Instruction

The TEKS Behavior Alignment Tool helps educators make meaningful connections between academic standards and student behavior across every grade level. Spanning early childhood through high school and multiple content areas, it shows how TEKS translate into observable social, emotional, and behavioral skills.

This video shows how one educator uses a personal communication dictionary to document student-specific actions and their meanings.

This video shows how one educator identifies student response modes and plans the vocabulary, supports, and questions for her instruction and assessments so that her students can respond with their preferred response modes.

This video shows how one educator plans the vocabulary, supports, and questions for her instruction and assessments so that students can respond with the vocabulary that they have available in their communication systems.

This video shows how one educator adapts age-appropriate books and texts in ways that match her students’ unique strengths and abilities to increase interest and engagement, support vocabulary development, and strengthen understanding of concepts and experiences.

This resource helps Texas administrators support effective co-teaching partnerships between general and special education teachers, offering practical guidance for planning, implementation, and evaluation.