The A.C.C.E.S.S. Literacy Framework™ is a research-based instructional system I developed to help teachers make rigorous literacy instruction accessible for diverse learners—especially students receiving Special Education services and English Language Learners. The framework guides teachers through a clear instructional sequence that activates background knowledge, supports vocabulary development, breaks complex texts into manageable steps, and builds students’ ability to analyze and respond with evidence.
A complete, web-based Interactive Vocabulary Builder & Scaffold Generator. It takes any target academic task or vocabulary objective and breaks it down across all 5 WIDA English Language Proficiency Levels (Beginning to Bridging), provides Formative (2-tier) and Summative (3-tier) rubric templates with emoji supports, and features multilingual self-reflection blocks across multiple languages.
This AI tool, AI SPED Inclusion Accommodations Weekly Monitoring Generator, addresses a real need that many SPED teachers face every week: documenting how accommodations were implemented, not simply listing them.
A complete, interactive Assignment Translator & Scaffold Generator web application. It takes complex grade-level instructions and instantly simplifies them across 4 WIDA Proficiency Levels, generates Formative (2-tier) and Summative (3-tier) assessment rubrics, and includes multilingual self-reflection prompts.
A complete, interactive Lesson Scaffold & Assessment Generator web application. It combines automated lesson scaffolding (vocabulary, sentence frames, visuals, graphic organizers, small-group strategies, and extensions) with a built-in WIDA-aligned Rubric & Self-Reflection Generator.
The A.C.C.E.S.S. Literacy Framework (Activate, Clarify, Chunk, Engage, Support, Synthesize) is a six-step instructional sequence built for multilingual learners and students with disabilities — and the Human-Centered AI Teaching Continuum is the guardrail that keeps AI in a supporting role instead of a driving one. Used together, they don’t just make lessons “accessible.” They make grade-level rigor reachable, without lowering the bar. Grab the ready-made version at the end if you’d rather skip straight to implementation.
A complete, interactive ELL Rubric Generator system. It includes a ready-to-run web-based generator tool (HTML/JS) you can save and run in any browser, along with pre-designed templates aligned with WIDA Can-Do Descriptors, visual emoji supports, and multilingual self-reflection prompts.
A.C.C.E.S.S. Gives funds three things — training scholarships, free classroom materials for Title I schools, and direct micro-grants — so bilingual and special education teachers stop paying out of pocket for tools their dually-identified students need right now. It’s already supported 205 teachers and an estimated 4,150 students across five countries. You can apply, check Title I eligibility, or just grab the free starter resources today.
A literacy framework sitting in one classroom helps a handful of kids. The same framework, adapted and tested across different countries and contexts by a community of teachers, has the potential to shift outcomes for multilingual and neurodivergent learners at scale. That’s the vision behind building this out as a global community of practice, not a one-off resource.
Most schools buy the AI tool first and figure out the training later — or never. The research is blunt about this: adoption is climbing, but professional development isn’t keeping pace, and that gap is exactly where good intentions go to die. Empower the teachers first. The tool comes second.
A special friend of mine sent me this book last week, Leading for Refugees and Newcomers: Cases for K–12 Educators. The kind you put down after a chapter and just… sit with. I haven’t finished it yet. Well, I haven’t even got into the middle of the chapters. But I sat with the first two … Read more
