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Beyond our Blog: Our Favorite Resources from Across the Web
#5: The CEEDAR Center This week, we feature the Collaboration for Effective Educator Development, Accountability, and Reform Center (CEEDAR). The CEEDAR Center partners with the VDOE as a technical assistance provider to support both pre- and in-service educators. Among their many valuable resources are implementation tools that promote the use of High-Leverage Practices (HLPs), which… Read More Beyond our Blog: Our Favorite Resources from Across the Web
Beyond our Blog: Our Favorite Resources from Across the Web
#4: Center for Implementation and Evaluation of Education Systems (CIEES) at Old Dominion University This week’s resource spotlight features the Center for Implementation and Evaluation of Education Systems (CIEES) at Old Dominion University. As ODU’s first center dedicated to using significant grant funding to drive meaningful improvements in K–12 education for students with and without… Read More Beyond our Blog: Our Favorite Resources from Across the Web
Beyond our Blog: Our Favorite Resources from Across the Web
#3 Center for Positive Behavior Interventions & Supports This week’s website in the spotlight is PBIS.org. This website from the Center for Positive Behavior Interventions and Supports features a wealth of resources and tools for everyone from superintendents to classroom teachers looking to better meet the needs of students, build better learning environments and support… Read More Beyond our Blog: Our Favorite Resources from Across the Web
Beyond our Blog: Our Favorite Resources from Across the Web
#2: The IRIS Center The next resource we would like to share in this August Friday 5 series: Beyond our Blog, is the IRIS Center. The resources on this site are focused on improving outcomes for all children, especially those with disabilities. Some of our favorite things about the Iris Center are their Modules, Information… Read More Beyond our Blog: Our Favorite Resources from Across the Web
Beyond our Blog: Our Favorite Resources from Across the Web
#1: VTSS Resource Hub A few of our favorite things about the VTSS Resource Hub are the ready to use resources which include: various MTSS Anchor documents such as Virginia’s core components, the Hexagon Tool for selecting evidence-based practices and more! You’ll also find the VTSS 10 Evidence Based Classroom Practices one-pagers, complete with videos… Read More Beyond our Blog: Our Favorite Resources from Across the Web
Resources
Resources
COVID-19 & Virginia Public Schools
Recover, Redesign, Restart, 2020 is a guiding document for Virginia school divisions developed in response to the COVID-19 pandemic and in preparation for schools reopening.
- COVID-19 Frequently Asked Questions–FAQs (updated weekly)
- COVID-19: A Parent Guide for School-Aged Children
- Virtual Virginia
- Supporting Students Who Receive Early Childhood Special Education Services during COVID19
Virginia Learns Anywhere Download the Full Report here.
IDEA & COVID-19: Questions and Answers on Providing Services to SWD (March 2020)
Resources available now to support enriched distance learning programs. (Comprehensive Center Network)
Center on Technology and Disability
Center on Technology and Disability (CTD) is designed to increase the capacity of families and providers to advocate for, acquire, and implement effective assistive and instructional technology (AT/IT) practices, devices, and services.
Council of Administrators of Special Education
Council of Administrators of Special Education (CASE) is an international professional educational organization which is affiliated with the Council for Exceptional Children whose members are dedicated to the enhancement of the worth, dignity, potential, and uniqueness of each individual in society.
- Virginia Council of Administrators of Special Education (VCASE) is a professional organization that promotes professional leadership through the provision of collegial support and current information on recommended instructional practices as well as local, state and national trends in Special Education for professionals who serve students with disabilities in order to improve the quality and delivery of special education services in Virginia’s public Schools.
Inclusive Schools Network
The Inclusive Schools Network (ISN) is a web-based educational resource for families, schools and communities that promotes inclusive educational practices.
National Center on Intensive Intervention Mission and Approach
NCII builds the capacity of state and local education agencies, universities, practitioners, and other stakeholders to support implementation of intensive intervention in literacy, mathematics, and behavior for students with severe and persistent learning and/or behavioral needs.
- Resources to help educators and other building-based personnel find tools and resources to support students with intensive needs
- Intensive Interventions: A Teacher’s Toolkit of activities and resources to assist practitioners in designing and delivering intensive interventions in reading and mathematics
Social Emotional Learning Resources
Transforming Education’s SEL Integration Approach for Classroom Educators
SEL: 3 Signature Practices Playbook: A Tool That Supports Systematic SEL:Practical ways to introduce and Broaden the use of SEL practices in classrooms, schools, and workplaces.
Virginia Department of Education: Special Education Resources
- A Parent’s Guide To Special Education (available in Spanish)
- Virginia’s Guidelines for Educating Students with Specific Learning Disabilities (ADA compliant version)
- Specific Learning Disability Supplementary Guide on Dyslexia: Frequently Asked Questions
- Universal Design for Learning
- Superintendent’s and Principal’s Memos
Quick Guide to #GoOpenVA Open Resources
Subscribe to the VDOE #EdEquityVA Newsletter
Online Learning
Online Learning
VDOE: Professional Development, Archived Webinar Sessions
Webinars on various topics including, Special Education, Elementary and Secondary Instruction, and Comprehensive Literacy.
COVID-19 Considerations for Special Education Administrators
#EdEquityVA Webinar Series
As a follow-up to the 2019 Virginia is for ALL Learners Education Equity Summer Institute, the Virginia Department of Education will host a monthly series of webinars focused on equity strategies and resources available to school divisions.
Webinars wth Zaretta Hammond
How do we move beyond the packet mentality to truly help students become independent learners while leveraging the funds of knowledge at home and in their immediate community? That is the question posed and answered by Zaretta Hammond in this important webinar series.
Webinar: Equitable Practices for Teaching Online. (IDRA)
Webinar How can we work for equity & access in challenging times? (STEM Learning Ecosystem)—-
