The Blueprint: Building Powerful IEPs to Increase Student Achievement

This comprehensive workbook is for aspiring or practicing special education and related services staff. Packed with easy-to-implement strategies and ideas, the workbook contains information on four relevant topics: Defining Present Levels of Academic Achievement and Functional Performance, Writing Standards-Based IEPs, Creating Instruction from the Common Core State Standards, and Collecting Data and Monitoring the IEP Progress. The reader will apply the Common Core State Standards into student IEPs, provide specialized instruction for students with disabilities, deliver better instruction using progress monitoring, and use research based practices to enhance the general education learning environment. This workbook can be used to supplement instruction by college professors, professional developers, and coaches and mentors. Information is applicable to substitute teachers, college students, and practicing special education and related services staff. This is a product of the Technical Assistance and Brokering Service (TABS) division of the Capitol Region Education Council (CREC), an education service center in Hartford, CT, a leader in education innovation providing expert solutions locally, nationally and internationally.