Strategic Instruction Model

Big shoutout to Dr. Renee Calhoon and Mallorey Jones for presenting at the 2026 Arkansas Association of Special Education Administrators Conference! Their session on “GPS for Teaching and Learning” focused on how the Strategic Instruction Model and co‑teaching combine to support effective planning and elevate learning for all students.

Elevate your School's Instructional Impact - Boost academic growth with scalable, high-quality professional learning. Build in-house expertise, stretch your PD budget, and meet literacy goals with confidence. Choose from three flexible pathways to grow your own instructional leaders. - https://sim.ku.edu/sim-micro-credentials

This teacher appreciation week, join us in celebrating all the amazing educators whose commitment, creativity, and compassion make classrooms and futures brighter for students every day. - Thank You Educators!

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Planning your summer with SIM?
Take us to the beach, the mountains, family visits, or even the back porch—wherever you go, SIM goes with you!
Learn more about our virtual courses at: https://sim.ku.edu/sim-events

New online course alert! Using a step-by-step approach, the Word Mapping Strategy gives students the tools to break apart words and predict their meanings. Perfect for building vocabulary across content areas.
Register today: https://sim.ku.edu/sim-event-virtual-pl-word-mapping-strategy

Jocelyn Washburn and Bonnie Salmon Palasak are in Virginia this week collaborating with teachers on University of Kansas Center for Research on Learning's iSTAR Grant to build and test adaptive web‑based writing support tools for students and educators.
https://kucrl.ku.edu/istar-project

The UCA Mashburn Center for Learning was thrilled to welcome 36 ELSE students for an intensive professional learning opportunity focusing on the SIM Fundamentals of Sentence Writing Strategy. This professional development focused on the essential grammar vocabulary and foundational skills required to help students master the art of the simple sentence.

A big thank you to our expert presenters for sharing this evidence-based strategy from the University of Kansas Center for Research on Learning: Dr. Renee Calhoon, Dr. Patty Kohler-Evans, Mallorey Calhoon Jones, and Gia Taylor.

By mastering these proven techniques, UCA’s teacher candidates are adding another tool to their teacher toolbox that will help their future students build the strong writing foundations they need to succeed!

Dr. Jean Schumaker, co-founder of the CRL, has a new book out, Transcending Childhood Trauma with Somatic Therapy, and we're excited to share it with you.
https://transcending-trauma.org/

We have winners for our For National Reading Month Give-Away! 📣 Luisa Stone and Danielle Jensen please contact [email protected] about your SIM Reading Strategies teacher and student manuals. 📖 😄

And thank you again to our 2025 Giving Tuesday Donors who made this possible!