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Effective SPED teachers use teacher-led, peer-assisted, student-regulated, and technology-assisted practices fluently, and know when and where to apply them.

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Instruction is designed to maximize academic learning time as well as actively engage learners in meaningful activities.

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SPED teachers are well-versed in general curriculum, they use appropriate standards, learning progressions, and evidence-based practices related to specific IEP goals and benchmarks to prioritize learning goals and to plan instruction.

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Effective special education teachers use content knowledge, pedagogical knowledge, and data on student learning to design, deliver, and evaluate the effectiveness of instruction that they give.

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Teachers implement all behavioral supports in a caring, respectful, and culturally relevant manner.

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Teachers provide increasingly comprehensive supports through a team-based problem-solving strategy, to match the intensity of student challenges guided by behavioral assessment.

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Teachers implement EBPs to prevent social, emotional, and behavioral challenges and provide early intervention at the first sign of risk.

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Effective teachers focus on increasing appropriate behavior by adopting an instructional approach that includes explicit teaching of social skills and offers students opportunities to practice appropriate social behaviors throughout the school day followed by positive specific feedback.

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Effective SPED teachers establish a consistent, organized, and respectful learning environment to support student success

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-consider that context,culture, language, and poverty might influence student performance, navigating conversation with family, and choosing appropriate assessments in order to get the student the correct services needed.

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used to  evaluate students’ academic, behavioral, and functional strengths and needs which are all also used to develop an IEP

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used to  identify students for SPED services, developstudents’ IEPs, and to inform ongoing services

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Effective SPED teachers have to fully understand students' strengths and needs and in order for them to do that, they need to assess

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should be focused on: (a) designing each student’s instructional program to meet specified outcomes (b) collecting data and monitoring progress toward the outcomes

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Respectful and effective communication skills 

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Respectful and effective communication skills 

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- effective SPED teachers collaborate with a variety of professionals and families to ensure that the services are provided effectively

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High Leverage Practices for K-12 SPED Teachers

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High Leverage Practices for K-12 SPED Teachers