High Leverage Practices

"Special education teachers must be flexible problem solvers who not only have expertise in using highly effective practices, but also are proficient in monitoring the effectiveness of these practices with individual students and making decisions regarding changes in practice as needed."

McLeskey, J., Barringer, M-D., Billingsley, B., Brownell, M., Jackson, D., Kennedy, M., Lewis, T., Maheady, L., Rodriguez, J., Scheeler, M. C., Winn, J., & Ziegler, D. (2017, January). High-leverage practices in special education. Arlington, VA: Council for Exceptional Children & CEEDAR Center. © 2017 CEC & CEEDAR

High Leverage Practice Crosswalks for Literacy, Math and Transition (VDOE TTAC at GMU)

Description:

Based on the work of the CEEDAR Center and Council for Exceptional Children, the GMU TTAC Team has created High Leverage Practice Crosswalks in the areas of Math, Literacy and Transition to support stakeholders in developing personalized professional learning and targeted support, with the goal of bridging research into “practical” classroom practice to improve performance outcomes. The HLP Crosswalks are dynamic documents that will be periodically updated with the most current research and practical resources.

Using the HLPs to Deliver SDI Webinar Series

Join Michael Kennedy, author and producer of the High Leverage Practices checklists and videos, for this webinar series created specifically for Regions 6 & 7 in partnership with the Virginia Tech T/TAC. These webinars have been developed with the goal of professional learning opportunities for administrators, all teachers as well as co-teaching teams, either individually or as a community of practice. They can be used in your division, your school, your department, or at any grade level.

Foundational Understanding

(4 part playlist with embedded quizzes)

- Section 1: FOI 2018 - Specially Designed Instruction Across Tiers (1:01:00)
- Section 2: SDI Common Language & Understanding (23:16)
- Section 3: Components of SDI & How to implement (19:42)
- Section 4: Data, Tools & Resources (11:28)

Part 1

(7 part playlist with accompanying discussion guides for each)

- Improving Student Outcomes Using High Leverage Practices: Explicit Instruction with a Focus on Distance Learning

Part 2

(Webinar & Discussion Guide)

*The beginning of the webinar will say "Part 4" - but you are in the right place.

- Lesson Planning for Online Instruction: The Problem of Cognitive Load (For Students & Teachers) webinar
  - Discussion guide

Part 3

(3 part playlist with embedded quizzes)

THE COMPLETED HLP LEADERSHIP GUIDES

"These guides are intended for school leaders (Administrators, Teacher Coaches, Mentors, etc.) to support their teams in effectively implementing the High Leverage Practices in the classroom."

"The resources found in each of the 22 guides were developed to help leaders incorporate the HLPs into professional development, teacher evaluations, observation feedback and critical support resources for their teams. "

High quality instruction for all in the era of COVID; or anytime...implementing explicit instruction and how to accurately measure implementation.

High Leverage Practices Videos

"Michael Kennedy is an Associate Professor of Special Education at the University of Virginia. He creates videos with the intent of supporting teachers' and other professionals' knowledge and implementation of evidence-based and high-leverage practices."