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positive school climate includes

A feeling of safety Respect Engagement in learning Involvement in school life Shared vision Involvement of teachers, students, and families

Goal setting: P

Service delivery participation:

“Parents seem to be more invested as they take part in their child’s programming,”

Parents can see the skills their children are working on and can carry them over more effectively.”

increasing engagement during live, virtual, synchronous meetings.

IEP goals and objectives may not be the student’s preferred virtual learning activity.

Virtual book clubs:

Start virtual meetings with a fun, engaging activity:

Visuals, routines, schedules:

I create individualized weekly schedules for my students,

ncluded in these schedules are their assignments and expectations with links to documents, websites, or other materials in a centrally located document. These schedules assist the students and caregivers with pacing, planning, organization, and task completion, among other functional skills.”

Movement breaks:

Misconception 4: Culturally responsive teaching is about choosing the right strategies.

Misconception 3: Culturally responsive teaching is all about building relationships and self-esteem.

Misconception 3: Culturally responsive teaching is about raising the self-esteem of our students.

Misconception 4: Culturally responsive teaching is about choosing the right strategies.

collection of resources you’re finding helpful and wanted to share

collection of anti-racist resources for educators,

ALL students need and deserve characters who look like them and experience life’s challenges in a way that reflects their own

equally important that students explore cultures and experiences different from their own

use empowerment tools

Teaching Tolerance’ is a plethora of free and easy-to-access resources for anti-bias education. It offers lessons and strategies to ground my instructional practices in equity and social justice

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onversation starters, reflection questions, even writing prompts that have empathy embedded into them, can help people of all ages break through the paralysis of not knowing what to say and/or the fear of saying something insensitive or offensive

address the intersectionality of antiracism and educational technology, along with its importance for educators regardless of where they fall in their career.

Be the equity leader in the building

onversation of racism will show up in your hallways. Deal with it. Do the work.

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stand in the gap for students

alking about race is a college/career readiness skill

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In the early 1980’s, there were important advances in the design and application of interventions for challenging behavior. These advances were driven by research on innovations in approaches for behavior change and shifts in cultural values about the use of aversive and dehumanizing intervention practices with vulnerable populations. The non-aversive technology that emerged in the late 1980’s and early 1990s for addressing the challenging behaviors of individuals with severe disabilities was referred to as positive behavioral support (PBS). This approach included the use of functional assessment, antecedent manipulations, teaching strategies, and changes in reinforcement contingencies with a focus on achieving lifestyle changes as the outcome of intervention.

Provide multiple means of action and expression:

Provide multiple means of engagement:

Universal Design for Learning (UDL)

is a framework for instruction that prioritizes the design and development of curriculum that is effective and inclusive for all learners by considering differences in mental, physical, and cognitive abilities during the planning process.