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Presentation to the Board of Education

• Dr. Debra LoVerde

Executive Director of Special Education November 13, 2019

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Our Public Schools

• Franklin Early Childhood Center – PK-1
• Hewlett Elementary School – 2-5
• Ogden Elementary School – 2-5
• Woodmere Middle School – 6-8
• Hewlett High School – 9-12

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Our Non-Public Schools

• Hebrew Academy of Long Beach (HALB) – Grades Pre K – K: Integrated
• Individualized Vocational Development Unit (IVDU) – Currently grades K-3
• Lawrence-Woodmere Academy (LWA) – Grades K – 12
• Mesivta Netzach Hatorah (MNH) High School for Boys – Grades 9 - 11
• Shulamith School - Grades Pre K - 1: Girls
• Stella K. Abraham (SKA) High School for Girls – Grades 9-12
• Yeshiva Nishmas Hatorah (YNH) – High School for Boys – Grade 9 - 10
• Yeshiva of South Shore (YOSS) – Grades Pre K – 8: Boys
• Cahal Special Education Program – Grades K – 8:
• Boys (housed at YOSS)
• Girls (housed at Shulamith)

MNH YNH

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By the Numbers

• Total Number of District SWD – 408*
• NYS Classification Rate – 13%**
• Preschool Students (CPSE) – 85*
• Total Number of NPS students – 159*
• Total Number of IEPs – 654*

* 19-20 School Year (as of 10/28/19) ** Figure represents percentage as of the end of 18/19

19/20 Assessment Data not currently available

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IEP Two Year Look Back Total District

Total District IEP Two Year Look Back School 2017-18 2018-19 2019-20* Preschool 87 137 90 OOD 20 28 24 FECC 49 49 43 HES 67 87 76 OES 36 46 54 WMS 92 103 99 HHS 172 159 137 NON-PUB 164 169 146 Totals 687 778 669 *As of 10/28/19

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IEP Two Year Look Back By In District Schools

In District Schools IEP Two Year Look Back by Grade

2017-18 2018-19 2019-20* FECC

P

2

K

20 20 19

1

29 26 21

2

1 3

OES & HES

2

28 35 22

3

21 36 38

4

27 29 37

5

26 33 31

Ungrd

1 2

WMS

6

28 34 31

7

27 32 30

8

32 31 33

Ugrd MS

5 6 5

HHS

9

39 35 33

10

37 36 29

11

42 37 30

12

38 40 35

Ungrd HS

16 11 10

TOTAL

416 444 409

*As of 10/28/19 OOD = Students placed Out of District

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Non-Public Numbers

• HALB – 11
• IVDU – 1
• Lawrence-Woodmere Academy – 14
• Mesivta Netzach Hatorah – 8
• Shulamith School – 1 + 3 Cahal
• SKA – 34
• Yeshiva Nishmas Hatorah – 5
• Yeshiva of South Shore – 57 + 11 Cahal

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Continuum

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Services

• Related Services (OT, PT, SL, CARS, PT, BIS, O & M, Vision,

Hearing)

• Resource Room (all schools) provides a moderate amount of support

as a stand alone service or supplementary support for special classes. Specific skill weaknesses, as noted in IEP goals, are addressed intensely to support generalization in general education classes.

• Integrated Co-Teaching (all schools) provides full-time support to

students in general education classes as needed and recommended.

• Hybrid programs (all schools) individualize strengths and

weaknesses and can be a combination of the above.

• 15:1:1 (WMS,HHS) classes in all schools remain true to the grade

level curriculum with full-time special education teacher support. Modifying the curriculum is discouraged, but considered if necessary, for individual students and recommended accordingly on IEPs.

• 12:1:2 special classes (FECC, HES, OES, HHS) provide a grade

level parallel curriculum that is modified and adapted for individual

• students. Part time (OES) or full time (FECC, HES, HHS).
• 6:1:2 (FECC) and 8:1:2 classes (OES, WMS, HHS) follow a

functional life skills curriculum that provides students with significant curriculum modifications.

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“On the Move”

8:1:2 Class to Ogden

• Integration with grade-level peers in the area of Music
• Special area instruction in art, music, and physical

education

• Participation of the grade 3 cultural residency: Alvin

Ailey

• Students visit the Mindful Me Yoga Room
• Opportunity to work with our TAG teacher for Genius

Hour

• Welcomed to attend PTA after-school classes with

approved supervision (parent, babysitter, etc.)

• SeeSaw used to connect with parents
• Online reading program called Reading Eggs that they

access on the iPads

• Students are learning about current events using

News2You

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Discovery - WMS

WordMasters Challenge™

• Each year, over 150,000 students in

grades 3-8 from schools across the country participate

• Helps students to think both analytically

and metaphorically

• The contest addresses higher-level word

comprehension and verbal reasoning

• It challenges students to complete

analogies based on relationships among words they have learned

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WMS Discovery Students Coming Attractions

• The "Great" Egg Drop March 2020
• Cradle of Aviation Museum Egg Drop

Competition

• CPNassu Trivia Challenge
• Middle School History Bee
• WMS Robotics team

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Discovery/Enrichment - OES

• Lessons based on the concepts of teamwork,

creativity, logic and problem solving. Lessons include hands-on engineering challenges or use technology such as Dash robots or Snap Circuits.

• Lessons for the purpose of identifying gifted and

talented students. Results are used on the portfolio portion of the identification matrix:

• line transformation drawing
• math/problem solving activity
• writing activity
• “Genius Hour" - to develop skills such as

sequencing and looping.

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Enrichment - HES

• Discovery Class used for indoor recess
• Technology
• Kahoot
• Robotics
• Coding

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Professional Development

• Co-Teaching Professional Development
• ENL
• Measurable Annual Goals
• Data Collection
• Progress Monitoring
• CSE Referral Process at Building

Meetings

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Questions

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