What Every Principal Needs to Know About Special Education

By Margaret J. McLaughlin and Victor Nolet

Book Overview

What is "effective" special education? How do I know if we are using the best possible interventions for our special education students? How can I get better results for these students?

These are the questions that successful principals need to be asking. Special education law and practices are rapidly changing and principals need to know what those changes mean for their schools. The Individuals With Disabilities Education Act (IDEA) and No Child Left Behind Act (NCLB) are creating the need for every school leader to understand the foundation of good instruction and sound special education policy. What Every Principal Needs to Know About Special Education is designed to provide that foundation. It contains the information that every principal needs in order to effectively educate students with disabilities.

Now more than ever, in this era of high stakes accountability, it is imperative that principals become informed and confident leaders of special education. This excellent resource provides educators with critical information to:

Apply the features of "effective special education practices" Become comfortable with the core special education legal foundations Include students with disabilities in assessments and new accountability systems Use data for school improvement Create collaborations between general and special education teachers Foster a climate of shared responsibility for learning

Effective practice has always depended on having informed and committed principals. When special education "works," children learn and parents are confident and assured

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0761938311
• ISBN13: 9780761938316
• Release Date: December 2003
• Publisher: Corwin
• Length: 128 Pages
• Weight: 0.63 lbs.
• Dimensions: 10.0" x 0.5" x 7.3"

Customer Reviews

What every principal needs to know about Special Education

This product is a must have for principals, college students, general education teachers and special edcation teachers. It is explain so that all could understand even the most challenging issues pertaining to special education.It is a great reference that could be used by general education teachers,to become familiar with the many acronyms used in special education.

A means to the worthy bottom line

The collaborative work of educators and academicians Margaret J. McLaughlin and Victor Nolet, What Every Principal Needs To Know About Special Education is a foundational resource of basic information that every school principal needs to master with respect to overseeing special education students -- especially in this modern era of accountability imposed by the Individuals With Disabilities Education Act and the No Child Left Behind Act. Essential information concerning the legal foundations of special education; how to use data for school improvement; fostering an optimum learning climate; applicable features of effective special education practices, and a great deal more, present What Every Principal Needs To Know About Special Education as an excellent and "must-read" reference. A means to the worthy bottom line of how to get better education and better results for the special education students who need it most, What Every Principal Needs To Know About Special Education is highly recommended as a core addition to public school administrative reference shelves and reading lists.