Your learning objectives:
- Analyze the role of leadership in providing adequate resources for students with disabilities.
- Examine the impact of school or campus support systems on access for students with disabilities.
Read:
All students read:
Chapter 12: Inclusion in K-12 and Higher Education (p. 294-306) in:
Kanter, A. S., & Ferri, B. A. (2013). Righting Educational Wrongs: Disability Studies in Law and Education (Vol. First edition). Syracuse, New York: Syracuse University Press.
U.S. Department of Education, Disability Discrimination Frequently Asked Questions. Retrieved from https://www2.ed.gov/about/offices/list/ocr/frontpage/faq/disability.html
PK12 Leadership students read:
Chapter 7: Are School Boards Adequately Meeting the IDEA’s Requirement of Providing a Free Appropriate Public Education for all Students with Disabilities? (p. 108-126) in:
Russo, C. J. (2012). School Law. Thousand Oaks, Calif: SAGE Publications, Inc.
Higher Education Leadership students read:
Chapter 2: Higher Education and Disability: Education Needs a Coordinated Approach to Improve its Assistance to Schools in Supporting Students (p. 55-90) in:
Guthrie, L. E. (2014). Postsecondary Students with Disabilities: Assessments of Federal Support and Transition Assistance. Hauppauge, New York: Nova Science Publishers, Inc.
Use the readings to write a 3- to 5-page paper that includes the following components:
- How does educational law and policy impact resources to support students with disabilities?
- What is required from leadership to ensure that students with disabilities have access to education?
- What protocols or services are in place at your work site that demonstrate how your site complies with educational law and policy?
- Discuss a leadership challenges that may impact adequate resources for students with disabilities
- Why is it important to address these challenges?
Assignment Expectations
Your paper will be assessed on the following criteria:
Your paper should be 3-5 pages in length excluding the title page and reference page.
Assignment-driven criteria: Demonstrates mastery covering all key elements of the assignment in a substantive way.
Critical thinking/Application to professional practice: Demonstrates mastery conceptualizing the problem and viewpoints. Assumptions of experts are analyzed, synthesized, and evaluated thoroughly. Conclusions are logically presented and applied to professional practice.
Scholarly writing: Demonstrates mastery and proficiency in scholarly written communication to an appropriately specialized audience.
Quality of references and organization: Demonstrates mastery using relevant and quality sources and uses appropriate, relevant, and compelling content to support ideas, and convey understanding of the topic and shape the work.
Citing sources: Demonstrates mastery using in-text citations or sources and properly uses APA format including a full reference list.
Timeliness/Professionalism: Demonstrates excellence in taking responsibility for learning, adhering to the course requirement policies and expectations. Assignment submitted on time or collaborated with professor for an approved extension on due date.