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Thank you to those who joined us April 22, 2025 for the Effective Instruction Collaborative meeting!

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A special thanks to Lynn Lockard for sharing Kentucky’s Specially Designed Instruction Supports Document. State participants were excited to learn from KY’s work. We also shared resources from the Institute of Education Sciences including Tips for Supporting Reading Skills at Home.

And don’t forget about the upcoming Research to Practice Series Teacher-Delivered Behavior Interventions in Grades K-5 webinar on May 6 at 3 PM ET. Click here to learn more and register.

Finally, we would greatly appreciate you taking a moment to fill out this short survey so we can better meet your needs. Your responses help us improve our assistance and measure our impact.

Thank you!

Elizabeth and Laura

Thanks to those who were able to join us on March 25th! We learned about and discussed using Learning Management Systems (LMS) to build knowledge of specially designed instruction and IEPs, looking at examples from Wyoming and Northern Mariana Islands. The meeting slides attached here include links we shared in the chat. We also shared the PROGRESS Center Online Learning Courses.

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We hope you can join us for our next meeting when we will hear from Kentucky about their SDI guidance.

Thanks to those who were able to join us on February 25th! We discussed what IDEA regulations say about specially designed instruction (SDI), common misconceptions about SDI, and challenges and strategies for addressing those misconceptions. 

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We hope you can join us for our next meeting when we will continue our discussions on the IEP and SDI.  

Thanks to those who were able to join us January 28th! The NCSI team shared a few resources, some updates on NCSI 3.0, and an overview of our Effective Instruction Collaborative, including our focus on supporting local development and implementation of high-quality IEPs. In breakouts and as a whole group, we discussed how states are supporting districts with effective instruction and high-quality IEPs, areas where more support is needed, and states’ goals for the collaborative in 2025. We appreciated the deep engagement from the 16 states that attended!

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To prepare for our next meeting, we encourage you to review how SDI is described in IDEA regulations: Sec. 300.39 Special education (this is a quick read). Please come prepared to share your reflections and current work related to SDI (e.g., existing resources, professional learning on this topic).