Here is an Environmental Checklist that you can use to ensure that you have the necessary supports in your classroom. We will check with classrooms to make sure that they have these supports in place.
Curriculum and Instruction Links
Can be found on the BCSD website. Click on the academic area you would like to focus on and then find "units". Use as a guide when deciding which standards you will be focusing on so that you can align (as best as you can) with general education. Click here for BCSD C&I.
Here is a link to the Icon Book to help students transition from one activity to another. Some teahers use the "landing pads" to have students match icons, some have students match to velcro on the back of their chair, and some teachers use a strip of icon and change/label the large schedule icon.
Here is a link to the extra general icons.
Large Class Icons can be used to designate where students match icons. Some classes use a general strip of velcro by the door and/or SmartBoard and change the Large Icon throughout the day (versus using the general landing pad in the Teacher Icon Book)
Here are instructions on how to navigate ULS. Please also review the linked examples of lesson plans for support on how to write lessons based on the ULS curriculum.
Every teacher must have their own personal lesson plans.
This slide deck will provide you with helpful information on how to lesson plan and where to gather the information necessary for successful lesson planning.
Here are examples of lesson plans that we used last year based on the Unique Learning System Curriculum:
✨ What is Boardmaker?
Boardmaker is a visual support tool that allows us to:
📚 Adapt books for student engagement
⏰ Create daily schedules & routines
🖼️ Build icons for communication
💬 Design social stories for behavior & social skills
This folder has Boardmaker tutorials and a video recording of our Boardmaker training.
You will need to make sure that you have downloaded the latest version of Boardmaker 7 Editor. If you have trouble downloading Boardmaker on your desktop, please email itsupport@bcsd.com.
If you need a login, please email Ashley Pelbath or Jennifer Othart.
Here is the slide deck that has been shared with new teachers on explicit instruction
Ensure that along with individual student schedules, you have a large visual schedule posted at the front of your classroom. Please include the time that each activity takes as well.
Here is an example of how to review class rules and expectations. Slides can be adapted to meet the meets of your students.
Here is an example of how to use a slide deck to guide instruction throughout your day. Please share a copy of your slide deck with your aides to access when you are absent and ensure that all links are able to be opened by others. Make sure to incorporate first/thens in your slide deck and to review classroom expectations throughout the day.
Please leave your substitute teacher detailed information about your classroom and school site operate. This template may be used to leave out for substitutes.
Instructional Resources
A list of different resource websites and tutorials that you can use in the classroom. Click here to access.
This is a visual on using token boards at small groups to help students transition to each group and to incentivize students to complete work.
These are examples of how teachers use individual schedules for students in their classrooms
Here is a link to resources available on the Student Dashboard. For our upper grades that would like to use Starfall, choose the school site nearest you to access resources.
Here are Community Building Slides provided through the District. These slides can be updated daily in your slide decks and used as a Social Emotional lesson in your classroom.
These daily logs can be sent home to students. They can be edited on Slides to better fit your classroom. Please send this to your school secretary or Specially Funded Clerk to have Duplicating create triplicate copies. Keep a copy of the log for your records.
These weekly logs can be sent home to students (upper grades only). They can be edited on Slides to better fit your classroom. Please send this to your school secretary or Specially Funded Clerk to have Duplicating create triplicate copies. Keep a copy of the log for your records.
This visual is a good tool to print as a poster in your classroom for everyone to reference.
Here is a detailed walk-through of the different ways to teach using each prompting level. The goal is always to use the least restrictive prompt.
The Alternate Literacy Assessment is given quarterly to students and inputted into Aeries. This guide will support you in giving this assessment.