Inclusive Education Benefits Everyone! Maine is committed to increasing capacity for inclusive education and supporting all school personnel to better provide inclusive support to PreK-12 learners. Together we can work to ensure all learners with disabilities have full and meaningful access to general educational peers, curriculum and classrooms.
This micro-credential develops learners’ intermediate skills in creating a standards-aligned Individualized Education Program (IEP), a process that involves collaborating with families and educators to prioritize the student’s access to the general curriculum and promote their sense of belonging in general education environments. Learners also demonstrate intermediate knowledge of how to leverage Universal Design for Learning (UDL) to develop relevant, specially designed instruction that can be delivered within an integrated Multi-Tiered System of Support (MTSS).
- Educators: Special education teachers, pre-service teachers, general education teachers who are part of an inclusive team.
- Case managers, IEP coordinators, IEP Team Members (Related Service Providers, Interventionists, Paraprofessionals).
- Administrators: Directors and Assistant Directors of Special Education, Building Principals, Superintendents who want to support and promote inclusive IEP development, Directors of Curriculum who want to know more about how inclusive IEPs align with general curriculum.
- Families of students who are eligible for special education services and supports.
- Any interested party with a need to know more about creating inclusive IEPs.
