Over the past several years, early childhood consultants from the Mississippi Bend Area Education Agency have been leading the scale-up of Preschool Specially Designed Instruction (SDI) in our area. Preschool SDI is part of a statewide professional learning initiative aimed to develop and implement tools and processes to aid practitioners in delivering effective specially designed instruction (SDI) to improve outcomes for learners with disabilities. This work is taking place through strands focused on Significant Disabilities, Preschool, and K-6 Literacy.
The desired outcomes of Preschool SDI include:
- Preschool children with disabilities will make progress and close the gap with their peers while attending inclusive preschool classrooms.
- Preschool teachers will feel confident and competent in providing high-quality specially designed instruction (SDI) in inclusive preschool classrooms.
- The state’s system for PD and support will ensure teachers are receiving the learning and coaching needed to achieve the first two results.
- Monthly training
- Bi-monthly coaching
- Action Planning
- Teaming
- Fidelity measures