Principals' Guiding Practices: How to Ensure Equity In Education for Students with Disabilities

Instructional Impact 101: A Practical Guide for Ensuring that Equity in Education is Within Reach

Principals and school leaders, there are five key steps that we need to be intentional about taking in order to ensure equity in education for students with disabilities. By making strides in these areas now as we prepare for next school year, we will save ourselves and our staff the time and energy that's often wasted on having to redo schedules, rostering, paperwork, etc., because our initial plans around these tasks weren't developed with students with disabilities in mind.

To support with avoiding some common mistakes and pitfalls when planning for next school year, below is a list of five fundamental must-dos. This list includes "the what". For ideas on how to carry out these steps, check out this e-book by Instructional Impact.

As a principal or school leader, what should I do to ensure equity within education for students with disabilities?

1. Strategically Recruit and Place Special Education Teachers

2. Strategically Schedule and Roster Students with Disabilities

3. Know and Reinforce Section 504 and IDEA laws in Your Daily School Practices

4. Develop and Maintain a Schoolwide Intervention to Referral Process

5. Establish and Maintain Compliant Disciplinary Procedures for Students with Disabilities

As the leaders of our schools, it is ultimately our responsibility to lead the mission of ensuring equity within education for students with disabilities. By putting these five steps into intentional practice, principals and school leaders will foster equity for all! Download this e-book by Instructional Impact today and receive a free one-pager of disciplinary guidelines that you can use right away to remain in compliance with state and federal guidelines around disciplining students with disabilities.