Videos

Guest Dr. Anita Archer shares why active participation is vital to a successful classroom and her ‘short list’ for active participation strategies.

Guest Dr. Anita Archer discusses how to implement active participation.

This video models addition and subtraction using representations for place value.

This video is a 6/7/8 grade life skills classroom modeling the addition of integers on a number line.

The question of when behavior impedes a student´s learning or the learning of others is a special consideration that IEP teams MUST address before developing the IEP. What do teams needs to know in order to do this? This session will provide information and resources to guide IEP teams in considering when behavior impedes learning and addressing it in the IEP document.

This video will highlight the story of one building administrator who is committed to attracting and retaining staff through building strong relationships, positive school climate and culture through collaboration and teaming. In addition, this video will highlight servant leadership and dedication to providing comprehensive mentorship and supervision for all staff. This episode will also focus on staff retention and why the staff working with these buildings leaders chose to stay in the field of education.

This session will provide an overview of the use of Rate of Improvement as a method that informs Response to Interventon (RTI) within the context of growth and SLD determination.

The focus of this webinar will be taking an “in-depth” look at various aspects of access, including scanning, eye gaze, equipment, activity, classrooms, school days, and an individual student functioning within a group and alone independently. As a whole, this process is akin to a journey. Students are often expected to perform and demonstrate their consistency of use of AAC and AT, but the fact that education also offers the opportunity to learn should not get lost in the shuffle. Creating opportunities for students within their environments can be daunting, but we cannot forget creating opportunities within which children learn is the school experience. This session will help us recognize the BIG PICTURE and create those opportunities.

This video provides a sample of algebra instruction for students with significant cognitive disabilities using manipulatives and pre-taught knowledge of integers.

This professional learning opportunity will focus on a number of key concepts. The connections between the science of reading and reading comprehension instruction will be explored. Using the Blueprint for comprehension as an instructional framework for developing necessary skills and knowledge for constructing meaning will be discussed. Multiple instructional examples including unit & lesson plans, activities and resources that support the development of vocabulary, sentence comprehension, text structure and background knowledge, inference and expression of understanding will be shared. The presenter will also reflect on current practices and identifying additional opportunities for informed instruction at varied grade levels for all students.