I.E.P.s
Individual Education Plans
Helping Students Achieve Success
Agenda
Individual Education Plan
-definition
-key features
-timeline
Flexible Pedagogy
-definition
-learning styles activity
-classroom examples
Adaptations
-definition
-adaptations represented on the IEP and on the report card
Modifications
-definition
-modifications represented on the IEP and on the report card
IEP - The Road Map To Student Success
S.M.A.R.T.
objectives
Types
of
Support
Strengths
&
Preferred
Learning
Styles
Objectives
Key
Features
Strategies
Competencies
Behaviour
Objectives
Timeline
• Fall Board-wide IEP Professional Day
• Term I Report
• Term II Report
• Term III Report
Classroom
Teacher
Resource
Teacher
Administrator
The
Resource Team
Special
Needs
Consultant
SLP
Psychologist
Flexible Pedagogy
• Planned options to ALL students
• Designed to match students’ pace and style of
learning
• Level of difficulty of the task remains the same
• Tasks may be represented in a variety of ways
(written texts, video, spoken word, etc)
Examples of Flexible Pedagogy in
the Classroom
(for all students)
Instructional
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Tactile: Manipulative, building models
Kinesthetic: Brain breaks, work stations
Visuals: pictures, videos, graphic organizers, charts
Working in pairs, groups or independently
Assessment
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Allow for options to demonstrate learning
Use of memory-aid
Use of technology
Journals, observation, discussion
Adaptation
• IEP required
• Cycle level objectives remain the same
• Adaptations are strategies
• Evaluate as per regular program
• Percentage marks included in the class average
How is “Adaptation” represented on
the report card?
How is “Adaptation” represented on
the IEP?
• If a student has adaptations for a specific
subject area, the IEP will look like this:
Examples of Adaptations in the
Classroom
Instructional/Environment
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Note-taking assistance
Assistive technology
Reduced amount of work
Alternative work space
Use of FM system
Assessment
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Extended time
Uncluttered formats
Alternative Settings
Colour Cues
Modification
• IEP is required
• Cycle level objectives are not followed
• Modifications are individualized objectives
• Evaluated as per IEP objectives
• Percentage marks are NOT included in the class
average
How is “Modification” represented on
the report card?
How is “Modification” represented on
the IEP?
English
Language
Arts
(Term I)
Reads and Listens
to Spoken, Written
And Media Texts
Outcome#1: Read an information text on plants. Use
the information to create a diagram of the lifecycle of a
plant
IEP Modified Objective: Will recognize 10 words
frequently found in the environment
Example of classroom modification: Teacher or peer
will read an information text on plants to student. Student
will draw a picture of a plant and use a cut and paste word
list to label the main parts of the plant: flower,
leaf, stem and root
Math
(Term I)
Uses Mathematical
Reasoning
Outcome#1:
Will be able to create a graph showing the number of boys
and girls in grade 5 and 6.
IEP Modified Objectives: Will be able to count up to
15 with one to one correspondence.
Examples of classroom strategies:
Using manipulatives the student collects one
manipulative per boy in the class, the student counts
with manipulatives to show how many boys there are
in class.
Adaptation or Modification?
1+1
32+6
46+48
92+108
2+2
42+7
92+64
93+109
4+2
23+0
10+14
46+206
4+8
40+8
48+63
92+225
Adaptation or Modification?
1+1
32+6
46+48
92+108
2+2
42+7
92+64
93+109
4+2
23+0
10+14
46+206
4+8
40+8
48+63
92+225
Silent Sort
STEPS BEFORE MODIFICATION
• Flexible Pedagogy strategies
offered;
• Adaptations indicated on IEP;
• Report card indicates difficulties;
• “In Difficulty” or “Handicapped”
identification;
• Team supports modifications;
• Parents have been informed.
Pathways for Students on
Modified Programs
• Modified Program in regular
classes
• Life Skills Program
• Pre-work training
• Training for Semi-Skilled Trade