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Addressing Disproportionality in Alabama Public Schools

Addressing Disproportionality in Alabama Public Schools

Professional Development Guidelines

School Year 2019-2020

Addressing Disproportionality in Alabama Public Schools Professional Development has three components that must be conducted annually for all newly hired teachers, administrators, evaluators, and others, as appropriate. Each LEA is responsible for facilitating Addressing Disproportionality in Alabama Public Schools training, maintaining a personnel training database, and verifying assessment documents for each of the three components. 

Component One: 

Addressing Disproportionality in Alabama Public Schools Awareness Presentation
Directions: 

  1. Click the link or copy and paste into the URL window to download and view the presentation with notes.
    https://www.alsde.edu/sec/ses/Reports/Addressing%20Disproportionality%20in%20Alabama%20Schools.pdf

Component Two: 
Positive Behavior Support (PBS) 

The IRIS Center Module Resources

Directions:

  1. Review Navigating an IRIS STAR Legacy Module
    https://iris.peabody.vanderbilt.edu/resources/website-navigation-videos/navigating-an-iris-star-legacy-module/#content
     
  2. Classroom Management (Part 1): Learning the Components of a Comprehensive Behavior Management Plan
    Section 5 Assessment
    Use a word document or your own paper to answer questions 1-5.
    Follow LEA requirements for submitting assessment documents.   
     
  3. Classroom Management (Part 2): Developing Your Own Comprehensive Behavior Management Plan

    Section 3 Perspectives & Resources Assessment
    Once you have completed Perspectives & Resources return to page 9 to develop you own action plan. Follow LEA requirements for submitting assessment documents.  

    Section 5 Assessment 
    Use a word document or your own paper to answer questions 1-5.
    Follow LEA requirements for submitting assessment documents.

    http://iris.peabody.vanderbilt.edu/module/beh2/cr_assess/#content

 

Component Three:
Makes Sense Strategies (MSS) Training
Directions:

  1. Go to the Alabama State Personnel Development Grant website
    Makes Sense Strategies Professional Development                                              http://www.alspdg.org/makessense_strategies_training.html
     
  2. Follow the detailed instructions to complete the MSS video series PD

Professional Development Documents
Click the links to download the professional development documents.  Open each document; fill in the details and print. 

ALSDE Professional Development Certificate
Individuals completing Addressing Disproportionality in Alabama Public Schools professional development will receive a certificate from the LEA conducting the training. It is the individual’s responsibility to retain a copy of the professional development certificate. http://www.alspdg.org/2013_docs/Addressing_Disproportionality_certificate.doc

NOTE: Please be sure you download the current certificate that includes the IRIS STAR Legacy Modules at item 2.  If it does not, please click the refresh button in the URL window to ensure the old form is not held in the history or cache of the web browser.

Statement of Assurance Form 

The ALSDE requires all LEAs to complete the Statement of Assurance form and retain a copy on file for official use during Risk Based Monitoring visits.  LEAs are no longer required to send a copy of the Statement of Assurance form to the SDE. 
http://www.alspdg.org/2013_docs/Assurance_Statement_%20FORM.doc

Note:  If you have problems with the certificate, download it to your desktop. Then open the certificate from the saved file. 


ALSDE Contact
Theresa Farmer
tfarmer@alsde.edu

 

 

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