1. Tools for Transition
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2. Helping Teachers Address Students’ Instructional Needs

3. Objective
Provide educators with strategies and resources to help address the needs of students displaced by Hurricane Katrina.

4. Group Work
Divide into at least four groups.
No group may have more than five people.
Select a group facilitator, reporter, and recorder.

5. Questions to Consider
What did you notice about the instructional strategies the groups suggested?
What were some of the non-instructional strategies suggested?
To what extent is the classroom teacher responsible for dealing with the emotional issues of the students? Is this reasonable?
What actions can the school take to help teachers?

6. Additional Resources Making Schools Work for Every Child
The Texas Achievement Gap Web site
Selected Online Resources

7. Please contact us if we can assist you.