EZZANI INTERVENTIONS INTERNATIONAL

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5 Steps to Take Before Every School Year Beings​

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​Step 1.  Find out the names of your incoming students and access their IEPs as soon as possible.​

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​Step 2. Copy and paste all student IEP goals into a document.​

 

​I call this document an Assessment Checklist (you may want to rename it something else). It organizes your students' IEP goals so you can plan instructional groups and centers. It also helps keep data on their progress each month. For example, if you are teaching an Autism SDC combo class with 1st, 2nd, and 3rd grade, your centers may be Reading, Reading Comprehension, Writing, Math, Behavior, Sight words.  You can also add Play Skills, OT centers, etc. Start with one student at a time and copy and paste their goals under the appropriate category.  For example, say your student Sarah has five IEP goals.  Her first goal is a reading comprehension goal. ​​Copy and paste the goal into the Assessment Checklist under the category of "Reading comprehension."  Then, copy and paste her math goal under the "Math" category. I highly recommend color coding each section. After you finish Sarah's goals, repeat this process for each student until your document looks like this: click here. When you are finished, you will notice that some students have the exact same goal or similar goals.  Students that have similar goals can be grouped together for small group lessons.  Do this for math and language arts. Now you can start planning your instructional day.

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​Download Documents Here:

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Sample October Assessment Checklist (.doc) ​

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Blank Assessment Checklist Template (.doc)​​​

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​​Step 3. Make a list of which students require speech, OT, and APE services (note whether it is group or individual). ​

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Collaborate with service providers as soon as possible. Try and schedule most speech, OT, and APE services during the first or last hour of school.  Now you are ready to make your weekly schedule.

 

​​Step 4. Once you've organized student IEP goals and collaborated with service providers, construct a weekly schedule.  ​

​A weekly schedule will help you see exactly what subjects you want to teach and when you will teach them.  Give a copy to each of your aides as well. This will help significantly with overall classroom management and provide everyone a daily routine. You can also send home a copy to parents so they have an idea of what a school day looks like for their child.                                                                                                    

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 Weekly Schedule Example

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