St+Landry

AT Team Cheri C. Brownlee, SLP, AT Facilitator Morgan Broussard, OT Current Projects

AT Success Stories

District Assistive Technology Profile =** District Demographics **= We have approximately 15,000 students attending the public school system. Approximately1,950 students are identified with disabilities. This number includes students who are not yet enrolled in school and students attending non public schools. Approximatley 74% of the students attending the public schools in St. Landry parish are eligible for free or reduced lunch.

__**Elementary Schools:**__ Grand Coteau Arnaudville Cankton Sunset Grand Prairie Plaisance Creswell Grolee Park Vista Southwest South Street North Northeast Krotz Springs Palmetto Washington Leonville Port Barre Lawtell East Eunice Glendale Highland Central Middle
 * There are 36 public schools**

__**Junior High and High Schools**__ Opelousas Junior Eunice Junior Port Barre Middle, Junior, and High Northwest Middle, Junior, and High Beau Chene Eunice High Opelousas High Northwest High

__**Special Schools**__ Magnet Academy for Cultural Arts St. Landry Accelerated Transition School

Eunice Washington
 * __Career and Technical Ed.Center__**


 * __10 Non-Public Schools__** We also provide special services to students in the 10 non public schools.

We have approximately 205 Special Education Teachers including Speech - Language Patholgists.

** District Geography **
St. Landry parish is a rural parish consisting of 12 municipalities situated within St. Landry Parish. The parish has a total of 939 square miles. Describe the geographical area of the district that would affect the delivery of assistive technology services such as structures for travel, rural-city, etc.

The AT team in St. Landry Parish is a flexible team. We have an AT facilitator who coordinates AT needs and makes contacts with the appropriate individuals as needed. We rely on the expertise of the teachers of the Visually Impaired, physical therapists, occupational therapists, audiologist, speech - language pathologist, nurses, instructional specialists, and teachers as needed.
 * District AT Status **

The AT checklist is completed for all initial evaluations and reevaluations. If a referral for a full assistive technology assessment is recommended then the pupil appraisal liasion submits a request to the AT facilitator. At the time the appropriate personnel are involved.

AT professional development is included in the summer professional development as well as throughout the year.

Summary of Assistive Technology Data
The AT facilitator is a member of the regular technology committtee and participated in the development of the regular technology plan. This plan includes UDL as the newly adopted reading, social studies and math series are availablle in e-book format.

__ Identify the AT team membership and the role of them __ The AT team in St. Landry Parish is a flexible team, relying upon the expertise of various service providers. Team members may include one or more of the following potential team members.
 * Assistive Technology Facilitator
 * Physical Therapist
 * Occupational Therapist
 * Speech - Language Pathologist
 * Instructional Specialist
 * Audiologist
 * Nurse
 * Regular Education Teacher
 * Special Education Teacher

__ Provide a flow chart or description of how AT services are accessed within the district



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__ Before completing the plan, identify the following: __

__ Provide a statement that indicates what the district AT will look like in 5 years __

__ Provide a statement that indicates how the district expects to achieve the above. __

__Mission Statement__
__ The mission of the ___ District is to

learners will ….

The process of assistive technology planning begins first with answering the question “What do we want ___ students to do with assistive technology?” If you use national, state and local standards or QIAT indicators list those.

What are the assistive technology goals for staff? Identify different levels of staff that need to be considered: Administrators, Special Education Teachers/Service Providers, Regular Education Teachers, Assistive Technology Staff, Pupil Appraisal, etc.
 * Basic Awareness of Assistive Technology (Laws, Definitions, Resources) ** Staff will ….


 * Personal and Professional Use of Assistive Technology. ** Staff will apply …..


 * Application of Assistive Technology in Instruction. ** Teachers will ….

What are the assistive technology goals for staff? Identify different levels of staff that need to be considered: Administrators, Special Education Teachers/Service Providers, Regular Education Teachers, Assistive Technology Staff, Pupil Appraisal, etc.

Using the information gathered above, develop action steps that will identify the district’s course in achieving the vision.

Goal – Identify Goals based on the current data and information above Objective Identify objectives to complete the goals listed. State objectives in measurable terms..

Action Items ** -2000 ** How will the district complete the objectives
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How will the district access funding or resources to complete the objective Timelines Identify when the objectives will begin and when they will be completed Personnel Responsible Identify the personnel who will certify that the objectives have been completed
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Evaluation Identify the method of data reporting that will indicate that the objective has been successfully completed.
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Continuous Improvement and Evaluation
Plan for Evaluation of the District Assistive Technology Plan Identify how the district will evaluate the effectiveness of the plan, collect supporting data and target dates for evaluation to occur.

Reporting to Stakeholder Identify how the district will report evaluation.