Kirsten's story

Developing Essential Learnings - aligned Individual Education Planning (IEP) from the beginning and using it in an inclusive classroom

Where do you start with a student who is new to the system, has significant learning needs and for whom there is no documentation and no supports yet in place?

This was the teacher's dilemma at the start of 2005. This dilemma formed the basis of her action research question and her project work uncovers the evolutionary journey she took in learning about her student and working towards a more inclusive classroom program for him. Because so little was known about George and because he had never been to school before, initially much of his learning was separate from that of his classmates. The teacher used all her resources to gather as much information as she possibly could about him, carefully developed a targeted IEP and found she was able to include George much more effectively in the whole class learning program.

The interview

Hear the teacher describe her journey through response to interview questions. All links are .mov files with a file size of 2-3MB.

Getting to know the student	Working with the parent	Developing priorities
Early informal planning	Translating early planning into the new IEP Guidelines	Adapting the Guidelines to suit the context
Learning sequence	Differentiation
Choosing a learning sequence from the LTAG and adapting it to meet IEP goals

The documentation

Follow the journey through the key documents that were developed about George and his learning. These provide useful exemplars. In some cases proformas are attached.

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