Title: 7 Tips for Achieving Equity in Special Education - Rethink Education
Headings: 7 Tips for Achieving Equity in Special Education
7 Tips for Achieving Equity in Special Education
Why equity? Why now?
Tip 1: Principal Leadership
Tip 2: Develop Truly Individualized and Quality IEP’s
Tip 3: Use Online and Blended Learning Options
Tip 4:  Let Data Drive Instruction and Intervention
Tip 5: Thorough and Individualized Lesson Planning
Tip 6: Establish High Standards for Each Child
Tip 7: Motivation and Enthusiasm
Conclusion

Content: The principal is one of the key culture determinants in the school environment and can communicate volumes to the school community by demonstrating an active interest in special education. Principals play an enormous role in the authorization of resources and supports in the public school environment and need to exercise their full authority to ensure every child receives every resource necessary to truly be successful and grow. Although IEP meetings are comprised of many members, the principal always retains a special role of significance and has a unique ability to impact the education of each child in the building. A principal can move a school from equality to equity by ensuring the proper resources and services are available for each child. Tip 2: Develop Truly Individualized and Quality IEP’s
The IEP is the heart of the special education enterprise and ensures the legal and educational rights of every child. Educators must put quality time, thought, and care into the development of each child’s IEP. The quality of the IEP document is in direct correlation to the quality of the education and services being provided to a child. For reasons of convenience and efficiency, some schools condone the copy and pasting of content, services, and goals from one IEP to the next. This approach not only violates the law, but significantly reduces the quality of the final product.