by Oran Tkatchov | Jan 31, 2020 | AzMERIT, EEI, instruction, instructional assistant, instructional assistants, Itinerant Teacher, language, learning, Literacy, pararpros, Reading, Strategies, Teach and Enrich, Teacher Leaders, teaching
This captioned video shows a 3rd grade teacher guide students through the close reading process, check for understanding, and leverage the power of student talk and collaboration to help them make meaning of a complex text. Click here to watch the video.
by Oran Tkatchov | Jan 30, 2020 | assessment, AzMERIT, disabilties, EEI, instruction, instructional assistant, instructional assistants, Itinerant Teacher, learning, Math, Standards, Strategies, Teach and Enrich, teaching, testing
This captioned training module introduces users to progress monitoring in mathematics, a type of formative assessment in which student learning is evaluated to provide useful feedback about performance to both learners and teachers (est. module completion time: 2...
by Oran Tkatchov | Nov 26, 2019 | Behavior, Classroom Management, disabilties, EEI, IEP/MET, instructional assistant, instructional assistants, Itinerant Teacher, learning, pararpros, SEL, Social-Emotional Learning, special education, teaching
This article provides two practical ways to focus on the behaviors that have the greatest effect in creating a safe, supportive learning environment:1)by tracking the positivity ratio and 2) reinforcing the 19 most essential positive behaviors. Information on how to...
by Oran Tkatchov | Nov 25, 2019 | assessment, Deaf, disabilties, EEI, instruction, instructional assistant, instructional assistants, Itinerant Teacher, language, learning, Literacy, LSL, pararpros, Reading, science, special education, Spoken Language, Strategies, Teach and Enrich, Teacher Leaders, teaching
This captioned webinar from the Pennsylvania Training and Technical Assistance Network (PaTTAN) explains why retelling is an effective intervention for building comprehension and describes how to organize a classroom or itinerant setting to effectively use the...
by Oran Tkatchov | Nov 25, 2019 | autism, Behavior, Classroom Management, disabilties, EEI, IEP/MET, instruction, instructional assistant, instructional assistants, Itinerant Teacher, learning, pararpros, SEL, Social-Emotional Learning, special education, Strategies, teaching
This module describes how teachers can help students stay on task by learning to regulate their behavior. The four strategies discussed are self-monitoring, self-instruction, goal-setting, and self-reinforcement. Click here to start the module.
by Oran Tkatchov | Nov 25, 2019 | AzMERIT, EEI, instruction, instructional assistant, instructional assistants, Itinerant Teacher, language, learning, Literacy, pararpros, Reading, Spoken Language, Standards, Strategies, Teach and Enrich, teaching, Writing
This report identifies writing practices found to be effective in helping students increase their reading skills and comprehension and also provides examples of what these writing practices can look like within a classroom. Click here to read the report.