Seattle Schools Community Forum

Seattle Special Education PTSA General Meeting THIS WEEK! SPECIAL DATE! "Meeting Special Education Student Needs in General Education Classrooms" featuring Dr. Bridget Walker Assistant Professor in Seattle University's Master in Teaching Program Wednesday, Nov 28, 2012 7:00 - 9:00 p.m. John Stanford Center, Room 2700 2445 3rd Ave. S., Seattle 98134 We have a fantastic program for you and for your child's teachers. Please invite them, and your friends! "Special Education Students are General Education Students First!" But when the rubber hits the road, with crowded classrooms, funding shortages, limited opportunities for teacher professional development, and parental questions about how to start a conversation with teachers, are our children's learning needs fully being met alongside their typically developing peers? Dr. Walker, who works with school districts throughout the area on special education issues, offers practical, timely, cost-e...

Seattle Special Education PTSA General Meeting Tuesday, April 24th from 7-9 pm at JSCEE Auditorium Topic:  Student Discipline/Elections of 2012/2013 PTSA Officers We are pleased to welcome our guest speaker Stacy Gillett , Ombudsman with the Governor's Office of the Education Ombudsman, who will share a presentation on Student Discipline .  Stacy will cover the Procedural Safeguards related to Student Discipline for students receiving Special Education Services. She will also share thoughts on promoting a school climate, policies, and procedures that focus on understanding challenging behavior and teaching positive/expected behavior rather than punishing children. We also have invited Pegi McEvoy , interim Chief Operations Officer, to share a brief Facilities and Capacity Management Advisory Committee (FACMAC) update at the beginning of the meeting. Elections of Executive Committee Officers for the Seattle Special Education...