Julie Weller

Mom, wife, Director of Special Education, traveler, reader, and passionate about inclusive learning for ALL!

[Lee Ann Jung, PhD @leeannjung]

Students can be excluded even when they are all in in the same classroom space. Least restrictive environment is a low bar. How does REAL inclusion look? #LeadInclusion #SpecialEducation #EdChat #UDL #Inclusion

[Lee Ann Jung, PhD @leeannjung]

Students who have IEPs are not "special education students." They are just students. They belong to every teacher they have. Receiving a service doesn't change a students identity as a student. #LeadInclusion #EdChat #UDL #Inclusion

[Lee Ann Jung, PhD @leeannjung]

Students who feel excluded or disliked because of a difference from a majority group live with feelings of stress. This slow-burning stress over time is trauma that takes a toll a person’s health and wellbeing. #LeadInclusion #SEL #EdChat #UDL #Inclusion #UDL #EdLeaders

[Lee Ann Jung, PhD @leeannjung]

When students dysregulate and behave in unexpected ways, they are thinking with the emotional part of their brain at that moment. This is not a teachable moment. It is a time to connect, not correct. #LeadInclusion #EdChat #UDL #Inclusion #SEL

[Brian Mendler @BrianMendler]

One key to changing school culture is understanding that everyone is looking for a sense of belonging. If we can provide that for students and staff we create a great place to learn and work. Drop your #1 key to improving culture 👇 #schoolclimate #thatonekid

[Lee Ann Jung, PhD @leeannjung]

When students dysregulate and behave in unexpected ways, they are thinking with the emotional part of their brain at that moment. This is not a teachable moment. It is a time to connect, not correct. #LeadInclusion #EdChat #Inclusion #SEL

[Lee Ann Jung, PhD @leeannjung]

To be able to say we have implemented MTSS or RTI, we have to give attention and intention to universal design for learning. #LeadInclusion #EdChat #UDL #Inclusion

[Lee Ann Jung, PhD @leeannjung]

Students who have IEPs are not "special education students." They are just students. They belong to every teacher they have. Receiving a service doesn't change a students identity as a student. #LeadInclusion #EdChat #UDL #Inclusion

[Lee Ann Jung, PhD @leeannjung]

Before trying to punish or extinguish a behavior, make sure to validate the emotion. Emotional regulation isn't about getting rid of an emotion. It's about helping a student manage that. Changing the behavior may not accomplish that. #LeadInclusion #SEL #Inclusion

[Lee Ann Jung, PhD @leeannjung]

For teachers who are basketball fans: Paraprofessionals should use zone defense, not man-to-man. Extra hands are great! Assigning an adult to a student, not so much. #LeadInclusion #EdChat #UDL #UDLchat #Inclusion #EdLeadership

[Lee Ann Jung, PhD @leeannjung]

Helping students to complete assignments isn't an intervention. Intervention is systematically moving a student to mastery on a critical skill using a research-based practice. #LeadInclusion #SblChat #EdChat #MasteryChat #AcademicChatter #ATAssessment #EdLeaders #TeacherTwitter

[Lee Ann Jung, PhD @leeannjung]

The hopes, dreams, likes, dislikes, and passions of a student should have far more weight than their test scores when developing an IEP. #LeadInclusion #EdChat #UDL #UDLchat #Inclusion #EdLeadership

[Lee Ann Jung, PhD @leeannjung]

How can students be expected to meet a goal if they don’t know what the goal is, if they have no sense of ownership of it, or if it isn’t relevant to them? #LeadInclusion #EdChat #UDL #UDLchat #Inclusion #EdLeadership

[Lee Ann Jung, PhD @leeannjung]

School leaders of inclusive schools make it a priority to structure the master schedule to allow teachers time to plan together, and they include special educators in grade-level or content-area meetings. #LeadInclusion #EdChat #UDL #UDLchat #Inclusion #EdLeadership

[Lee Ann Jung, PhD @leeannjung]

Special education and Tier 2 and 3 interventions are supports that are provided. They are nouns, not adjectives, and they should never be used to describe a student’s permanent or long-term status. They are not any student’s identity. #LeadInclusion #EdChat #UDL #UDLchat

[Lee Ann Jung, PhD @leeannjung]

Colleges of Education: Are special education and curriculum/instruction courses still being taught by separate departments? Our grads need to be able to co-teach and differentiate. Our teacher prep model needs to change. #LeadInclusion #HigherEd #Education #EdChat

[Julie Weller @Jweller49]

@kinderstrehlow @StrehlowTim @tystrehlow1 @CoyStrehlow Congratulations! #GoAugie

[Lee Ann Jung, PhD @leeannjung]

🚫 Assigning a paraprofessional as a shadow to a student disrupts relationships with peers and teachers, makes it less likely their teacher will help them, and promotes dependence. https://t.co/hAhFrhHdvQ #LeadInclusion #spedchat #edchat

[Julie Weller @Jweller49]

@kinderstrehlow @StrehlowTim @tystrehlow1 @CoyStrehlow Love the shirts! Go Augie!!