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Including Literacy in Every ECC Lesson Plan
Karen E. Blankenship, Ph.D., [email protected]
Nashville, TN
Mary Ann Siller, M.Ed., [email protected]
Dallas, TX
KWL
What do you know about including literacy in every ECC lesson plan?
What do you want to know about including literacy in every ECC lesson plan?
Instructional Continuum
Assessment
Program PlanningInstruction
Ongoing Evaluation
Assessment
Essential Assessment FVA LMA ECC
Once screening for all 9 areas and identifying 2-3 priority areas to assess
Earubric.com Rubrics 120 other resources
Program Planning
Based on Essential Assessments (EA) Measurable IEP goals How VI impacts the educational program Data-driven accommodations Did you consider braille? What were the AT needs? If the student is considered Deafblind (DB) did you identify a
communication plan? Did you use EVALs or another criterion referenced tool to identify
present levels of performance Did you use the Delphi studies to identify recommended time for
braille, technology, optical devices, keyboarding, low vision literacy?
Content Framework
Allows professional to map out instruction for 2-6 weeks
Always has a literacy and/or numeracy component
Prompts for higher order thinking Infuses EI into planning
Quality lesson plans
Assessment Plan Instructional Plan Evaluation or Data Plan
Quality lesson plans
Assessment Plan Tool(s) used to document the need Baseline data Measureable IEP goal What are the data-driven accommodations What materials are needed? (consider AT/Tech
needs) How will you document student performance?
Explicit Instruction
Gain Student’s attention
Inform Student Of lesson objective
ActivatePrior Knowledge
Review previously Learned skills
Pre-teach key vocabulary
Cognitive modelingGuided & independent
practice
Closure
Quality Lesson Plans
Instructional Plan Cognitive Modeling Guided practice Independent practice Review & Closure
Quality lesson plans Data Plan
Create progress monitoring (PM) sheet in Excel Create PM tables for a visual analysis of your data Prepare a narrative explaining data for IEP meetings or
report cards Create multiple measures for your daily lessons
Curriculum based measures Skill based Mastery measures
Prompting Observations Rubric Scores or other measures
Valid curriculum
Validity Accommodation Modification
Reliable Used with students who are blind or visually impaired Research-based materials that are appropriate for all
students National Resources
APH AFB Pro-Ed TSBVI Curriculum Department
Group Activity I
ECC Content Area Skill Set Literacy Activity
Self-Determination Self-Awareness
Social Interaction Group Play
Sensory Efficiency Tactual Awareness
Independent Living Household Budget
Career Education Career Exploration
Seven Constructs to Self-Determination
Self-Awareness Self-Advocacy Choice Making Self-Management
Self-Knowledge Decision Making Goal Setting
Group Activity II Self-DeterminationSelf-Awareness
(One part of the 7 constructs of Self-Determination):
describe physical and personal traits illustrate or list strengths/ activities one can do well (without
verbal prompts) identify and express feelings illustrate or list challenges (without verbal prompt) identify persons important to them states and explains describes visual condition state likenesses and differences between themselves and others
KWL
What did you learn about including literacy in every ECC lesson plan?
Closure
Every VI professional is an action researcher Must be data-driven to prove effectiveness
and student outcomes Multiple measures should be used