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loading it with lessons in both ELA and Math. Teachers of the Visually
Impaired (TVIs) as well as mainstream teachers in ELA and Math were
solicited to upload lessons to the site. Currently, there are over 20 lessons
available. Whether the lessons are specific or not to what a given teacher,
whether TVI, Special Education, or regular class, is teaching, the strategies
suggested for addressing the needs of the student who is visually impaired
will be helpful in similar lessons.
The Paths to Common Core website continues to be refined; additional
information on AT assessment, general suggestions for strategies, and case
studies are in progress.
Community implies sharing. The Paths to Common Core is a place to
share – your ideas, your materials, and your strategies. The isolation of TVIs
can be reduced by having a community in which sharing occurs. Uploading
lessons will not only enrich your instructional capacity, but will provide you
with credits that can be used to meet your ongoing continuing education
requirements.
If you are a teacher in a state that has not adopted the CCSS, you and
your students can still benefit greatly not only by the strategies suggested in
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