Re: [NPSO]: FW: [Big-IDEAs] 6th Annual National Inclusive Schools Week: Dec 4-8, 2006
National Post School Outcome Data Community of Practice -- thanks Jane, I will pass it along to our senior staff. Best wishes for you as well for a wonderful Thanksgiving with your family and friends. Terry I thought you might be interested in sharing the following with colleagues. Note that this year¹s theme is: ³Charting an Inclusive Journey through School, Work, and Life: Successful Transition Planning for All Students² Thanksgiving blessings to each of you! Jane Jane Falls Project Coordinator 1268 University of Oregon Eugene, OR 97403-1268 Phone: 541.346.0354 Fax: 541.346.0322 http://www.psocenter.org -- Forwarded Message From: Big IDEAs: Dropout Prevention Strategies [EMAIL PROTECTED] Organization: NDPC-SD Reply-To: Big IDEAs: Dropout Prevention Strategies [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: Thu, 16 Nov 2006 15:56:18 -0500 To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: [Big-IDEAs] 6th Annual National Inclusive Schools Week: Dec 4-8, 2006 The 6th Annual National Inclusive Schools Week, scheduled for December 4-8, 2006, highlights and celebrates the progress our nation's schools have made in using inclusive practices to ensure a quality education for an increasingly diverse student population, including students with disabilities, those from low socio-economic backgrounds, and English language learners. The National Dropout Prevention Center for Students with Disabilities is pleased to be a partner of the 2006 Week and invites you to celebrate and promote this year¹s celebration in your community. ³Charting an Inclusive Journey through School, Work, and Life: Successful Transition Planning for All Students² is the theme of this year¹s celebration. All studentsthose with or without disabilitieswill face several points of transition throughout their lives. Participantseducators, students, families, and community membersare encouraged to look at transition planning more broadly to include all students throughout their school careers and beyond. The 2006 Celebration Kit includes everything you will need to participate in the Week and resources that are useful all year long. The updated kit contains: * * planning tools and checklists * * * celebration ideas, activities, resources, and lesson plans focusing on disability issues, diversity, and community building * * * examples of how schools across the country celebrated in previous years * * * references and suggestions for adapting the celebration activities and events for children with disabilities * * * publications that speak to the benefits of inclusive schools * * * a helpful new resource focusing on this year¹s transition theme * * * materials to use to promote the Week and inclusive practices in your community Be sure to visit http://www.inclusiveschools.org https://webmail.edc.org/exchweb/bin/redir.asp?URL=;http://www.inclusiveschoo ls.org http://www.inclusiveschools.org to download a free kit. CD-ROM versions of the kit and printed booklets of the popular publication, ³Celebration Ideas: Activities and Resources for Schools, Classrooms, and Families,² are both available for purchase. Enhance your school community¹s celebration by distributing pencils, posters, and bumper stickers with the message ³Great things happen in inclusive schools.² To order these products, please visit, http://www.inclusiveschools.org/ordering_info.asp https://webmail.edc.org/exchweb/bin/redir.asp?URL=;http://www.inclusiveschoo ls.org/ordering_info.asp http://www.inclusiveschools.org/ordering_info.asp . As you make your celebration plans, please consider entering a poster or essay contest reflecting the message Great things happen in inclusive schools. Students and adults are invited to write an essay or create a poster that explores why inclusive schools are so important and how students of all abilities and cultural backgrounds contribute to their schools and communities in a positive way. Winner will receive gift certificates generously provided by Scholastic, the global children's publishing, education, and media company. Contest rules and entry forms are available at http://www.inclusiveschools.org/kit.asp#poster. https://webmail.edc.org/exchweb/bin/redir.asp?URL=;http://www.inclusiveschoo ls.org/kit.asp%23poster. http://www.inclusiveschools.org/kit.asp%23poster. About the Week: An initiative of Education Development Center, National Inclusive Schools Week is celebrated annually the first week in December by schools, professional organizations, and cultural associations across the country and abroad. http://www.edc.org ___ Big-IDEAs mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://mailman.edc.org/mailman/listinfo/big-ideas -- End of Forwarded Message
Re: [NPSO]: FW: [Big-IDEAs] 6th Annual National Inclusive Schools Week: Dec 4-8, 2006
Thanks, Terry. Let's talk next week about state profile reminders. Please give me a call Mon 1:30-4 pm my time or 9-11 am Tues my time would be great. Blessings to you as well! Jane Jane Falls Project Coordinator 1268 University of Oregon Eugene, OR 97403-1268 Phone: 541.346.0354 Fax: 541.346.0322 http://www.psocenter.org From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Reply-To: npsoserv@lists.uoregon.edu Date: Wed, 22 Nov 2006 09:49:41 -0500 (EST) To: npsoserv@lists.uoregon.edu Subject: Re: [NPSO]: FW: [Big-IDEAs] 6th Annual National Inclusive Schools Week: Dec 4-8, 2006 National Post School Outcome Data Community of Practice -- thanks Jane, I will pass it along to our senior staff. Best wishes for you as well for a wonderful Thanksgiving with your family and friends. Terry I thought you might be interested in sharing the following with colleagues. Note that this year¹s theme is: ³Charting an Inclusive Journey through School, Work, and Life: Successful Transition Planning for All Students² Thanksgiving blessings to each of you! Jane Jane Falls Project Coordinator 1268 University of Oregon Eugene, OR 97403-1268 Phone: 541.346.0354 Fax: 541.346.0322 http://www.psocenter.org -- Forwarded Message From: Big IDEAs: Dropout Prevention Strategies [EMAIL PROTECTED] Organization: NDPC-SD Reply-To: Big IDEAs: Dropout Prevention Strategies [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: Thu, 16 Nov 2006 15:56:18 -0500 To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: [Big-IDEAs] 6th Annual National Inclusive Schools Week: Dec 4-8, 2006 The 6th Annual National Inclusive Schools Week, scheduled for December 4-8, 2006, highlights and celebrates the progress our nation's schools have made in using inclusive practices to ensure a quality education for an increasingly diverse student population, including students with disabilities, those from low socio-economic backgrounds, and English language learners. The National Dropout Prevention Center for Students with Disabilities is pleased to be a partner of the 2006 Week and invites you to celebrate and promote this year¹s celebration in your community. ³Charting an Inclusive Journey through School, Work, and Life: Successful Transition Planning for All Students² is the theme of this year¹s celebration. All studentsthose with or without disabilitieswill face several points of transition throughout their lives. Participantseducators, students, families, and community membersare encouraged to look at transition planning more broadly to include all students throughout their school careers and beyond. The 2006 Celebration Kit includes everything you will need to participate in the Week and resources that are useful all year long. The updated kit contains: * * planning tools and checklists * * * celebration ideas, activities, resources, and lesson plans focusing on disability issues, diversity, and community building * * * examples of how schools across the country celebrated in previous years * * * references and suggestions for adapting the celebration activities and events for children with disabilities * * * publications that speak to the benefits of inclusive schools * * * a helpful new resource focusing on this year¹s transition theme * * * materials to use to promote the Week and inclusive practices in your community Be sure to visit http://www.inclusiveschools.org https://webmail.edc.org/exchweb/bin/redir.asp?URL=;http://www.inclusivesch oo ls.org http://www.inclusiveschools.org to download a free kit. CD-ROM versions of the kit and printed booklets of the popular publication, ³Celebration Ideas: Activities and Resources for Schools, Classrooms, and Families,² are both available for purchase. Enhance your school community¹s celebration by distributing pencils, posters, and bumper stickers with the message ³Great things happen in inclusive schools.² To order these products, please visit, http://www.inclusiveschools.org/ordering_info.asp https://webmail.edc.org/exchweb/bin/redir.asp?URL=;http://www.inclusivesch oo ls.org/ordering_info.asp http://www.inclusiveschools.org/ordering_info.asp . As you make your celebration plans, please consider entering a poster or essay contest reflecting the message Great things happen in inclusive schools. Students and adults are invited to write an essay or create a poster that explores why inclusive schools are so important and how students of all abilities and cultural backgrounds contribute to their schools and communities in a positive way. Winner will receive gift certificates generously provided by Scholastic, the global children's publishing, education, and media company. Contest rules and entry forms are available at http://www.inclusiveschools.org/kit.asp#poster. https://webmail.edc.org/exchweb/bin/redir.asp?URL=;http://www.inclusivesch oo
