Attention: Education Agencies, Education Providers and Parents/Guardians
The U.S. Department of Education is hosting a webinar series to support educational settings in safely sustaining or returning to in-person instruction. The series features lessons learned and best practices from teachers, faculty, staff, schools, districts, institutions of higher education, early childhood education providers, and other places of educational instruction describing approaches to operating during the COVID-19 pandemic.
On behalf of the U.S. Department of Education (ED), including the Office of Elementary and Secondary Education’s Office of Safe and Supportive Schools and the Office of Special Education and Rehabilitative Services’ Office of Special Education Programs, the National Center on Safe Supportive Learning Environments (NCSSLE) invites you to view the next webinar, Returning to In-Person Learning: Supporting Students, Especially Those with Disabilities, through Intensive Instruction, Effective Learning Environments and Family Engagement.
Date: Wednesday, May 26, 2021
Time: 3:00-4:00 pm EST
This informative webinar featured information from the U.S. Department of Education and a panel discussion with practitioners who shared lessons learned and strategies utilized to support all students, especially those with disabilities, returning to in person learning. Together they focused on how district and school staff can intensify instruction, create effective learning environments, and engage families in ways that benefit all students, especially students with disabilities, when returning to in-person learning.
Speakers
- Ruth Ryder: Deputy Assistant Secretary, Office of Elementary and Secondary Education, U.S. Department of Education
- Dr. David Cantrell: Deputy Director, Office of Special Education Programs, U.S. Department of Education
- Dr. Joseph Davis: Superintendent, Ferguson-Florissant School District, MO
- Dr. Bonita Jamison: Executive Director, Integrated Support, Ferguson-Florissant, MO
- Thom Jones: State Systemic Improvement Plan Coordinator, Wyoming Department of Education
- Jill Gallegos: Special Services Consultant, Laramie County School District 1, WY
Webinar Materials
- Speaker Bios (PDF)
- Slides (PDF)
- Recording
- Transcript (PDF)
- Resources from the chat (PDF)
Related Materials
This event referenced the following resources, which we encourage you to download to inform participation:
- ED COVID-19 Handbook Volume 1: Strategies for Safely Reopening Elementary and Secondary Schools (PDF)
- ED COVID-19 Handbook Volume 2: Roadmap to Reopening Safely and Meeting All Students' Needs (PDF)
- Summer Learning & Enrichment Collaborative
U.S. Department of Education
Federally Funded Technical Assistance Centers
- The Center for Alternative Dispute Resolution in Special Education (CADRE)
- Center for Parent Information & Resources (CPIR)
- Center on Positive Behavioral Interventions & Supports (PBIS)
- Center to Improve Social and Emotional Learning and School Safety
- IRIS Center
- Intensive Intervention (Part 1): Using Data-Based Individualization to Intensify Instruction
- Intensive Intervention (Part 2): Using Data-Based Individualization to Intensify Instruction: Collecting and Analyzing Data for Data-Based Individualization
- Family Engagement: Collaborating with Families of Students with Disabilities
- Progress Monitoring: Reading
- Progress Monitoring: Mathematics
- National Center for Systemic Improvement (NCSI)
- National Center on Intensive Intervention (NCII)
- Breaking Down the DBI Process Questions & Considerations
- Building capacity and improving student outcomes with DBI: Wyoming’s implementation story
- Celebrating 10 Years of NCII: Stories About Developing Systems, Preparing Educators, and Improving Student Outcomes
- NCII Online Learning Modules
- Social Emotional Learning and Intensive Intervention
- Supporting Student with Intensive Needs During COVID-19
- Supporting Secondary Students with Intensive Needs During the Pandemic
- National Center on Safe and Supportive Learning Environments (NCSSLE)
- The PROGRESS Center
Resources from Other Sources
- Coalition to Support Grieving Students: New York Life’s Grief-Sensitive Schools Initiative
- HEARD Alliance K-12 Mental Health Promotion and Suicide Prevention Toolkit
- PSESD: Antiracist Social and Emotional Learning
- SEL Online Learning Module: Creating a Well-Rounded Educational Experience
- Serving on Groups that Make Decisions: A Guide for Families
- SPAN Parent Advocacy Network
- Wyoming Department of Education’s website supporting implementation of DBI
These resources can also be found on a downloadable PDF here.
To access information and archived materials from previous Lessons from the Field webinars, go here.