| Teacher Tools |
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SPS | Templates -- Unit planning, lesson planning,
graphic organizers, and curriculum mapping templates for District
teachers. |
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SPS | Professional Library -- Contains curriculum
materials for District educators. Link to the catalog here. |
| Digital Learning
Commons -- Resources and professional development
opportunities. Rich array of content. |
| Culturally Relevant Resources
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| SPS
| Office of Equity and Race Relations -- Event calendar,
cultural competency defined, and culturally responsive resources
can be found on this site. |
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SPS | Couragous Coversations -- As schools and
departments work to eliminate the achievement gap, the resources to
support Conversations, including articles and videos, are still
available here. |
| NWREL | Culturally
Responsive Practices for Student Success: A Regional Sampler
-- In this incisive publication,
pre-K–12 educators are
introduced to the topic of culturally responsive educational
practices. |
| SPS |
Ending Disproportionality in Our Schools
-- Equity and Race Relations Director, Dr. Caprice
Hollins, shares the results of her introductory work and
future plans at community meetings throughout the school district.
(Requires RealPlayer. 60 min. - 6/21/2005) |
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KUOW |
Weekday Interview 1
KUOW |
Weekday Interview 2-- Interviews with Dr. Caprice
Hollins about diversity, equity, and community in the Seattle
Public School system on 8/31/05 and 2/15/06. (45 min.
Audio)
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| KBCS
| Voices of Diversity -- A weekly radio magazine from
Bellevue Community College. The program uncovers untold stories in
our community as well as celebrates the diversity of cultural
expression found in the Northwest. (60 min. Audio) |
| UW | Center
for Multicultural Education -- Locate MC information
by accessing the buttons: "Links", "CME Projects", "Publications",
and "Resources". |
| Teaching for
Change -- TFC visitors can find lesson units and
resources to use the classroom as a site to build social
justice. |
| U of West Virginia
| Equity in Science Education -- The title is a bit
misleading as this site contains definite, concrete strategies and
suggestions for addressing gender, rural and minority learning
issues. |
| Special Education & Assistive
Technology |
| SPS |
Special Education Services -- Locate programs, staff,
and forms here. |
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SPS | IEP Goals and Objectives Aligned with
Standards-- These are draft documents of IEP goals and
objectives aligned with District standards. |
| U of West
Virginia | Inclusion in Science Education for Students with
Disabilities -- Don't be fooled by the title. This is
an incredibly rich site with concrete suggestions for addressing
students' classroom learning needs. |
| The IRIS
Center -- (IDEA and Research for Inclusive Settings)
was designed in response to a request from the U.S. Department of
Education's Office of Special Education Programs. Resources for
teachers and students can be found here. |
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SPS | Assistive Technology -- District site with
information on how to work with students who require AT.
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| UW |
Do-It -- Disabilities, Opportunities, Internetworking,
and Technology are the foci of this UW program that works to
promote academic achievement for high school students with
disabililties. |
| English Language Learners |
| SPS
| Bilingual Student Services -- Programs and services
that are serviced by this department. |
| OSPI | State
Standards and Guidelines for ELL Instruction -- This
website has the Washington State Content Standards for ELD
instruction, including the reading, speaking, and writing
standards. |
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English Language Learner Resources -- Strategies and
ideas for teachers from the Northshore School District.
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| Seattle
Public Library Literacy/ESL -- Don't forget to use the
public library! |
| Effective Instructional
Practices for Language Minority Students --
Descriptions of promising practices with links to organizations and
their resources. |
| World-class Instructional Design and
Assessment (WIDA) Consortium -- The WIDA Consortium
has developed English language proficiency standards and an English
language proficiency test aligned with those standards. In
addition, WIDA has developed Spanish language arts standards and is
planning a system of alternate academic assessments for beginning
English language learners. |
| ASCD
| Getting Started with English Language Learners -- A
new book that provides strategies for boosting ELL student
achievement. |
| ELL Literature and Resource List
-- MS Word document with literature citations for: ELL
overview, considerations for immigrant student populations,
programmatic options, pedagogical strategies and Web sites for more
immediate information. |
| Gifted and Talented Children
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| SPS
| Advanced Learning -- Information regarding the
District's Advanced Learning program including enrollment,
curriculum and resources. |
| Assessment Strategies |
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STAR | Online discussion, March 2007 -- The summary
from the STAR online discussion titled, "Assessment: Meaningful (or
Messy)?". Links and resources provided. |
| OSPI
| Teacher Assistance Program -- Monitoring student
learning. |
| NEA |
Weighted Grading -- What is this and how can it work
for me? |
| U of
Michigan | Classroom Assessment -- Primarily for
higher education, The Center for Research on Learning and Teaching
(CRLT) has an exhaustive series of assessment techniques that
should appeal to every formative and summative need, K12
included. |
| Connecting Theory to Practice
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| Lesson Strategies -- Basic steps for
implementing inquiry-based, individual, and group lessons.
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| New
Horizons for Learning | Teaching and Learning Strategies
-- A comprehensive listing including how teaching
strategies work and where they have been applied. |
| New U of Minnesota | Cooperative
Learning Center -- The definitive home for why
and how cooperative learning strategies can assist teachers
with issues related to teaching and learning. |
| Differentiating
Instruction |
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STAR | Online discussion, May 2007 -- The summary from
the STAR Associate online discussion titled, "Differentiating
Instruction". Links and resources provided. |
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ASCD Education Topics: Differentiated Instruction --
(Pay attention to llinks on right.) Defines DI, includes fulll-text
articles, text and video Q & A, and ASCD products on
differentiating instruction. |
| Differentiating
Instruction -- From the Center for Applied Special
Technology, this article synthesizes recent research for applying
the process to general education classrooms. |
| Differentiation
in Elementary Grades -- An ERIC digest describes
differentiated instruction, discusses the reasons for
differentiating instruction, discusses what makes it successful,
and suggests how teachers can start implementing it. |
| Teaching
in Mixed Ability Classrooms -- From the Wisconsin
Education Association, analyzes the benefits and challenges
assoicated with this strategy. |
| Motivating
Students |
| OSPI
| Teacher Assistance Program -- Motivators to keep
students minds from wandering. |
| ARCS Model | Motivational
Design -- What is the ARCS model? "The ARCS model is a
problem solving approach to designing the motivational aspects of
learning environments to stimulate and sustain students' motivation
to learn." Check it out. |
| Developing
Classroom Routines |
| ASCD | Beginning and Ending the
Classroom Day -- Like other rules and procedures, the
specific ways in which teachers start and end the day or period
vary. Classroom management is enhanced when teachers establish
routines that communicate order and learning at the same
time. |
| Student
Graduation Requirements |
| OSPI |
Graduation Requirements -- Why are the graduation
requirements changing? What is the purpose of the High School and
Beyond Plan? What supports are in place to help special education
students? The answers to these questions can be found
here! |
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