What’s New
- We've gone green! Our newsletter, Innovations & Perspectives, is in a new format!
- Jan 14th 2010. Because Writing Matters! Teaching Confident and Capable Writers. Colonial Heights, VA. For more information, look at this flyer. To register, click here.
- Check out the new Positive Behavior Supports Blog at www.pbs.vcu.edu. We hope this will serve as a helpful resource for anyone interested in using positive behavior support to create a positive classroom climate. We welcome your comments, questions and feedback.
- Test Wise-ness: A Learning Strategies Curriculum Workshop. for more information and registration click here.
- New, PBS Mini-Sessions. Click here for more information, or click here for the flyer.
- Upcoming webcast on Supporting Secondary Students with Intellectual Disabilities in the Age Appropriate Transition Assessment Process (10/01/2009)
- Technology Tuesdays return. Click here for more information.
- October 22, 2009 Insight 2009: Topics in Autism. VDOE's T/TAC at VCU's 3rd Annual Autism Conference. For more information click here.
- National Center on Universal Design for Learning Launches! http://www.udlcenter.org/
- November 19 - 20 Upcoming Techknowledgy Conference Techknowledgy 2009
- November 30 - December 2, 2009-10 - VSTE Annual State Technology Conference. For more information, visit this website
- We've added a new link to ALL of our blogs and wikis!
- New website for teens with disabilities who are thinking about going to college. http://www.going-to-college.org/
- Technology Tuesdays for Fall 2009 are coming! Check back soon.
- The Reading team has posted a document on Resources to Support the Five Components of Reading. The document provides website resources with specific information on: Comprehension, Vocabulary Development, Fluency, Phonemic Awareness, and Phonics. The document is available at T/TAC Online.
- The RTI National Online Forum provides invaluable resources for schools and states as they set up or refine their approaches to RTI. To view the Forum, go to www.RTINetwork.org and click on the link in the announcement on their home page.
- The IRIS Center, located at Vanderbilt University, announced the re-launch of the IRIS Online Dictionary. This is a glossary of terms related to the field of special education and includes new definitions and a cross-referencing feature. To view the IRIS Online Dictionary, go to http://iris.peabody.vanderbilt.edu/onlinedictionary.html
- A screen cast providing instructions on how to complete the
State Performance Plan Indicator #14 post school survey can be found at the link below:
http://www.worksupport.com/indicator14 - An Early Childhood Needs Assessment is now available. If you have time, please take a few minutes to read and complete the form. You can access this assessment through the Early Childhood section of our website.
- Visit our Assistive Technology Blog.
- IRA and NCTE are proud to announce the launch of a special area, Learning Beyond the Classroom, designed to help students continue to build on their literacy learning outside of school. The site includes a collection of summer activities for children and teens.
- Updates on Reading First Academies.
- VDOE Superintendent’s Memos
