What is Inclusion?
What is an EA?
Are professionals that assist teachers in the access and delivery of appropriate educational programming.
What are the 2 types of responsibilities EAs have?
Classroom & Student Specific
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What is a team?
A team is a group of people that come together for a common purpose.
Inclusive schools provide a learning environment that is accessible to all students as a place to learn, grow, fully participate, and enjoy all the benefits that everyone else does.
An EA may perform duties assigned by the principal except:
Managing the classroom, planning, directing learning of students, assessing students, disciplining students.
What are the 6 domains of Classroom Responsibilities?
Safety & Belonging, Academic Learning, Communication, Emotional Regulation and Well-being, Independence, Other duties
What year did the public schools amendment act make it law in MB for all students to receive appropriate educational programming?
2005
Who are the core team members on a student support team?
Student, teacher, and parent/caregiver
How can schools support inclusion?
Policies, Access, universal design, early identification, assessment, planning, discipline, coordinated services, and support.
Name 3 qualities school divisions look for when hiring EA's
Patient, honest, objective, fair, responsible, dependable, confident, self-aware, empathetic, sensitive to others, safety conscious
What are areas of responsibilities in student-specific planning?
Social-Emotional, Communication, Personal Care, Physical
What Act regulates an EAs duties in Manitoba?
Education Administration Act
Who is part of the in-school team for providing student support?
EAs, School Counsellor, Principal, Resource Teacher
What is the difference between Equity vs. Equality?
Equality is giving the same thing to everyone while equity is giving someone what they need to have the same opportunity as others.
The 6 Fundamental Skills an EA requires in Frontier School Division Include:
Confidentiality, Lines of Communication, Collaboration & Communication, Positive Attitudes, Respect for Diversity, Professional Conduct
Name an example of a physical responsibility an EA might have when working with a student with a physical disability?
position and secure student safety in equipment. operate a mechanical life, transfer or life students, demonstrate how to use adaptive equipment, strengthening or balancing strategies.
What legal charter guarantees all Canadians equal protection, benefit, and access to education without discrimination?
Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms
Who is involved in the implementation of a student-specific plan?
Each member of the school team
How can excessive proximity hinder inclusion and negatively effect students with disabilities?
Separation from classmates, dependence on adults, loss of personal control, interference with peer interaction, limitations on receiving competent instruction; Students feel less confident, loss of social skills, lack of engagement, decrease learning
3 skills job postings require EAs to have include:
Communication, ability to work with others, Adaptable, Collaborate, technology skills
You are as to provide personal care support to a student. This includes:
changing diapers or other personal hygiene products; assist students with toileting, feeding or dressing routines.
The Personal Health Information Act (PHIA) and the Freedom of Information and Protection of Privacy Act (FIPPA) obligate EAs and other professionals to do what:
Maintain confidentiality of all student, school matters.
What does the school team do to support the student?
Implement a daily plan with each person assigned to specific duties; they make observations, communicate regularly, and collect data.