Instructional Materials
Suggestions for organizing the classroom to optimize learning.
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Leadership Tools
Effective Instruction: Grouping for Instruction
Guidelines for using various grouping formats, including whole group, teacher-led small groups, partners, and cooperative groups. Includes suggestions for managing groups and a reflection activity for teachers.
Videos
Alternate Groupings
Video showing teachers using grouping formats for different instructional purposes based on data.
Videos
Teachers’ Experiences: Planning Centers
Video that shows teachers discussing how they plan and manage centers, or workstations, in their classrooms.
Modules
Secondary RTI: Providing Instruction in Teacher-Led Small Groups Module One
First in a series of three online professional development modules demonstrating the contribution of well-managed teacher-led small groups and centers to effective RTI implementation at secondary campuses.
Leadership Tools
Observation Tool: Instructional Grouping
Observation checklist to use when looking for various grouping formats, including teacher-led small groups and cooperative groups.