Top 10 Tips for Creating Accessible Documents
(View Complete Item Description)Tips and lessons learned from creating accessible documents. This is not an exhaustive list so please add your own guidance.
Material Type: Teaching/Learning Strategy
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Copyright and Open Licensing Guide
(View Complete Item Description)This step-by-step guide will provide you with information about open licensing and walk you through all the steps needed to apply an open license on your work.
Material Type: Reading, Teaching/Learning Strategy
Sample Permissions Request Letter
(View Complete Item Description)If there is a resource you would like to use in your OER project that is not openly licensed, in the public domain, or usable under fair use, permission from the copyright holder is required. Here is some sample wording for that permissions request. Please adapt as suits your situation.Cover mage by Andrew Lloyd Gordon from Pixabay
Material Type: Teaching/Learning Strategy
Using the Open Author Editor Toolbar
(View Complete Item Description)This document provides explanations and instructions (with screenshots) for using the various functions on the Open Author editor toolbar. A downloadable Word document is also included. Document by #GoOpenVA Image by IO-Images from Pixabay
Material Type: Reading
Washington OER Hub - Resource Criteria
(View Complete Item Description)For OSPI content area teams or their collaborating educators. This guidance is for creating resources in the Washington OER Hub Working Groups or curating resources to include in the Washington OER Hub Continuous Learning Collections.
Material Type: Teaching/Learning Strategy
Quickstart Guide: Openly Licensed Images and Attribution
(View Complete Item Description)This guide provides information on how to locate and provide attribution for openly licensed images as well as guidance on which images cannot be used due lack of copyright permission.
Material Type: Teaching/Learning Strategy
OER Licensing Checklist
(View Complete Item Description)Use this checklist to make sure that all the requirements for open licensing are met. Please note that it is very helpful to review this checklist BEFORE you begin development work so that you are designing your resource with open licensing requirements in mind from the beginning.
Material Type: Teaching/Learning Strategy
OER Development - Resource Tracker
(View Complete Item Description)The spreadsheet below will help you keep track of all your incorporated content items so that you can build an attribution statement to go alongside or underneath each piece.
Material Type: Teaching/Learning Strategy
Annotated Website Link Template
(View Complete Item Description)Sample template for creating a guidance document for educators visiting a particular website. Remix and edit to suit.
Material Type: Teaching/Learning Strategy
OSPI Social Emotional Learning (SEL) Online Education Module
(View Complete Item Description)The Social and Emotional Learning in Washington State Schools: Building Foundations and Strategies module is designed to be a part of the Office of Superintendent of Public Instruction's (OSPI) professional learning constellation of topics. It can be used by Washington Educational Service Districts (ESD) and LEAs for administering clock hours. Clock hours are not available to individuals who take the course on their own. Intended Audience This module is designed for educators, administrators, school staff, others professionals and parents who interact with youth as a means to help them build and improve their understanding of social emotional skills. Structure of the Module This online module has been designed in six distinct learning segments. Learning Segment 1: Introduction to SEL Learning Segment 2: Embedding SEL Schoolwide Learning Segment 3: Creating a Professional Culture Based on SEL Learning Segment 4: Integrating SEL into Culturally Responsive Classrooms Learning Segment 5: Trauma Informed Social Emotional Learning Learning Segment 6: Identifying and Selecting Evidence-Based Programs Although the online module can be completed by an individual, the learning is significantly more impactful if it is done collectively by those who will be implementing SEL. Throughout the online module, suggestions on ways in which to engage in the learning in a group setting are provided. Completing the Module Registration on the OSPI Moodle is required to take the course. Cover image by congerdesign from Pixabay
Material Type: Full Course, Module
Social Emotional Learning Standards, Benchmarks, and Indicators
(View Complete Item Description)This document is to provide a scaffolded framework identifying observable developmental standards/benchmarks/Indicators.
Material Type: Assessment
Washington State Social Emotional Learning Implementation Guide
(View Complete Item Description)This Implementation Guide is designed to be used with other documents that make up Washingtons SEl Resource Package and by anyone who works with children and youth and is concerned with their social emotional well-being. It includes perspectives for school leaders, educators, youth serving organizations, and parents/families and provides overarching concepts that are centered around the principles that are foundational for the development of SEL in Washington State: Equity, Cultural Responsiveness, Universal Design and Trauma- Informed Practices.
Material Type: Assessment