The National Agenda
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The National Agenda is a plan created by experts to reform education and improve standards and inclusion for students with visual impairments (VI). It provides goals for education programs to best serve the needs described in the Expanded Core Curriculum (ECC). Pennsylvania also has a state version called PANA. The National Agenda and ECC together guide schools on including students with VI.
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- 2. THE NATIONAL AGENDA What is it? • Combined knowledge of experts in our field (Families & Professionals) • Tells how education programs must change to serve our students • Goals to improve expectations, standards, and inclusion for students with VI How is this related to the ECC? • The ECC describes educational needs of students • The National Agenda is a plan to reform education to best serve those needs • Together they provide a complete guide for schools to include students with VI Something else you need to know • Pennsylvania has a state version called PANA Written in 1994 by Anne Corn, Phil Hatlen, Kathleen Huebner, Frank Ryan, and Mary Ann Siller. Revised in 2004 by Huebner, Merk-Adam, Stryker, and Wolffe
- 3. AS A TVI YOU NEED TO BE VERY FAMILIAR WITH THESE! Read more about the National Agenda for Education at: https://www.afb.org/national-agenda-education Pennsylvania Approach to the National Agenda (PANA): https://www.pattan.net/CMSPages/GetAmazonFile.aspx?path=~%5Cpattan%5C media%5Cpublications%5C2019%20accessible%20pdfs%5C2020-pana-goals- bklt-12-20- wba_1.pdf&hash=754f65da2db0c5a60a1939f7abd34139d88ed05a9d0f09ea1fa 524632c6032ee&ext=.pdf
- 4. THESE ARE THE GOALS OF THE NATIONAL AGENDA
- 5. • STUDENTS & THEIR FAMILIES WILL BE REFERRED TO AN APPROPRIATE EDUCATIONAL PROGRAM WITHIN 30 DAYS OF IDENTIFICATION OF A VISUAL IMPAIRMENT. TVIS & COMS WILL PROVIDE APPROPRIATE QUALITY SERVICES.
- 6. • POLICIES & PROCEDURES WILL BE IMPLEMENTED TO ENSURE THE RIGHT OF ALL PARENTS TO FULL PARTICIPATION & EQUAL PARTNERSHIP IN THE EDUCATIONAL PROCESS.
- 7. • UNIVERSITIES WITH A MINIMUM OF ONE FULL- TIME FACULTY MEMBER IN THE AREA OF VI WILL PREPARE A SUFFICIENT NUMBER OF TVIS & O&M SPECIALISTS FOR STUDENTS WITH VI TO MEET PERSONNEL NEEDS THROUGHOUT THE COUNTRY.
- 8. • CASELOADS WILL BE DETERMINED BASED ON THE ASSESSED NEEDS OF STUDENTS. • LOCAL EDUCATION PROGRAMS WILL ENSURE THAT ALL STUDENTS HAVE ACCESS TO A FULL ARRAY OF SERVICE DELIVERY OPTIONS.
- 9. • ALL ASSESSMENTS AND EVALUATIONS OF STUDENTS WILL BE CONDUCTED BY OR IN PARTNERSHIP WITH PERSONNEL HAVING EXPERTISE IN THE EDUCATION OF STUDENTS WITH VI AND THEIR PARENTS.
- 10. • ACCESS TO DEVELOPMENTAL AND EDUCATIONAL SERVICES WILL INCLUDE AN ASSURANCE THAT TEXTBOOKS AND INSTRUCTIONAL MATERIALS ARE AVAILABLE TO STUDENTS IN THE APPROPRIATE MEDIA AND AT THE SAME TIME AS THEIR SIGHTED PEERS.
- 11. • ALL EDUCATIONAL GOALS AND INSTRUCTION WILL ADDRESS THE ACADEMIC AND DISABILITY- SPECIFIC CORE CURRICULA BASED ON THE ASSESSED NEEDS OF EACH STUDENT WITH VISUAL IMPAIRMENTS.
- 12. • TRANSITION SERVICES WILL ADDRESS THE DEVELOPMENTAL AND EDUCATIONAL NEEDS OF STUDENTS AND THEIR FAMILIES (BIRTH THROUGH HIGH SCHOOL) TO MEET LIFE GOALS.
- 13. • SERVICE PROVIDERS WILL ENGAGE IN ONGOING LOCAL, STATE, AND NATIONAL PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT.
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- This goal is what lead the Steering Committee and then Co-Chair, Phil Hatlen, to articulate the Expanded Core Curriculum in his 1996 article in RE:view…it’s important to understand that this effort was initiated many years previous by teachers and administrators who recognized the unique needs of students with VI…Lowenfeld, Curry & Hatlen, Alonzo, Hazecamp, and others.