With post-secondary success in mind, this course provides participants the knowledge they need to develop meaningful, collaborative and compliant transition IEPs aimed at assisting the qualifying student with disabilities in achieving successful educational/ employment/ independent living skills beyond high school.
Register: 5/13 & 5/14/24
Accommodations & Modifications (3 clock hours)
Thursday May 16, 2024
4:30pm - 7:30pm
This course provides participants with clarification around the definition of IEP and 504 Plan accommodations, IEP modifications, and specially designed instruction as well as practical strategies to use in the classroom to support all students. The course covers accommodation and modification options, how to select and define using data based decision making, and how to ensure compliance through implementation of the IEP or 504 Plan.
Register: 5/16/24
Assistive Technology in the Inclusive Classroom (6 clock hours)
Monday, May 20, 2024 and Tuesday, May 21, 2024
4:30pm - 7:30pm
This course is designed to give an overview of Assistive Technology and how it can be used in the inclusive classroom as well as in the greater community. We will cover the definition of Assistive Technology along with myths about AT. We will also give examples of accommodations and modifications as they relate to AT in a Multi-Tiered System of Supports (MTSS). Topics include: Assistive Technology and how it differs from Augmentative & Alternative Communications (AAC); AT myths; ways to collaborate with teams to use AT; and Assistive Technology curriculum ideas and strategies
Register: 5/20 & 5/21/24
Collaborative and Inclusive Specially Designed Instruction (6 clock hours)
Wednesday, May 22, 2024 and Thursday, May 23, 2024
4:30pm - 7:30pm
This course examines the what, why, who, where, and how of specially designed instruction in a variety of educational settings. Participants will understand the components of SDI and gain resources to assist in the collaborative development of SDI in inclusive educational settings. This course is intended for special education teachers, general education teachers, administrators and paraeducators working with students with disabilities attending general education inclusive classrooms. Teaching teams are encouraged to take this course together.
Register: 5/22 & 5/23/24
Effective Co-Teaching for Inclusion (6 clock hours)
Monday, May 27, 2024 and Tuesday, May 28, 2024
4:30pm - 7:30pm
This course focuses on implementation of co-teaching as a component of high leverage inclusionary practices. Participants will learn and develop high quality co-teaching practices from foundational aspects through implementation, including an understanding of how the six models of co-teaching and Universal Design for Learning can benefit students and educators alike. Co-teachers are highly encouraged to attend together.
Register: 5/27 & 5/28/24
Empowering Educators - Using Explicit Instruction in the Inclusive Classroom (6 clock hours)
Wednesday, May 29, 2024 and Thursday, May 30, 2024
4:30pm - 7:30pm
In this course participants will be introduced to the 16 elements of Explicit Instruction. Participants will learn how to design different types of lessons using Explicit Instruction and different strategies for delivering instruction. Participants will be able to apply their knowledge and understanding of the elements in designing a lesson plan that maximizes student engagement and learning.
Register: 5/29 & 5/30/24
Successful Inclusion of Students with Significant Disabilities (Equity) (6 clock hours)
Wednesday, June 5, 2024 and Thursday, June 6, 2024
4:30pm - 7:30pm
Participants will learn why and how to include students with significant disabilities. Participants will examine research around the benefits of including students with significant disabilities in the general education classroom and learn implementation strategies for evidenced based inclusive practices. Participants will be given tools and examples and are highly encouraged to bring their general curriculum or general education unit plans, school schedules, and student schedules to plan for current or future students whom they want to or are currently including, though bringing these items are not required. This course is most beneficial for special education teachers, general education teachers, administrators, ESPs (paraeducators) and ESAs (counselors, SLPs, OTs). Participants are highly encouraged to come with their Multi-Disciplinary teams, if possible.
Register: 6/5 & 6/6/24
The most up-to-date IPTN course information can be found on the Inclusionary Practices Technical Network page on the WEA website.