Resources FAQ

Mar 5 2012 3:20 PM

FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS ABOUT OTHER NCSC RESOURCES

1. Did NCSC develop curriculum and instruction resources that align with the NCSC Assessment?

Yes. NCSC has posted the core curriculum and instructional resources developed by NCSC states and partners on a public Wiki created to host the materials that educators will need to deliver instruction aligned to College and Career Ready standards.

Also on this public Wiki are professional development resources for educators, as well as resources for parents and guardians. These resources are available at no cost to all states, as well as to the public.

https://wiki.ncscpartners.org/index.php/Curriculum_Resources

Curriculum Resources - What to Teach

Curriculum Resources are reference materials created to reinforce educators' understanding of curriculum content.

Instructional Resources – How to Teach

Instructional Resources are reference materials created to support classroom teaching.

Professional and Parent Resources (leads to sign-in page, no password required)

Presentations and interactive modules designed to supplement written NCSC materials as well as written summaries about the NCSC project, explore teaching and learning for students with significant cognitive disabilities, and provide broad coverage of topics of interest to educators and parents alike.

Communication Tool Kit (leads to sign-in page, no password required)

The National Center and State Collaborative developed the Communication Tool Kit as a professional development resource for teachers and speech language pathologists serving students with disabilities who do not or do not yet use oral speech. This series of seven modules and an introductory Call to Action identifies the important features of high quality communication intervention. Professional development certificates are available for participants upon completion of the series.

2. What NCSC resources are available to parents and guardians on the public Wiki?

Professional  and Parent Resources (leads to sign-in page, no password required) - Presentations and interactive modules designed to supplement written NCSC materials, as well as written summaries about the NCSC project, explore teaching and learning for students with significant cognitive disabilities, and provide broad coverage of topics of interest to educators and parents and guardians.

Parent Tips and Tools - These documents include a one-page Wiki navigation tool and a more detailed Wiki navigation guide. In addition, there is a Wiki tips series, made up of eight short documents, that helps parents and guardians use the resource materials.

3. What NCSC resources are available to parents and guardians on the NCSC website?

There are numerous resources on the NCSC website that are available to parents and guardians.

Every NCSC Brief is available to parents and guardians. The NCSC Briefs that may be of particular interest to parents and guardians include:

The following NCSC Resources for Parents, with a brief description, are also available on the NCSC website:

Introduction to the NCSC Project

NCSC's Curriculum/Instructional Resources and their relationship to the Alternate Assessment

NCSC Alternate Assessment Information and IEP Team Guidance

College and Career Readiness: What it means for students who take the Alternate Assessment

Tools for sharing information about NCSC's work

NCSC News and New Resources

These Briefs cover topics that shaped the NCSC comprehensive system of curriculum, instruction, and assessment during NCSC’s five years of research-to-practice development.


More NCSC Resources