Teacher Resources

Shows correct calculations for math operations

Brainstorming made simple!

Intervention Central offers free tools and resources to help school staff and parents to promote positive classroom behaviors and foster effective learning for all children and youth.

Universal Design for Lesson Building

The CAST Universal Design for Learning (UDL) Lesson Builder provides educators with models and tools to create and adapt lessons that increase access and participation in the general education curriculum for all students.

Ohio's Instructional Management System

Ohio's Instructional Management System (IMS) is the vehicle for communicating State Board adopted model curricula. The site includes lesson plans and units.

Ohio Resource Center

Lesson plans in the areas of math, science, and reading

Learning Through Vision

Amended Substitute House Bill 95 passed in 2003 requires students initially identified with disabilities to have an eye exam beginning the fall of 2004.

National Center on Response to Intervention

Response to intervention integrates assessment and intervention within a multi-level prevention system to maximize student achievement and to reduce behavior problems. With RTI, schools identify students at risk for poor learning outcomes, monitor.....

Ohio Statewide Testing Program Rules Book

The Ohio Statewide Testing Program Rules Book provides a reference for school officials responsible for statewide testing in a district or building. It also provides a general overview of Ohio’s statewide testing program and shares specific......

Operating Standards

Ohio's updated special education rules

Summit County Educational Service Center

The Summit County Educational Service Center is committed to promoting leadership and providing quality services that support teaching and learning opportunities for local and affiliated school districts in support of their continuous improvement efforts

Assistive Technology

Examples of assistive technologies (tools that enable children or adults to do more for themselves):

Low-tech

clip boards- used for students who need assistance with organization, staying focused on one assignment, or who move the paper around a lot when they are writing
Velcro tabs- sometimes put around a pencil for a better grip, or put under desks/chairs for students who move around a lot
pencil grips
calculators
spell check
augmentative communication devices ("talk" for students)
Phonic Ears (we have a lot of these in the district)
Board Maker (software program to make pictures)
adapted utensils for eating
Text-to-speech programs: ReadPlease and NaturalReader (two free read aloud programs), Kurzweil, and Dragon NaturallySpeaking

High-tech

AlphaSmarts
laptops
Special switches
voice synthesizers
braille readers

Resources:

Family Guide To Assistive Technology-http://www.pluk.org/AT1.html