NASET has updated its very popular IEP Goals/Objectives App. This vastly updated application allows you to easily build a list of students, and for each one, choose & build a list of IEP Annual Goals, Short Term and Behavioral Objectives, that include Common Core State Standards (CCSS). For each behavioral objective, you are provided with the option to add a Mastery Level. The output of each student's list of Goals and Objectives can then be sent by email or text message. This App Allows You to: * Build a list of students and then save, edit, add, and/or delete selected Goals and Objectives that are unique for each student * Develop multiple Goals and Objectives for each student * Export the assembled annual goals, short term objectives and behavioral objectives for each student via email or text message * Plan certain significant components of each student's educational curriculum * Build an exportable list of enrichment experiences to enhance each student's development from a list of over 2,700 Suggested Activities What's New in this Version: * More than double the number of Annual Goals and Short Term Objectives from which to choose * Includes Common Core State Standards (CCSS) * Optional Mastery Level selections offered for each Behavioral Objective * Allows you to build a list of students and then save the selections of goals and objectives for each student * Easier to use the collected choices by including the student's first name in the final behavioral objectives list that you compile * More flexibility that allows you to add, delete and/or edit the selected goals and objectives

"Taking Competency-Based Learning From Policy to Reality"

"Webb's Depth of Knowledge (DOK) provides a vocabulary and a frame of reference when thinking about our students and how they engage with the content. DOK offers a common language to understand "rigor," or cognitive demand, in assessments, as well as curricular units, lessons, and tasks. Webb developed four DOK levels that grow in cognitive complexity and provide educators a lens on creating more cognitively engaging and challenging tasks."

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A briefing series for New England's educational leaders--competency based education; personalization....

For those looking for information and resources about college and post-secondary options and accommodations Elizabeth Hamblet has a wonderful listing of resources and information with links on her website. http://www.ldadvisory.com/links Elizabeth is the author of the article in the January 2014 issue of Teaching Exceptional Children titled, "Nine Strategies to Improve College Transition Planning for Students With Disabilities ." You may also wish to read her book, which covers transition to college in depth - 7 Steps for Success: High School to College Transition Strategies for Students with Disabilities .

"Believing in students is not simply telling them that you believe in them. These words matter only if they are true and if you demonstrate them by your actions. There is no way to fake it, because kids have built in crap detectors (a phrase taken from Neil Postman, and Charles Weingartner, in Teaching As a Subversive Activity), and they can tell if you don't mean it. Here are some ways to express it."

School start times for adolescents in the United States are typically too early to be healthy for this age group. There is significant evidence from the research literature that early starts have serious negative impacts on students. In particular, early education start times in adolescence cause chronic sleep deprivation, which damages both adolescents' education and health. Fortunately, chronic sleep deprivation is one of the more preventable public health issues facing the nation.