As we head into the week before Thanksgiving, please know how grateful I am for each of you and the efforts you put forth to create inclusive and equitable learning experiences for your students. I hope these resources provide some inspiration to press on.
SHARED VISION: By December 2020, we can confidently say that our diverse learners have equitable access to high quality educational opportunities that inspire progress toward their individualized goals across learning environments.
As always, use what you need, when you need it. Comment below with how you’re putting these ideas to work, what you’ve found most useful, or where gaps continue to exist or show up.
READ THIS: “A good school is good for students of all abilities”
PLANNING FOR INSTRUCTION
- Many ideas for accessible instruction in Instruction Partner’s Guidelines for Effective Distance Learning Practices
- Couple it with the UDL Remote Learning Flowchart that will help you troubleshoot and streamline the development and delivery of your UDL lessons remotely
- Lots of talk about simultaneous teaching/broadcast model. Ideas on how to get creative so all students can engage through this model are here.
MULTILINGUAL LEARNERS
- Eleven Actionable Strategies for LEAs to Support English Learners’ Success During the 2020-21 School Year
- It’s a great time to focus on nourishing healthy and encouraging relationships with our students; this article gives specific strategies and project ideas for doing this with ELs.
WHOLE CHILD
- Seek Common Ground and Student Achievement Partners have created Family Guides to help families and anyone helping a child to learn in the 2020-21 school year understand more about what children should know and be able to do by the end of each grade in literacy and math. Available in English and Spanish.
- Helping Students Read Emotions Behind Masks
- Last week’s chat on Engaging Learners with ADHD, full of practical resources.
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