Resources at Your Finger Tips
Explore our extensive collection of high-quality, no-cost tools and resources that are designed to support impactful growth and lasting change.
Search Terms
Showing 1 through 5 of 5 Results
Enhancing Inclusive Practices Through Effective IEPs
Cloverdale Unified improved inclusive opportunities for students with disabilities by strengthening IEP quality and consistency. Through structured coaching, ongoing IEP reviews, and use of tools such as an LRE Calculator and administrator templates, teachers and leaders refined IEP practices—resulting in more accurate data and a 24% increase in students spending most of the day in general education. This Strategies That Work resource highlights the tools and processes that supported these gains.
Empowering Every Student to Graduate: Student On-Track Self-Monitoring
Find out what happened when seven districts joined the SIL Graduation Network through California’s Compliance and Improvement Monitoring (CIM) process in order to improve graduation rates for students with disabilities. One key strategy was implementing the “Am I On Track?” student self-monitoring form, which helped students take ownership of their progress. Through focused collaboration and monitoring, the network exceeded its goal, achieving a 10% increase in graduation rates in just one year.
Empowering Families: Pre-IEP Parent Collaboration Protocol
Strengthening family engagement in the IEP process, this protocol equips educators with a clear, structured approach for holding meaningful conversations with parents before IEP meetings. Developed through SIL’s Innovating for Student Excellence (ISE) Networked Improvement Community, the tool addresses inconsistencies in how parent input is gathered and used. It guides case managers in building trust, asking purposeful questions, and personalizing IEP documents based on family insights. Districts that implemented the protocol, such as Clovis USD, saw significant increases in pre-IEP collaboration, with some reporting up to an 80% rise in these critical conversations, resulting in more student-centered and collaborative planning.
Envisioning a Path to Graduation: Student Four Year Academic Plan
Envisioning a Path to Graduation: Student Four Year Academic Plan highlights Calexico Unified School District’s strategy to increase high school graduation rates among students with disabilities. It outlines the urgent challenge—only 56% of students with disabilities graduated in 2021—and presents the district's solution: a structured, collaborative four-year academic plan supported through California’s Compliance and Improvement Monitoring (CIM) process and guided by System Improvement Leads (SIL). The document details key implementation strategies, such as involving counselors, case managers, students, and families in annual reviews and adjustments, along with proactive credit monitoring. By adopting this strategy, Calexico USD increased graduation rates for students with disabilities by 31% in just two years.