Strategies for Instructional Access

This collaborative discussion framework was developed for use by general education teachers and special education teachers as a collaborative and reflective professional development activity.  Download the framework document:  PDF ⏷   WORD ⏷


The steps involved in completing the discussion framework include:

• Create an instructional profile of the general education classroom that identifies the frequency of use of various instructional strategies, materials, and assessment strategies

• Identify potential instructional and curricular barriers to learning and participation for students, including those with disabilities

• Identify strategies that teachers can put in place to reduce barriers and increase learning and participation of diverse students

• Select strategies to implement in classrooms and collect data on effectiveness

The framework can be used to

• Guide collaborative planning by special and general education teacher partners or by special educators collaborating with grade level or department teams to identify strategies for increasing instructional access

• Provide professional development to general and special education teachers with an expectation that teachers will identify one or more instructional strategies to incorporate into their instruction

• Integrate into existing teaming structures the periodic reflection and sharing of instructional strategies that increase access to instruction for all students