This is a slideshow from Megan Caranna, Assistant Director of Special Education, provided at the Assistant Director training on 9/18/2024.
Please review this slideshow for important information about using Credit Flex with students who receive special education, as well as how suspensions and expulsions should be handled, and best practices for how Intervention Specialists can work with the Academic staff and Administration productively.
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The following is from ODE's site on Professional Development related to Dyslexia.
Ohio Department of Education Dyslexia Course
The Ohio Department of Education has developed a free course for teachers providing instruction to students in grades K-3 to meet the professional development requirements.
For information on accessing the course, please review the Instructions for Accessing the Introduction to Dyslexia Course.
The Ohio Department of Education will be developing an additional free course to meet the professional development requirements for intervention specialists and teachers providing instruction to students in grades 4-12. Intervention specialists serving these grade bands must complete the PD by the beginning of the 2025-26 school year. More information about this course, including its release date, is forthcoming.
The following outlines the 18 hours of content recommended by the Ohio Dyslexia Committee:
Pre and Post Assessment for Participants
What is Structured Literacy?
Science of Reading Overview
Defining Dyslexia and Identifying Characteristics of Dyslexia
Multi-Tiered System of Support Overview
Structured Literacy in Core (Tier 1) Instruction
Using Data to Plan Instruction through Reading Profiles and Aligned Interventions
Teaching Word Recognition
Phonological awareness
Basic phonics
Advanced phonics (morphology, syllable types, etymology)
Sight word recognition
Teaching Handwriting
Print / Manuscript
Cursive
Brief, explicit and systematic instruction
Teaching Language Comprehension
Language Structures (Syntax)
Vocabulary
Background Knowledge
Fluency
Rate
Prosody
Accuracy
Comprehending Grade-Level Texts