by Oran Tkatchov | Mar 31, 2022 | Classroom Management, Coaching and Leadership, EEI, inclusion, instruction, learning, lesson, Strategies, Teach and Enrich, Teacher Leaders, teaching
Lesson plans should guide and maximize the limited time you have with students. This means planning for: directions and expectations, new content instruction, and meeting diverse student needs. This article provides seven tips to write better lesson plans. Click here...
by Oran Tkatchov | Dec 15, 2021 | Certified Mentors, Classified Mentor Program, Coaching and Leadership, collaboration, Teacher Leaders
In the mentor-mentee relationship, a balance between strong support and high challenge can help the novice teacher flourish. Finding the “just right” balance of guidance and challenge will ensure a productive relationship that will guide the new teacher to grow...
by Oran Tkatchov | Nov 3, 2020 | Behavior, Classroom Management, Coaching and Leadership, instruction, instructional assistant, instructional assistants, interpreters, Itinerant Teacher, SEL, Social-Emotional Learning, Strategies, Teach and Enrich, Teacher Leaders
In an effort to accomplish Governor Ducey’s Social and Emotional Learning (SEL) initiative the ASDB has joined with MindfulnessFirst in creating a video series to address this initiative. Our joint efforts have afforded us the first video that addresses trauma....
by Oran Tkatchov | Apr 24, 2020 | ACVREP, assistive technology, AT, Blind, Coaching and Leadership, disabilties, IEP/MET, instruction, Itinerant Teacher, Low Vision, special education, Strategies
This learning module from Vanderbilt University’s IRIS Center offers helpful tips on setting up the physical aspects of a classroom and introduces types of equipment used by students with visual disabilities (est. completion time: 1 hour). This resource could be...
by Oran Tkatchov | Apr 24, 2020 | ASL, Coaching and Leadership, Deaf, deaf-blind, language
This is a collection of keynotes and presentations given at the Collaborative Experience conferences hosted by the Minnesota Commission of the Deaf, DeafBlind & Hard of Hearing (MNCDHH). They are intended to be a resource for teachers of the deaf, deafblind and...
by Oran Tkatchov | May 16, 2019 | ASL, Coaching and Leadership, Curriculum, Deaf, EEI, IEP/MET, instruction, instructional assistant, instructional assistants, Itinerant Teacher, language, learning, Literacy, pararpros, Reading, Standards, Strategies, teaching
This document provides a comparison between Arizona’s English Language Arts Standards and the new ASL Content Standards. ELA Standards ASL Standards Grade 5
