by Oran Tkatchov | Aug 24, 2022 | ASL, Deaf, EEI, instructional assistant, instructional assistants, Itinerant Teacher, learning, pararpros, Strategies, teaching, UDL
This article addresses current issues in deaf education as well as provides suggestions for improving overall academic achievement of this population. Specifically, three instructional strategies are recommended for teachers: choral responding, response cards, and...
by Oran Tkatchov | Jan 11, 2021 | Behavior, comprehension, instruction, learning, Strategies, UDL
At the highest level of the human capacity to act skillfully are the so-called “executive functions.” Of critical importance to educators is the fact that executive functions have very limited capacity due to working memory. This guideline provides ways to address...
by Oran Tkatchov | Nov 19, 2019 | comprehension, disabilties, IEP/MET, instruction, instructional assistant, learning, Reading, science, special education, Standards, Strategies, Teach and Enrich, teaching, UDL, Writing
Guided Notes are teacher-prepared handouts that outline lectures, audiovisual presentations, or readings, but leave blank space for students to fill in key concepts, words, facts, definitions, etc. Guided Notes promote active engagement during lecture or independent...
by Oran Tkatchov | Aug 14, 2019 | ACVREP, assistive technology, Deaf, EEI, IEP/MET, instruction, instructional assistant, instructional assistants, Itinerant Teacher, language, learning, Literacy, Salary Grade Advancement, Social-Emotional Learning, special education, Teach and Enrich, Teacher Leaders, teaching, UDL, Uncategorized
The DCMP has created a list of online workshops that are available for continuing education credit. Certain workshops have been approved for RID (Registry of Interpreters for the Deaf) and ACVREP (Academy for Certification of Vision Rehabilitation & Education...
by Oran Tkatchov | Jul 1, 2019 | Deaf, disabilties, instruction, instructional assistant, instructional assistants, Itinerant Teacher, language, learning, Literacy, LSL, Math, Reading, science, special education, Standards, Strategies, Teach and Enrich, Teacher Leaders, teaching, UDL
This tool can be used to help find accessible media that meets Arizona’s academic standards, grades K-12. Select the standard and you’ll see media which meets that standard. A DCMP account (which is free) is needed to access the tool. Click here to access...
by Oran Tkatchov | Dec 28, 2018 | ACVREP, assistive technology, AT, Blind, Coaching and Leadership, collaboration, Curriculum, disabilties, edtech, EEI, IDEA, IEP/MET, instruction, instructional assistant, instructional assistants, Itinerant Teacher, language, learning, Literacy, Low Vision, pararpros, Reading, SLP, special education, Spoken Language, Strategies, Teach and Enrich, Teacher Leaders, teaching, UDL
To ensure that students are prepared to meet high expectations , you may need to incorporate a variety of supports into your English Language Arts (ELA) instruction, including Universal Design for Learning (UDL), explicit instruction of evidence-based strategies, and...
