TEACHING & LEARNING
Sentence Starters and Frames for ELLs
Using sentence starters and sentence frames are one strategy to support students in speaking, reading, and writing.
Quick Tips to Help Students Who Have Difficulty with Organization, Attention, and Memory
Many learners struggle with organization, attention, and memory. Links to instructional strategies, particularly HLP #16 Use explicit instruction, and are included at the end of the resource page.
Formative Assessment and Self-Regulated Learning Webinar
This webinar discusses the association between formative assessment and self-regulated learning, which was explored in a REL West study that analyzed survey results for more than 1,200 teachers and 24,000 students in three Arizona school districts.
Transformative Action in Deaf Education
Ashanti Monts-Tréviska gives a powerful and encouraging presentation for educational leaders.
DCMP Deaf History Resources
Celebrate deaf history and American deaf culture with free accessible resources from DCMP!
Happy and Calm: The Best Tools for Mindfulness Now
The right mindfulness tools can make all the difference at home and at school. This recorded edWebinar will be of benefit to preK through elementary teachers or anyone who works with children ages 3 to 6 years old.
Happy and Healthy At Home: Student Mental Health and Distance Learning
This recorded edWebinar will be of benefit to school and district leaders of elementary through high school grade levels. Watch this edWebinar for a discussion about this “new normal” of distance learning. We dive into the trends of how and what students are doing as seen through Gaggle’s data, as well as how educators can keep students safe and connected while they learn at home.
UDL Guidelines: Provide Options for Executive Functions
At the highest level of the human capacity to act skillfully are the so-called “executive functions.” Associated with networks that include the prefrontal cortex, these capabilities allow humans to overcome impulsive, short-term reactions to their environment and instead to set long-term goals and other things. The UDL framework typically involves efforts to expand executive capacity in two ways. Previous guidelines have addressed lower level scaffolding, this guideline addresses ways to provide scaffolding for executive functions themselves.
DCMP An Accessible Look at the American Presidency
Visit DCMP’s video library to find facts and captioned videos to get an accessible look at the American Presidency.
DCMP Rochester SD Story Time Videos
Young children who are developing language skills will love these ASL story time videos. The videos present many popular children’s books in American Sign Language.