Resource Format: Web-based Content

  • Leading for Literacy: Highlighting Key Considerations For Monitoring Reading Progress

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    In the fourth installment of the Lead for Literacy NAESP interactive webinar series, David Fainstein, M.A, and Lauren Artizi Ph.D discuss types of progress monitoring data that inform reading instruction and review the quality indicators of useful data and assessments.

  • COVID-19 Closures & Learning Loss

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    As the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic closes schools across the nation, schools and districts are working hard to meet the needs of 55.1 million students in an unprecedented time. While it is difficult to speculate on what missing months of school may mean for student achievement, research on seasonal learning and summer learning loss can offer…

  • Virtual IEP Meeting Sample Agenda

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    This sample Virtual IEP agenda template, note-taking template, and English and Spanish infographics are designed to support teams in conducting efficient IEP meetings. Although the resources are designed for a 60-minute meeting, teams can modify the word version to meet the team’s needs, meeting schedule, and teaming structure. The resources include suggested agenda items and…

  • Universally Designed Family Engagement

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    How to connect with families, build partnerships, andestablish strong communications

  • UDL Lesson Plan Makeovers: Math Lessons

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    We assure you that implementing the UDL Framework within math is very possible and helps to create a better experience for all of our learners! Through the use of UDL strategies, we encourage learners to make meaning from mathematics and persevere in their work (MPS1), to communicate their ideas and to critique other’s reasoning (MPS3)…

  • Tips for Communicating as a Member of the IEP Team

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    When families and schools meet to discuss a student’s special education program, they can find Common Ground by remembering that everyone wants the student to receive a Free Appropriate Public Education (FAPE).

  • Remote Literacy Learning

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    This toolkit helps schools and families join efforts to support children’s literacy growth in remote or blended learning environments.

  • Promising Practices to Accelerate Learning for Students with Disabilities During COVID-19 and Beyond – Introduction

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    Given that so many students have missed critical instruction since the start of the pandemic, there is an urgent need to identify what works — and to scale effective, research-based models that accelerate learning and improve outcomes for students, now and in the years to come. While states, districts, and schools pilot new approaches, policymakers,…

  • Literacy Leads, Setting Follows – Advice for Grades 1-3 Literacy Leaders in Disrupted Environments

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    This is one in a series of guides for educators—principals, coaches, literacy specialists—who lead literacy efforts in their schools. This interactive resource offers strategies to use for literacy instruction in remote and hybrid environments as educators navigate the challenge of disruptions and lost learning time. While flexibility during challenging times is important, the ability to…

  • La Lectura Interactiva en el Hogar

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    In this package, parents will learn how to conduct interactive read-alouds with their children. The accompanying handout illustrates the type of questions you can ask your child to engage them in reading books. En este paquete, usted podrá aprender cómo leer de manera interactiva con sus hijos. El folleto contiene varias ideas sobre las preguntas…