TEACHING AND LEARNING

Career Development Resources and Lessons

by Oran Tkatchov | Mar 12, 2019 | CTE, instruction, instructional assistant, instructional assistants, Itinerant Teacher, learning, Strategies, Teach and Enrich, teaching

This web page from Texas contains many lesson ideas in the area of CTE and career development.

The Teacher Toolkit

by Oran Tkatchov | Mar 12, 2019 | Behavior, Classroom Management, Coaching and Leadership, EEI, instruction, instructional assistant, instructional assistants, Itinerant Teacher, learning, LSL, pararpros, Strategies, Teach and Enrich, Teacher Leaders, teaching

The Teacher Toolkit provides captioned videos on multiple effective teaching strategies and tools including concept maps, exit tickets, think-pair-share, and many others! For each tool an explanation of how and when to use it is provided.

Mathematics Strategies to Support Intensifying Interventions

by Oran Tkatchov | Jan 2, 2019 | disabilties, IDEA, IEP/MET, instruction, instructional assistant, instructional assistants, Itinerant Teacher, learning, Math, special education, Strategies, Teach and Enrich, Teacher Leaders, teaching

The National Center on Intensive Intervention developed a series of mathematics lessons and guidance documents to support special education instructors, mathematics specialists, and others working with students who struggle with mathematics. These lessons and...

Embedded Supports to Differentiate Instruction for Struggling Students

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

Watch this video to learn how technology tools can support struggling students and those with learning disabilities in acquiring background knowledge and vocabulary, improving their reading comprehension, and making connections between reading and writing.

Power Lesson: Note-Taking Stations

by Oran Tkatchov | Dec 20, 2018 | EEI, instruction, instructional assistant, instructional assistants, Itinerant Teacher, language, learning, Literacy, LSL, pararpros, Reading, Strategies, Teach and Enrich, Teacher Leaders, teaching

In this power lesson, students rotate between four stations to practice different note-taking styles.

What Is Questioning for Cognitive Rigor?

by Oran Tkatchov | Nov 16, 2018 | Coaching and Leadership, Curriculum, EEI, instruction, instructional assistant, Itinerant Teacher, learning, Math, Reading, science, Strategies, Teach and Enrich, Teacher Leaders, teaching

Cognitive rigor promotes intellectual involvement by challenging students to explain what they have learned in their own unique way.

Cover, Copy, & Compare (CCC) Spelling and Vocabulary Strategy, Grades K-12

by Oran Tkatchov | Nov 5, 2018 | instruction, instructional assistant, instructional assistants, Itinerant Teacher, language, learning, Literacy, LSL, Math, Reading, Strategies, Teach and Enrich, teaching

The CCC strategy can assist students in correctly spelling and identifying words.

Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics Sign Video Dictionary

by Oran Tkatchov | Oct 31, 2018 | ASL, Classroom Management, Coaching and Leadership, Deaf, edtech, IEP/MET, instruction, instructional assistant, instructional assistants, Itinerant Teacher, language, learning, Literacy, Math, Reading, special education, Strategies, teaching

DeafTEC has developed this STEM ASL Dictionary to assist teachers with technical signs used in the educational setting.

Self-Advocacy Skills and Self-Determination for Students With Disabilities

by Oran Tkatchov | Oct 30, 2018 | Behavior, IDEA, IEP/MET, instruction, Itinerant Teacher, learning, SEL, Social-Emotional Learning, special education, Strategies, teaching

This report summarizes three actions teachers and schools can take to ensure that self-advocacy skills and self-determination are woven into learning for all students.

Described and Captioned Media Program (DCMP)

by Oran Tkatchov | Oct 24, 2018 | ASL, Blind, Deaf, deaf-blind, disabilties, Early Childhood, instruction, learning, special education, Strategies, Teach and Enrich, teaching

The Described and Captioned Media Program (DCMP) provides unlimited access to over 8,000 accessible, educational videos.

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