MAASE Focus Areas:

We will align and organize the strategic priorities and work of MAASE to focus on the following elements:

High Quality Student Evaluations

Specially Designed  Instruction

Skilled Staff

Program Evaluation

Through the platforms of:

Association Partnerships

Legislative Action and Advocacy

Professional Learning

Membership Services

EdCamp is an open format where group members sharethoughts to help one another in implementation of "real life" practice. These notes reflect the thinking of someone in the group but do not represent an official position on behalf of MAASE. Anyone using this as a resource is encouraged to use their best judgement in interpreting the suggestions.

MAASE EdCamp Format:

Notes:

• Do students need special education or great instruction?

• When does SDI come into play?

• What Early Literacy standards are utilized?

• Literacy coaching may not be spending time in self-contained classrooms

• Trying to get resources to SE staff that are given to GE staff

• Lack of knowing what GE is doing, what’s expected

• Does special education have the same access to coaches that GE staff receive?

• Coaching only provided to GE staff

• IRIP development done in isolation in special education

• Top 10 early literacy essentials

• GLN guidance documents that are broken down into each level

• Strategies on how to teach reading

• Early Literacy Standards PD attendance

• All staff should be aware of the Early Literacy Standards

• Lean on the experts within the area

• Writing the IRIPs in conjunction with GE and SE Teachers

• Some districts have literacy coaches that are available

• Special Education staff to attend professional development offered to GE staff

• Facilitating data days to review data

• MVU Early Literacy Modules-literacyessentials.org

  • Modules Link

  • Each module comes with a video series

  • Teams are working together to complete the above modules

• Project Read-Ann Arbor is utilizing this curriculum for MOCI (hands on/movement curriculum)

• I Read System 44

• SRA Reading/Math

• Reading Milestones

• Muskegon has put some good practices in place for curriculum

• Reading A to Z

• Essential Elements-Informational text can be addressed through Science and Social Studies

  • Wayne County has developed assessments

  • Special Education curriculum page, teacher tools

• Involvement of the school psychologist in the child study process

• Seeking involvement of the support from literacy coaches

• Raise awareness with SE Directors

• How can we collaborate with GE and SE Staff to ensure that everyone is getting the same information? What needs to be shared and with who? -being intentional

Feedback:

• What made this time worth your while?

  Yes-everyone was in agreement that this was awesome

• What specifically can we do to make this better?

  • Would like to encourage individuals from the GLN to provide more dialogue

  • How do we continue as MAASE to continue to reach out to the more universal level -this is what the government could do for us