Before teaching: gather info & plan inclusively

1. Quick intake checklist
   • Does the student have a documented SEN (IEP, 504, support plan)? What are the legal/required accommodations?
   • Academic profile: strengths, struggles, preferred modalities (visual, hands-on, conversational), previous successes.
   • Social-emotional profile: attachment style, what calms them, triggers, helpful routines.
   • Classroom access needs: vision/hearing aids, mobility, sensory sensitivities, language support.
2. Ask about prior knowledge
   • Short diagnostic questions or quick task to see what the learner already knows (this is diagnostic assessment).
   • Use those results to anchor the lesson — avoid teaching from scratch if they already have partial schemata.
3. Plan tiered outcomes
   • Essential outcome(s) (what everyone should be able to do).
   • Stretch outcomes (what advanced students aim for).
   • Supported outcomes (targeted, achievable goals for learners with additional needs).
4. Prepare materials and accommodations
   • Provide multiple entry points (text/audio/video/experiential).
   • Chunk content and plan breaks.
   • Prepare simplified instructions and visual organizers.
   • Technology: text-to-speech, captions, enlarged fonts, manipulatives, interactive simulations.

Please take the quizs to proceed: