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High Leverage Practices

HLP/TPE Alignment Resource

HLP 15: Provide scaffolded supports. (AS)

Scaffolded supports provide temporary assistance to students so they can successfully complete tasks that they cannot yet do independently and with a high rate of success. Select powerful visual, verbal, and written supports; carefully calibrate them to students’ performance and understanding in relation to learning tasks; use them flexibly; evaluate their effectiveness; and gradually remove them once they are no longer needed. Some supports are planned prior to lessons and some are provided responsively during instruction.

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U TPE 1.4

Use a variety of developmentally and ability-appropriate instructional strategies, resources, and assistive technology, including principles of Universal Design of Learning (UDL) and Multi-Tiered System of Supports (MTSS) to support access to the curriculum for a wide range of learners within the general education classroom and environment.

MMSN 1.9 (pdf)
ESN 1.9 (pdf)

U TPE 1.6

Provide a supportive learning environment for students' first and/or second language acquisition by using research-based instructional approaches, including focused English Language Development, Specially Designed Academic Instruction in English (SDAIE), scaffolding across content areas, and structured English immersion, and demonstrate an understanding of the difference among students whose only instructional need is to acquire Standard English proficiency, students who may have an identified disability affecting their ability to acquire Standard English proficiency, and students who may have both a need to acquire Standard English proficiency and an identified disability.

MMSN 1.2, 1.3 (pdf)
ESN 1.7, 1.8 (pdf)

U TPE 2.5

Maintain high expectations for learning with appropriate support for the full range of students in the classroom.

MMSN 2.9 (pdf)
ESN 2.12 (pdf)

U TPE 4.4

Plan, design, implement and monitor instruction, making effective use of instructional time to maximize learning opportunities and provide access to the curriculum for all students by removing barriers and providing access through instructional strategies that include:

  • appropriate use of instructional technology, including assistive technology;
  • applying principles of UDL and MTSS;
  • use of developmentally, linguistically, and culturally appropriate learning activities, instructional materials, and resources for all students, including the full range of English learners;
  • appropriate modifications for students with disabilities in the general education classroom;
  • opportunities for students to support each other in learning; and
  • use of community resources and services as applicable.

MMSN 4.1 (pdf)
ESN 4.3 (pdf)

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