courses for
schools &
districts.
research-based & practical, delivered exclusively to your school.
Online
Groups of educators engage in online modules together at the same pace. Each course includes eight hours of facilitated group Zoom meetings. Participants have access to the course for 120 days.
Hybrid
We travel to your school to lead on-site learning over two days. Following the on-site, facilitated sessions, participants extend their learning through online modules at their own pace. Participants have access to the course for 120 days.
Compassionate Classrooms
This course will support you to understand the science behind emotional regulation. This course explores disorders of regulation, and strategies for supporting regulation, leaning on Dialectical Behavior Therapy.
Lee Ann Jung & Amy Bain
Lee Ann is founder of Lead Inclusion, Clinical Professor at San Diego State University, and a consultant to schools worldwide. She provides support to schools in the areas of universal design for learning, inclusion, intervention, and mastery-based assessment and grading. Before beginning a career in higher education she worked in special education in the roles of teacher and administrator. She is a former full professor and director of International Partnerships in the University of Kentucky's College of Education. Lee Ann leads the International Inclusive Leadership Program, a professional learning and graduate program for educators in international schools in partnership with San Diego State University.
Supporting Students’ High Abilities
An integral component of becoming a truly inclusive school is the intentional and thoughtful support of learners' high or exceptional abilities. This course is designed to facilitate understanding, planning and response to the academic and social and emotional needs of highly-able learners. It is an ideal introduction for schools and educators who are just beginning the journey in addressing the needs of highly able learners. You will develop an understanding of this population and explore key myths and misconceptions that may present as barriers to action in supporting these learners. We address the thorny questions of identification and labelling while supporting you in developing a philosophy that aligns with your individual school context.
Anita Churchville, MSED5
Anita coordinates the High Ability Program at the American School of Bombay and conducts professional development workshops at a number of private international schools. She previously created and coordinated Special and Gifted Education programs at the American School of Doha and at Academia Cotopaxi. She also worked as a program specialist in the Los Angeles Unified School District in California, supporting 16 schools. She has a master's degree in special and gifted education and certification as an educational diagnostician.
From Goals to Growth: Planning Intervention
In this course, participants learn a powerful protocol for developing life-changing plans for students who need support. You will work in interdisciplinary teams to develop growth plans that include measurable goals, research-based strategies, and a method to measure progress. You will learn to use “goal attainment scaling” as a way to measure and communicate progress on all types of goals, including both academic and social-emotional. The plans you develop are practical and designed to be incorporated into everyday lesson and unit planning. You will leave this workshop empowered with self-efficacy as individuals, collective self-efficacy as teams, and armed with a new method for planning to ensure the success of every student. This course is based on the ASCD book, From Goals to Growth: Intervention and Support in Every Classroom (2018).
Lee Ann Jung, PhD
Lee Ann is founder of Lead Inclusion, Clinical Professor at San Diego State University, and a consultant to schools worldwide. She provides support to schools in the areas of universal design for learning, inclusion, intervention, and mastery-based assessment and grading. Before beginning a career in higher education she worked in special education in the roles of teacher and administrator. She is a former full professor and director of International Partnerships in the University of Kentucky's College of Education. Lee Ann leads the International Inclusive Leadership Program, a professional learning and graduate program for educators in international schools in partnership with San Diego State University.
Lee Ann has authored 6 books, more than 50 journal articles and book chapters, and has served as associate editor for Young Exceptional Children (YEC), section editor for The Routledge Encyclopedia of Education, guest editor and editorial board member of Topics in Early Childhood Special Education, and editorial board member for Journal of Early Intervention. Lee Ann is past chair for the Classroom Assessment special interest group for the American Educational Research Association.
MTSS and RTIi in Inclusive Schools
This course provides an understanding of Multi-tiered Systems of Support, including Response to Instruction and Intervention and Positive Behavior Supports. How do we change our systems and structures so we have a clear mechanism for operating as a team to make decisions about small-group instruction, intervention, and referral that are efficient, effective, and equitable? Who receives intervention? How does this look? What are the data we need to make decisions about grouping and intervention? Inclusive environments celebrate the strengths and talents of every student and, likewise, incorporate the expertise of both generalists and specialists to support all students in the classroom who are struggling or require extension to move fluidly between tiers of support. The concepts of co-teaching, teaming, reader and writer’s workshops, creative scheduling, role, and student sharing are applied within the context of MTSS in this course. Research-based strategies for Response to Intervention and Instruction and Positive Behavior Intervention Supports are embedded in discussion about the logistics of providing both long- and short-term Tiers II and III supports.
Johanna Cena, DEd
Johanna is the Director of Teaching and Learning at the American School of Barcelona. She has 18 years of experience in education, 10 of those years as an Elementary principal and Director of ELL programs in Barcelona and in Portland, Oregon. Johanna has also been a classroom teacher, ELL teacher, instructional coach and staff developer. She has been a presenter on the topics of teacher leadership, content literacy, reading interventions, English language development, reader’s and writer’s workshop, culturally relevant teaching strategies, sheltered instruction, and systems such as response to instruction and intervention and Positive Behavior Support.
Your Students, My Students, OUR Students
In this course, we challenge the traditional views of general and special education and the resulting identities of educators. Participants explore and analyze concepts of school culture and climate for inclusive learning support, roles of everyone in the building to maximize our time and effectiveness, and the misunderstanding of students with disabilities as having "special needs." The framework of Universal Design for Learning is introduced, and participants practice using this to identify strengths and areas of opportunity. Rather than exploring strategies by disability category, we explore by area of need so the strategies can truly be implemented as universal design for learning in every classroom, harnessing the power of Tier 1 instruction. This course is based on the ASCD book, Your Students, My Students, Our Students: Rethinking Equitable and Inclusive Education (September, 2019).
Lee Ann Jung, PhD
Lee Ann is founder of Lead Inclusion, Clinical Professor at San Diego State University, and a consultant to schools worldwide. She provides support to schools in the areas of universal design for learning, inclusion, intervention, and mastery-based assessment and grading. Before beginning a career in higher education she worked in special education in the roles of teacher and administrator. She is a former full professor and director of International Partnerships in the University of Kentucky's College of Education. Lee Ann leads the International Inclusive Leadership Program, a professional learning and graduate program for educators in international schools in partnership with San Diego State University.
Organizational Leadership in Inclusive Schools
In this course, participants learn about models of organizational change. Inclusive leaders must always be instruments of change. Participants design self-selected projects to develop their efficacy as inclusive leaders within the broader organization of schools. With instruction in models of organizational change and the guidance and feedback of their instructors, participants develop and implement an inclusive organizational change project in their school setting.
Abbey Love, PhD
Abbey is broadly interested in translating educational research to teachers and families and is specifically dedicated to initiatives and research that support individuals with autism spectrum disorder. Her research focuses on motivation and self-efficacy beliefs of professionals who work with students with disabilities in a number of contexts. She is the founder of PACT: Police Autism Community Training, and has worked internationally as a K-12 teacher and university preservice teacher instructor. Abbey has a PhD in Educational Psychology from the University of Kentucky.
Teaming with Families in Inclusive Schools
In this course, participants explore the interconnected nature of families and culture on schools and the vital need to honor and facilitate collegial relationships with students’ families in order to maximize student success. Participants learn to be intentionally inviting to families and to utilize the “family lens” when considering school policy and procedures. Participants practice using multiple tools to gather information from families about student routines and needs and to create high quality, student-centered ILP/IEPs that reflect family priorities. Other topics involve using intentional empathy to overcome judgment, handling difficult conversations, and celebrating cultural diversity in schools.
Abbey Love, PhD
Abbey is broadly interested in translating educational research to teachers and families and is specifically dedicated to initiatives and research that support individuals with autism spectrum disorder. Her research focuses on motivation and self-efficacy beliefs of professionals who work with students with disabilities in a number of contexts. She is the founder of PACT: Police Autism Community Training, and has worked internationally as a K-12 teacher and university preservice teacher instructor. Abbey has a PhD in Educational Psychology from the University of Kentucky.
Foundations of Coaching and Consultation in Inclusive Schools
In this course, participants gain skills in coaching, consultation, and collaboration to support inclusive practices.
Fanny Passeport, MEd
Fanny has 11 years of experience in education with 10 years in international schools as a Director of Teaching & Learning, Technology Integrator and French Foreign Language Teacher. Fanny has co-authored the book Stretch Yourself! A Personalized Journey to Deepen Your Teaching Practice, and received the ISTE Young Outstanding Educator and Emerging Leader Awards. She is also a Council of International School evaluator and has taught the three International Baccalaureate programs: PYP, MYP and DP.
what educators say about working with us.
"Working with Dr. Jung will guarantee research-based advice delivered in a fun and engaging way. Dr. Jung goes above and beyond to coach schools through any implementation process. I look forward to working together with her again in the future!"
— Dr. Nick Glab, Head of School