District Plans

General Guidelines

Develop awareness

• Staff development

 

Select teachers and curriculum materials

• Number of teachers needed (elementary, middle, high school)
• Review of teacher certifications and training
• Review of curriculum materials and teaching programs in district

 

Develop (or obtain) forms for:

• Data gathering
• Parent/teacher observations
• Recommend for assessment
• Others (e.g. 504, testing, accommodation, monitoring, etc.)

 

Set-up process (and establish responsibility) for:

• Screening
• Assessment
• Evaluation
• Identification (committee decision)
• Intervention/instructional options
• Progress monitoring

 

Determine exit criteria

 

Establish support system for exited students

 

 

Talking about dyslexia...

"I couldn't read. I just scraped by. My solution back then was to read classic comic books because I could figure them out from the context of the pictures. Now I listen to books on tape."

Charles Schwabb