Collaborative pairs should reference this tool when planning specially designed instruction for students on their caseload. Once you select the tool, you will be prompted to make your own copy to add to your Google Drive. 

Specially Designed Instruction Planning Tool

Checklist - Guiding Questions for Specially Designed Instruction 

Explicit Instruction Videos from Anita Archer

Utilize this guide to understand various cognitive deficits, accommodations and modifications aligned with best practice for the cognitive deficit, and varied instructional strategies to support teaching and learning. 

Cognitive Deficits and Possible Interventions Guide

Explicit Instruction Videos from Anita Archer

Utilize this guide to understand the psychological processing deficit, observable behaviors associated with the deficit, accommodations to consider, and specially designed instructional strategies to consider when planning and delivering instruction.  

Specially Designed Instruction Strategies Guide

Explicit Instruction Videos from Anita Archer

The following SDI lesson plan exemplars have been provided for special educators and other staff supporting collaborative classrooms as a guide when creating ELA and Mathematics SDI lesson plans within the appropriate instructional models. 

English Exemplar

Mathematics Exemplar

The following academic and functional areas have suggestions of SDI that a special educator, related service provider, or intervention specialist might provide the student and corresponding accommodations or supplementary aids that might also be necessary to provide the student with what s/he needs to be successful. 

Planning for Specially Designed Instruction

Additional support resources will be added to support specially designed instruction. 

Specially Designed Instruction Resource Hub

Explicit Instruction Videos from Anita Archer

The professional learning series sessions conducted by Collaborative Teaching and Learning Consulting have been included below and will continue to grow as sessions are completed.

1 - SDI Winter Institute_Session #1 (January 2023)

2 - SDI Winter Institute_Session #2 (February 2023)

3 - SDI Summer Institute_Session #3 (May 31, 2023) // Session #3 Presentation

4 - SDI Summer Institute_Session #4 (June 1, 2023) // Session #4 Presentation

5 - SDI Summer Institute_Session #5 (June 2, 2023) // Session #5 Presentation