Questions you might ask |
ASSIST resources |
| 1. Are there resources to help me learn about my new setting? |
- Tool: An orientation handbook template
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| 2. How can I build a sense of community in my classroom? |
- Tool: What types of families are in our class?
- Tool: A list of ways to promote outreach to families and community
- Tool: Connecting to community resources
- Tool: Community resources worksheet
- Tool: Recruiting community volunteers
- Tool: Invitation letter
- Tool: A science example: making connections with family
- Tool: Module on Developing Home, School, and Community Partnerships
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| 3. Are there resources available for helping me establish a good learning environment in my new assignment? |
- Tool: Establishing and teaching rules for a classroom learning community
- Tool: Set norms [though this tool was developed for adult learning communities, it could easily be modified to use with students at various levels]
- Tool: Defining and teaching routines to save time and promote learning
- Tool: Planning activities for students
- Tool: Balanced use of strategies for forming relationships with students
- Tool: Motivating students to learn
- Tool: Restrained use of options for responding to inattention and misbehavior
- Tool: What do critical incidents look like?
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| 4. Are there resources available in the area of promoting student achievement in culturally and linguistically diverse classrooms? |
- Tool: Module on promoting student achievement in culturally and linguistically diverse classrooms
- Tool: Elementary students at risk [can be adapted for middle and high school]
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| 5. What are the different ways in which children learn? |
- Tool: Multiple intelligences
- Tool: Planning for multiple intelligences
- Tool: Background on multiple intelligences and learning styles
- Tool: Differentiating instruction in elementary mathematics
- Tool: Drawing on multiple intelligences: Using Art in elementary science
- Tool: Multiple learning styles in elementary social studies
- Tool: Modifying plans based on individual student needs in elementary ELA
- Tool: Tools for making adaptations during unit planning
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| 6. Are there resources available for working with students of varying achievement levels? |
- Tool: Modifying plans based on student needs
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| 7. What resources are available to help me understand the needs of my special education students? |
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| 8. Are there support groups in my building/district? |
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| 9. What are some strategies to help me meet the learning needs of diverse students? |
- Tool: Improving instruction
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