Special Education Curriculum & Instruction

Northwest Education Services department of Special Education Curriculum and Instruction provides local districts and Northwest Education Services center programs with targeted services and student supports to increase student achievement and prepare students with special needs for college, career, and community citizenship.

The department supports the improvements of special education programming, instructional delivery, research-based intervention implementation, and the use of assessments to drive instruction and intervention.

Services include:

• Analysis of student achievement
• Methodology and materials evaluation
• Curriculum planning and development
• Development of instructional guidelines
• Coordination and delivery of regional targeted professional development
• Special education Service Area targeted training
• Curriculum consultation services for center-based special education programs and local school districts
• Professional Learning Communities (PLCs)
• On-site instructional coaching for special education teachers
• North Ed regional library of research-based interventions for checkout
• North Ed regional library of Transition Curriculum & Resources for checkout
• Large-scale curriculum implementations with materials, training and on-site coaching to improve instructional delivery