The modules and resources linked here are based upon OSSE’s Using High-leverage Practices to Improve Outcomes for ALL Students professional development series. This series is comprised of four modules, each focusing on a different domain of evidence-based, high-leverage practices that correlate with improved academic and social-emotional outcomes for all learners, regardless of disability status.
The Using High-leverage Practices to Improve Outcomes for ALL Students Professional Development series is offered as an online course three times each year. You can learn more and register for the course on OSSE's website.
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Module 1: Collaboration
Areas of focus for this module:
- Identify the key skills and structures that support efficient, effective collaboration between general education teachers, special education teachers, paraprofessionals, and support staff.
- Apply knowledge of these skills and structures to use a sample shared problem-solving protocol to address common instructional issues.
- Discuss evidence-based principles for fostering positive relationships between educators and families.
Materials for this Module
- Presentation for Module 1: Collaboration
- High Leverage Practices in Special Education, CEEDAR CENTER
Module 2: Assessment
Areas of focus for this module:
- Identify formal and informal assessment tools and strategies used to collect information on student's present levels of academic and functional performance and identify their strengths and needs for support.
- Apply knowledge of these tools and strategies to integrate assessment data to create a comprehensive learner profile.
- Identify the key elements of data-based instructional strategies.
Materials for this Module
- Presentation for Module 2: Assessment
- Serving Students with Disabilities during Periods of Remote or Blended Learning LEA Toolkit
- OSSE Serving Students with Disabilities during Periods of Remote or Blended Learning Online Resource Page
Module 3: Social-Emotional Learning
Areas of focus for this module:
- Identify routines and procedures that support the development of a respectful, consistent, positive classroom environment that empowers students to take ownership of their learning.
- Identify key elements of effective social skills instruction that can be integrated into classroom routines, procedures, and delivery of content.
Materials for this Module
Module 4: Instruction
Areas of focus for this module:
- Practice using data to identify appropriate learning goals.
- Identify key elements of specially-designed instruction
- Identify the key elements of instructional strategies that support metacognition.
Materials for this Module
High-Leverage Practices for Distance Learning
- High-Leverage Practices for Distance Learning (Training Presentation)
- High-Leverage Practices for Distance Learning (Training Packet)
- Online apps to support implementation of High-Leverage Practices
High Leverage Practices Resources
- The four aspects of High-Leverage Practices
- One-page overview of the High-Leverage Practices
- An Introduction and Guide to High-Leverage Practices
- High-Leverage Practices in Action: Video Series
- IRIS Center Resources for High-Leverage Practices
For more information or questions, please contact Jennifer Carpenter at [email protected] or Angela Awonaike [email protected].