High Leverage Practice (HLP) Collaborations by Ursula Allen (Stone Mountain High School)

HLP 1: Collaborate With Professionals to Increase Student Success

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Special Education teachers weave a tapestry of collaboration with many hands, crafting safe spaces for learning, creativity, and exploration. Together, they build an experience where all students have access to success, fairness and unity. So that every learner can learn and dream and connect.

HLP 1 Collaborate with Professional to Increase Student Success

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HLP 2: Organize and Facilitate effective meetings with professionals and families.

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Mastering the art of planning and leading where every voice is heard, informed, and every hand contributes to creating a space and a plan that is best for the student.

Check out this video!

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HLP 2- In this video/podcast about HLP 2, they discuss ensuring that the meeting is as effective as possible. They discuss making sure that the team continues to have open discussion about what the actual meeting is about including recapping and debriefing. As the leader of the meeting there is work that goes into creating a good experience so that each member of the team feels comfortable contributing for the plan for the student.

Evidence Based Practices

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Structured meeting agendas: Creating a clear agenda ensures that all topics are covered and that meetings stay focused. A major task of the meeting leader is to be clear to any member of the meeting team what their role will be at the meeting. The leader must also make all members of the team feel comfortable. Agendas help in organizing the meeting to ensure that all voices are heard.
Active listening and clear communication: Listening attentively and ensuring that all participants feel understood helps create a positive meeting environment, leading to more effective collaboration.

High Leverage Practice 2 , Organizing and Facilitating effective meetings with professionals and families.

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This very helpful resource highlights and breaks down this practice.

Good Communication Skills are a part of being a good meeting leader. HLP 2

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This video demonstrates how that leader of the case worker makes the parent feels heard and safe to speak.

HLP 3 Collaborate With Families to Support Student Learning and Secure Needed Services

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By joining together with the families we will work together to secure the service that will help the student to become the best version of themselves that they can be.

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