Educators' Leadership Series

This series provides general and special education teachers, administrators, and others in leadership positions with state of the art information about inclusive education for students with autism and related disabilities in a PowerPoint format that is “ready to go” for presentation in your own schools and communities. We are making them available to people who are already “content experts” who have experience supporting students in general education classrooms. This series is a companion to two other webinar series – Fundamentals of Inclusive Education Series and Administrators’ Leadership Series.

Each of the seven PowerPoint presentations in this series is between 60 and 120 minutes and consists of practical examples, templates and forms that can be useful in planning, research citations, links to related professional articles, and other resources.

The PowerPoint topics include:

• Inclusive Education Benefits and Rationale
• Getting Students “IN”: Membership and Participation in the General Education Classroom
• Instructional Supports for Students with Autism and Related Disabilities
• Collaborative Teaming that Supports Inclusive Education
• Core Values and Practices of Inclusive Education
• Facilitating Social Relationships
• Establishing and Focusing the Work of Leadership Teams for Inclusive Education Systems

Registering and Preparation

Prior to using a PowerPoint presentation in this series, we ask that you complete a) a Participant Profile, b) an informed consent form so that we can use anonymous information to evaluate the usefulness of this series, and c) an Inclusive Education Leadership Competencies Survey.  Individuals who show three or more PowerPoints in the series will be asked to complete the Leadership Survey again at the end. 

To prepare to show a PowerPoint we recommend that you read the accompanying resource articles, view the archived PowerPoint (that is part of the Fundamentals Series) on the same topic, and rehearse your presentation before showing it to an audience. Remember, even though you will be showing our slides you are the person who will be asked questions!

Evaluation and Reporting

After each presentation we have a short survey for you to fill out to report back who your audience was, where you are located, how many people attended, and the outcomes of your presentation.

Staff Development Certificate

You will receive 4 hours of staff development credit after presenting a PowerPoint and completing the reporting survey.

Please email Sarah O’Rourke at sarah.orourke@unh.edu for more information and to register for this series.