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    Terrace Ridge School is a community school in Lacombe, Alberta that opened in 2004. It has 429 students from pre-kindergarten to grade 7 and 43 staff. The school's vision is to create an inclusive learning community and use authentic assessment to demonstrate student learning and prepare students for the future. The mission is to provide an excellent learning environment where all students belong and can reach their full potential as 21st century learners. With no inclusion coach or increase in educational assistant support, the problem is how to positively practice inclusion. The goal is for all students and teachers to be engaged in meaningful learning and feel supported. Strategies include asking for and offering help, remaining open-minded, and focusing on students'

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    Terrace Ridge School is a community school in Lacombe, Alberta that opened in 2004. It has 429 students from pre-kindergarten to grade 7 and 43 staff. The school's vision is to create an inclusive learning community and use authentic assessment to demonstrate student learning and prepare students for the future. The mission is to provide an excellent learning environment where all students belong and can reach their full potential as 21st century learners. With no inclusion coach or increase in educational assistant support, the problem is how to positively practice inclusion. The goal is for all students and teachers to be engaged in meaningful learning and feel supported. Strategies include asking for and offering help, remaining open-minded, and focusing on students'

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    Terrace Ridge School is a community school in Lacombe, Alberta that opened in 2004. It has 429 students from pre-kindergarten to grade 7 and 43 staff. The school's vision is to create an inclusive learning community and use authentic assessment to demonstrate student learning and prepare students for the future. The mission is to provide an excellent learning environment where all students belong and can reach their full potential as 21st century learners. With no inclusion coach or increase in educational assistant support, the problem is how to positively practice inclusion. The goal is for all students and teachers to be engaged in meaningful learning and feel supported. Strategies include asking for and offering help, remaining open-minded, and focusing on students'

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    Inclusion Action Plan

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    Terrace Ridge School is a community school in Lacombe, Alberta that opened in 2004. It has 429 students from pre-kindergarten to grade 7 and 43 staff. The school's vision is to create an inclusive learning community and use authentic assessment to demonstrate student learning and prepare students for the future. The mission is to provide an excellent learning environment where all students belong and can reach their full potential as 21st century learners. With no inclusion coach or increase in educational assistant support, the problem is how to positively practice inclusion. The goal is for all students and teachers to be engaged in meaningful learning and feel supported. Strategies include asking for and offering help, remaining open-minded, and focusing on students'

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    Inclusion Support

    Plan
    Learning
    Community
    Terrace Ridge School is a community school located in the Terrace
    Heights subdivision at 6739 C & E Trail, Lacombe, Alberta, Canada.
    Lacombe is a vibrant agricultural and industry-based community with
    a growing population. Terrace Ridge School opened in September of
    2004. It is a beautiful, architecturally unique facility which has already
    proved to be an ideal learning environment for the 429 students in
    pre-kindergarten through grade 7, and the staff of 43..
    Vision Statement
    Terrace Ridge School will create a collaborative,
    inclusive community, and use authentic assessment to
    demonstrate learning as we prepare our students for
    their role in the future.
    Mission

    Mission Statement
    At Terrace Ridge School, we believe “it takes a village to raise
    a child.” Our mission is to provide an Excellent Learning
    Environment where all students belong and have opportunity
    to learn and to develop to their full potential as 21st Century
    Learners. We guide children to be empathetic, global citizens
    with a deep sense of worth.
    Data and
    Artifacts
    Celebrating a Team Approach To Education Building School Culture:
    - Mentors and a School-based Cohort for New Teachers - Staff events
    - Special Programming For Students in Need - School Council family events and
    fundraisers to enhance the programs
    - Professional Development Support
    and the school’s physical environment
    - Technology Support and Education - Roots of Empathy
    - Sharing with Colleagues - School Service Projects: Operation
    - Supporting Readers: LLI Christmas Child, Terry Fox Run, etc.
    - Inspiring Students to Read
    - Promoting Fitness & Health Outdoor Classroom & Trails
    Terrace Ridge’s outdoor classroom that
    - RTI Timetable
    connects learners to the past (history- First
    - Promoting Art & Music Nations), to the environment and to the
    - SSW access & support for all students and families difference that each one of us can make in
    creating a healthy future for animals, plants and
    humans.
    School Council:
    - Enriching the lives of students
    Jane Goodall School Designation
    - Supporting healthy & nutritious meals
    - Collaborating to find ways to enrich the
    school environment
    - School wide events
    Problem Statement
    How can we positively practice inclusion
    without an inclusion coach or an increase in
    Educational Assistant support?
    Appendices
    “
    Goal Statement
    All students and teachers will be
    engaged in meaningful learning
    experiences, be a part of a
    collaborative team, and feel
    supported and hopeful for the
    future.
    Things to
    consider
    ❏ Think about leadership
    ❏ Include participants
    ❏ Advocate for inclusion
    ❏ Educate participants
    ❏ Develop critical consciousness
    ❏ Promote dialogue
    ❏ Emphasize student learning and classroom practice
    ❏ Adopt decision-making and policymaking practices
    ❏ Incorporate whole-school approaches
    Strategies

    How do we do it anyway?

    Ask for help


    Offer help
    Remain open-minded
    Stay focused and positive

    Remember - They are someone’s


    baby!
    Evaluation Design

    Assessment Instruments Measures of Success


    ⊡ Fountas and Pinnell ⊡ Growth in student
    ⊡ Individual Program achievement
    Plans ⊡ Community and school
    ⊡ Behavioural checklist support
    ⊡ Special Needs ⊡ Student is engaged in
    Assessments (outside their learning
    agencies) ⊡ Hope is evident
    ⊡ Anecdotal notes
    Communication
    ⊡ With whom? Student, Colleagues, parents …
    ⊡ Why? Success, looking for support, challenges
    experienced
    ⊡ When? Regularly!
    ⊡ How? In whatever way is best for the person being
    communicated with
    Celebration Plans
    Collaborate … what does the TEAM want?
    Schoolwide?
    Individual?
    Lunch?
    Note?
    Phone Call?
    References/
    Resources

    ⊡ Slide 5 - TR ACE Plan


    ⊡ Slide 8 - Ryan, J. (2006). Inclusive leadership. San Francisco, CA: Jossey-Bass.
    ⊡ Shannon, G. S. & Bylsma, P. (2007). Nine characteristics of high-performing
    schools. Office of Superintendent of Public Instruction. Olympia, WA.
    Retrieved from:
    http://www.k12.wa.us/research/pubdocs/NineCharacteristics.pdf
    ⊡ Teacher Quality Standards
    ⊡ Leadership Quality Standards
    ⊡ Alberta Education - Inclusive Services
    ⊡ Response to Intervention
    ⊡ Collaborative Response Model
    Appendices
    Appendices

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