Engagement and Opportunities to Respond

Resource Guide

 

• Explicit Instruction with Anita L. Archer, Ph.D.  - VDOE is presented by Anita Archer offers strategies teachers can use to increase student opportunities to respond related to increased academic achievement, increased on-task behavior, and decreased behavioral challenges.

• IRIS Center on Classroom Design - Physical design can change an ordinary classroom into an engaging learning environment for students.  The Iris Center provides resources on furniture arrangement, material design and placement, as well as creating a safer space for students.
• IRIS Center for Differentiating Instruction - Differentiated Instruction: Maximizing the Learning of All Students and  Universal Design for Learning: Creating a Learning Environment that Challenges and Engages All Students
  The IRIS Center at Peabody College, Vanderbilt University in Nashville, TN is grant-funded through the Office of Special Education (OSEP).  It offers a variety of resources on evidence-based practices for educators.  Two modules from the IRIS Center have been highlighted here to support all students, especially those with disabilities. 
• Edutopia 60-Second Strategy videos to engage students in the classroom (type "60-second strategy" in the Search field).
• Make Sense Strategies includes scientific research-based instructional procedures and resources designed for “watering up” the curriculum.