EALA

Resource Format: Video

  • Executive Functioning: Navigating Key Transitions for Neurodivergent Youth

    Executive Functioning: Navigating Key Transitions for Neurodivergent Youth

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    In this Neurodiversity Education Series event, Nicole Ofiesh, PhD, delves into the critical role executive functioning plays during key transitions and share actionable strategies for parents and educators to better support neurodivergent students.

  • Practical tips and considerations for mentoring new special education teachers

    Practical tips and considerations for mentoring new special education teachers

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    New Teacher Center offers practical guidance for mentoring new special education teachers. It highlights essential strategies to foster effective mentorship, support professional growth, and address challenges specific to special education settings. The guide is designed to help mentors create strong, supportive relationships with novice special educators, promoting long-term success and retention.

  • Language and Mathematics, Including Support for English Learners

    Language and Mathematics, Including Support for English Learners

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    Explore a series of recorded sessions from the IES 2023 Literacy Summit. This playlist offers valuable insights into effective literacy instruction, showcasing evidence-based practices designed to improve outcomes for diverse K-12 learners. Discover strategies for universal design, culturally responsive teaching, and targeted interventions to support students at risk for reading difficulties.

  • Strategies for Differentiating Instruction for Diverse Learners

    Strategies for Differentiating Instruction for Diverse Learners

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    Explore innovative strategies and tools for teaching diverse K-12 learners, including universal design and culturally responsive teaching. In 2023, the Institute of Education Sciences (IES) held a Math Summit that showcased evidence-based instructional practices.  

  • High-Dose Tutoring and Other Academic Recovery Strategies

    High-Dose Tutoring and Other Academic Recovery Strategies

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    When leaders design systems with learner variability at the center, all students benefit. This CoP aimed to ensure leaders can name the criteria for inclusive school-wide systems, specifically as it relates to learner variability, and evaluate their existing vision and systems through this lens. Leaders walked away with a framework for inclusive schools and an…

  • EALA’s Tech Tool of the Month (TTOTM): GoManda

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    Tune in to learn how EALA’s Tech Tool of the Month (TTOTM), GoManda, is an app that uses the science of learning for autism to teach vocabulary comprehension to children ages 2-8. Using strengths-based and evidence-based methods, GoManda has been called the Netflix for Vocabulary. Dr. Celest Austin, GoManda’s founder, will be demonstrating how the…

  • Competency-Based Education 101: Demystifying CBE, Unlocking Deep and Joyful Learning

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    What is competency-based education (CBE)? How does CBE culture, pedagogy, and structure center students and equity? How can CBE work with learner variability to improve and deepen learning while igniting more joy and engagement in learning? What policies and practices are needed to enable the shift to CBE systems? Join Jay Jay Pina, a CBE…

  • Empowered and Equipped: A Personal Perspective of Neurodiversity

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    What does it mean to be a “different thinker” or identify as neurodiverse? Where can we find the full potential of our community? And how can we make strides toward creating a world in which every learner is recognized? By sharing his own experiences with dyslexia and ADHD, David Flink will provide answers to these…

  • Creating Community for Diverse Learners: How Teacher-Student Connections Help Build Equity-Centered School Culture

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    How can schools create a sense of community for diverse learners with unique needs? Our panel of experts will share research around the importance of implementing a school vision and mission around positive school culture, and then delve into practical ways to do this at the classroom level using tools such as Along. This webinar…

  • Disability Justice in Schools

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    Join the SELF Team as they explore ableism through the lens of disability justice. During this webinar, participants will explore the medical model vs. social model of disability and self-assess their school using SELF’s Disability Justice Audit tool.