<?xml version='1.0' encoding='UTF-8'?><?xml-stylesheet href="http://www.blogger.com/styles/atom.css" type="text/css"?><feed xmlns='http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom' xmlns:openSearch='http://a9.com/-/spec/opensearchrss/1.0/' xmlns:georss='http://www.georss.org/georss' xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0'><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8269991573484317849</id><updated>2011-04-21T16:49:53.788-07:00</updated><title type='text'>High Performing Inclusive School Districts</title><subtitle type='html'></subtitle><link rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#feed' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://highperforminclusivedistricts.blogspot.com/feeds/posts/default'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8269991573484317849/posts/default?max-results=100'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://highperforminclusivedistricts.blogspot.com/'/><link rel='hub' href='http://pubsubhubbub.appspot.com/'/><author><name>Ann Yehle</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/00412085953544294979</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><generator version='7.00' uri='http://www.blogger.com'>Blogger</generator><openSearch:totalResults>1</openSearch:totalResults><openSearch:startIndex>1</openSearch:startIndex><openSearch:itemsPerPage>100</openSearch:itemsPerPage><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8269991573484317849.post-1245450462934216667</id><published>2009-02-03T12:54:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2009-02-03T13:03:05.752-08:00</updated><title type='text'>Getting the conversation started.....</title><content type='html'>&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'courier new';"&gt;Creating and sustaining a high quality inclusive school district takes the ongoing collaborative efforts of a variety of stakeholder groups.  This includes staff in our schools, our students, central office staff, professionals from our institutes of high education, and our parents and members of the community.  If we are committed to creating a high quality inclusive experience for each and every one of our students, we must continually examine our practices.  We must be willing to look at what we do well and determine a way to strengthen these areas as well as look at our areas of challenges and determine how to improve.  In order to do so, we need to engage the voices of many.  Hence, I look forward to a conversation with interested individuals relative to what makes a high performing inclusive school district?  What does this look like?  What types of structures are in place?  How are the teachers, principals, etc. supported so they can do this work?  How do we engage the voices of our students?  What can central office staff do to support this work?  I thank you in advance for engaging in this conversation.  Ann&lt;/span&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8269991573484317849-1245450462934216667?l=highperforminclusivedistricts.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://highperforminclusivedistricts.blogspot.com/feeds/1245450462934216667/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://highperforminclusivedistricts.blogspot.com/2009/02/getting-conversation-started.html#comment-form' title='6 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8269991573484317849/posts/default/1245450462934216667'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8269991573484317849/posts/default/1245450462934216667'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://highperforminclusivedistricts.blogspot.com/2009/02/getting-conversation-started.html' title='Getting the conversation started.....'/><author><name>Ann Yehle</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/00412085953544294979</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>6</thr:total></entry></feed>
