SPECIAL EDUCATION LEADERSHIP WORKSHOPS
Leave with tools
your team can
put to work.
Strengthen your program, investigate a persistent challenge, or develop the leaders responsible for moving the work forward.
Our full-day workshops connect special education leadership with practical application. Participants work toward a clear outcome and leave with resources to support their next steps.
Professional learning withDr. Peggie Constantino Special Education Program Evaluation
Evaluate and strengthen your special education program.
Get a clearer picture of how your special education program supports teaching, learning, and student progress.
Develop an evaluation framework that considers both compliance and instructional quality. Examine service delivery models, classroom practice, and patterns in your data to identify priorities for improvement.
What your team will work toward
- Select meaningful indicators of program effectiveness, including student growth and service delivery.
- Use a structured walkthrough approach to examine co-teaching, self-contained classrooms, and specialized instruction.
- Examine referral, identification, and discipline data for patterns that warrant further investigation.
- Develop a program evaluation cycle for the coming academic year.
- Designed for
- Principal cohorts, special education directors, and assistant principals
- Format
- Full-day workshop
Action Research for Problems of Practice in Special Education
Turn a persistent challenge into a focused improvement plan.
When a challenge keeps resurfacing, a more focused question can open the way forward.
Move from a broad concern to a manageable inquiry. Identify a local problem, choose useful evidence, and plan a cycle of action and reflection.
What your team will work toward
- Turn concerns such as “co-teaching isn’t working” into focused questions your team can investigate.
- Select practical ways to gather evidence through student work, surveys, focus groups, and observations.
- Design a manageable first intervention.
- Establish a process for deciding what to continue, adjust, or stop.
- Designed for
- Principal-led building leadership teams and special education department chairs
- Format
- Full-day workshop with quarterly follow-up milestones
Mentoring Special Education Leaders
Help new leaders grow with confidence and support.
Give experienced administrators a stronger approach to supporting the next generation of leaders.
Develop coaching practices that help novice leaders think through difficult situations, strengthen their judgment, and build their capacity over time.
What your team will work toward
- Use reflective questions and active listening to support independent decision-making.
- Practice coaching conversations around challenging special education situations.
- Recognize isolation and fatigue and plan more consistent support.
- Structure observation, shadowing, and regular check-ins around leadership growth.
- Designed for
- Veteran principals, executive coaches, and central office administrators
- Format
- Full-day workshop
LET’S TALK
Start with the challenge your team wants to address.
Tell us who will participate and what you hope they will be better prepared to do. We’ll help you identify the workshop that best fits your priorities.