Edie Dolan, Director of Student Services for the Madison School District, draws on two decades of classroom and district leadership to describe how inclusion becomes real work—one school, one conversation, one schedule at a time. From confronting painful graduation data to piloting co-teaching in two schools, Edie walks us through the why and how systems change: define a clear purpose, gather focused data, start small, listen to teachers and families, and hold transparent forums for concerns.
She also describes her statewide outreach through All Kids Can Thrive and offers practical guidance for families wondering what to ask and how to imagine long-term possibilities for their children. This episode is for educators, administrators, and parents who want honest, doable strategies for making inclusive schooling the norm rather than the exception.
Resources:
All Kids Can Thrive: website
The Project OASIS interview with Nancy:
A Gen-ed Teacher's Leap into Co-Teaching
Nancy discusses her interest and passion for including all learners, as well as her experiences in her first year of co-teaching as a 3rd grade general education teacher. She specifically highlights three co-teaching models 1) station teaching, 2) parallel teaching, and 3) one-teach, one-multisensory team teaching, which were adopted by her school distr…
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