Instruction

Significant Cognitive Disabilities, Instruction

September Monthly Instructional Guide for Students with Complex Access Needs

This month’s focus is on building relationships and collecting data. The content aligns with Quality Indicator II: Effective Teams on the Rubric of Effective Practices for Students with Complex Access Needs and the Administrator Companion Document to the Rubric of Effective Practices for Students

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Significant Cognitive Disabilities, Instruction

August Monthly Instructional Guide for Students with Complex Access Needs

This month’s focus is on organizing your classroom and creating structure with rules, schedules, routines, and procedures. The content aligns with Quality Indicator II: Effective Teams and Quality Indicator III: Classroom Climate on the Rubric of Effective Practices for Students with Complex Access

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Significant Cognitive Disabilities, Instruction

March Monthly Instructional Guide for Students with Complex Access Needs

This month’s focus is on improving student supports. The content aligns with Quality Indicator III: Classroom Climate, Quality Indicator IV: Differentiated Instruction, and Quality Indicator V: Social Communication on the Rubric of Effective Practices for Students with Complex Access Needs and the

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Significant Cognitive Disabilities, Instruction

October Monthly Instructional Guide for Students with Complex Access Needs

This month’s focus is on teaching with rigor. The content aligns with Quality Indicator I: Alignment with State Standards and Quality Indicator IV: Differentiated Instruction on the Rubric of Effective Practices for Students with Complex Access Needs and the Administrator Companion Document to the

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Inclusion, Assistive Technology, ARD/IEP Supports, Instruction

Accommodation Companion Guides

Bridge existing student accommodations to assistive technology (AT) options that enable access and greater student progress within THL materials.

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Inclusion, Instruction

Meaningful Access Collection

This collection offers curated resources to support inclusive, collaborative instruction for students with disabilities, emphasizing specially designed instruction, Universal Design for Learning, and effective partnerships.

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Significant Cognitive Disabilities, Instruction

Differentiation in Action

In this video, Ayo Jones demonstrates how to differentiate a math lesson for a diverse group of learners.

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Inclusion, Instruction, Assistive Technology, ARD/IEP Supports

Specially Designed Instruction Field User Guides

The SDI Field User Guides are intended to be a bridge between existing student support plans and the instructional content available within the High Quality Instructional Materials (HQIM) suite of resources from TEA.

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Significant Cognitive Disabilities, Inclusion, Instruction

Guide to Implementation for Planning Supports for Participation

This guide lists specific steps you can take to plan student supports for student participation in general education.

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Significant Cognitive Disabilities, Instruction

Grading Rubric for Students with Complex Access Needs: Classroom Scenarios

These grading rubric scenarios demonstrate how to identify prerequisite skill access points to TEKS, provide instruction that integrates individual accommodations and modifications, pre-plan individual supports, and use task analysis to determine individual student mastery of an assignment or activity

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