This document clarifies issues and addresses concerns around complying with the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA, Section 504, and Title II of the ADA) while offering distance instruction.
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The Alabama Coaching Framework
The Alabama Coaching Framework turns superintendent, Dr. Eric Mackey’s vision to provide innovative support to teachers into a reality. The framework sets the standard for how coaches in any content area conduct their work in Alabama. This evidence-based framework includes contributions across various areas of expertise within the state department. The framework was created with Implementation Science in mind, and […]
Talking to Children About COVID-19 (Coronavirus): A Parent Resource
This resource from the National Association of School Psychologists and the National Association of School Nurses provides information and guidelines for parents to use when talking to their children about COVID-19. The document is available in English, Spanish, Amharic, Chinese, Korean, French, Vietnamese, Bahasa, Urdu, and Hmong.
Strategies to Build Leadership Team Capacity on Continuous Improvement and Intensive Interventions
This resource from the Region 7 Comprehensive Center describes strategies to build school leadership team capacity to implement a continuous improvement planning model and effectively use data to make informed instructional decisions. The first section details the research behind continuous improvement models, how to adopt them, and offers targeted state-level suggestions. The second section describes the intensive intervention process and […]
SEA Opportunities to Support Principals and School Leadership Teams
This resource from the Region 7 Comprehensive Center describes steps to create distributed school leadership teams and provides a range of strategies state education agencies (SEAs) can use to support principals and leadership teams. This paper cites research that suggests that school leadership teams are not truly distributed until leaders in new roles are given time and authority; otherwise principals […]