Special education:
Specially designed instruction (SDI)
specially designed instruction resources
sTEP 1: Specially designed instruction planning tool & Checklist
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
STEP 2: cognitive deficits and possible interventions guide
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.
STEP 3: specially designed instruction Strategies Guide
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.
STEP 4 (Putting it all together): specially designed instruction lesson plan exemplars
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.
Planning for specially designed instruction
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.
Additional Specially Designed INstruction Resource Hub
Additional support resources will be added to support specially designed instruction.
Specially Designed INstruction PD SERIES (2022-23/sUMMER 2023)
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