Strategic Instruction Model (SIM™)
Comprehensive, evidence-based instructional tools and programs that empower teachers and enable students to better succeed in school and beyond.
SIM What, Why, & How
What: Instructional Tools and interventions
Why: Impact
SIM has been improving the lives of teachers and learners since 1978. Find out some of the ways in which our work has changed lives for the better.
How: Access SIM
We're happy you're here. Whether you're a parent, teacher, or administrator, we can help you find the SIM solution that best fits your needs.
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SIM Credentials
SIM micro-credentials put your knowledge on display. Micro-credentials, commonly known as badges, recognize your investment in professional learning and your dedication to giving your students the evidence-based interventions and tools that can make a difference in their lives.
SIM Events
Visit the SIM Events page for news on all upcoming events, conferences, webinars, online professional development, and more.
SIM Professional Developer Resources
Resources and Links for SIM Professional Developers
What People are Saying About our Materials and Services
Read these testimonials from individuals who have implemented SIM.
Amy, FL
Framing Routine is a great way for students to collaborate when note taking. It also causes students to think at a higher cognitive level because they are taking a large role in the note taking process by summarizing and organizing what notes to take.
Leah, VA
These materials work. I was a critic at first, but feel as though these routines and strategies have improved my teaching and helping my students retain information.
Tina, GA
Since implementing and delivering SIM strategies, not only has student performance improved, but students frequently report that they actually used a strategy in another content area and that they felt more successful and less anxious by doing so.
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What's Happening with SIM
News
February, 2022 - Listen to the New SIM StoryCorps: How SIM Opens Doors, with Helen Barrier, Dana McCaleb, and Whitney Miller (VA)
January, 2022 - New Article from SIM Professional Developer Chris O'Brien (et al.) in North Carolina: High School Success: A Learning Strategies Intervention to Reduce Drop-Out Rates
December, 2021 - There's a new SIOP and SIM Crosswalk on the Integrating SIM with Other Programs, Strategies, and Initiatives Website
October, 2021 - Twelve additional SIM Learning Strategies are now listed on the NCII’s Academic and Behavioral Interventions Tool Charts
August, 2021 - KUCRL was Awarded a 2021 OSEP Educational Technology, Media, and Materials for Individuals with Disabilities, Stepping-up Technology Implementation Grant
July, 2021 - New Article: Accelerating Student Growth through the Strategic Instruction Model: Effective for Decades, Needed Now More Than Ever
June 2021 - Check out all the 2021 Virtual SIMposium has to offer!
May 2021 - Listen to the May 2021 SIM StoryCorps #2: SIM Goes to Harvard Medical School, with Richard Goldhammer and Sue Woodruff
April, 2021 - Listen to the new SIM StoryCorps: Ignited by Student Success and Fueled by Shared Passion, with Rosemary Tralli and Jocelyn Washburn
March, 2021 - Watch the Evidence-based Practices for Adolescents with Literacy Challenges webinar, with Drs. Irma Brasseur-Hock & Jocelyn Washburn, presented to middle and high school teachers, school and district administrators, and instructional coordinators and coaches across Missouri in March.
January, 2022 - New Article from SIM Professional Developer Chris O'Brien (et al.) in North Carolina: High School Success: A Learning Strategies Intervention to Reduce Drop-Out Rates
December, 2021 - There's a new SIOP and SIM Crosswalk on the Integrating SIM with Other Programs, Strategies, and Initiatives Website
October, 2021 - Twelve additional SIM Learning Strategies are now listed on the NCII’s Academic and Behavioral Interventions Tool Charts
August, 2021 - KUCRL was Awarded a 2021 OSEP Educational Technology, Media, and Materials for Individuals with Disabilities, Stepping-up Technology Implementation Grant
July, 2021 - New Article: Accelerating Student Growth through the Strategic Instruction Model: Effective for Decades, Needed Now More Than Ever
June 2021 - Check out all the 2021 Virtual SIMposium has to offer!
May 2021 - Listen to the May 2021 SIM StoryCorps #2: SIM Goes to Harvard Medical School, with Richard Goldhammer and Sue Woodruff
April, 2021 - Listen to the new SIM StoryCorps: Ignited by Student Success and Fueled by Shared Passion, with Rosemary Tralli and Jocelyn Washburn
March, 2021 - Watch the Evidence-based Practices for Adolescents with Literacy Challenges webinar, with Drs. Irma Brasseur-Hock & Jocelyn Washburn, presented to middle and high school teachers, school and district administrators, and instructional coordinators and coaches across Missouri in March.
Events
June-October, 2022 - Content Literacy Leadership Institute - For Prospective SIM Professional Developers (Intent to Apply due Feb. 2022)
June 27-29, 2022 - Xtreme Reading Institute for Teachers and Administrators
June 1 - July 19, 2022
Northeast Virtual SIM Update Conference (hosted by VA TTAC)
SIM Virtual Professional Learning for Educators
Aug. 1, 2022 - Concept Trilogy Series: Concept Mastery Routine
Aug. 3, 2022 - Concept Trilogy Series: Concept Comparison Routine
Aug. 4, 2022 - Concept Trilogy Series: Concept Anchoring Routine
Aug. 9, 2022 - Academic Vocabulary Series: Vocabulary LINCing Routine
Aug. 10, 2022 - Academic Vocabulary Series: Clarifying Routine
Aug. 12 or Sept. 8, 2022 - University Faculty Webinar Series #1
Aug. 16 or Aug. 22, 2022 - SIM Sentence Writing Strategies
Aug. 16, 2022 - Executive Functioning Series: LINCs Vocabulary Strategy
Sept. 19 & 21, 2022 - Executive Functioning Series: Word Mapping Strategy
Oct. 18 & 20, 2022, Executive Functioning Series: FIRST-Letter Mnemonic Strategy
Nov. 8 & 10, 2022, Executive Functioning Series: The Paired Associates Strategy
July 11-13, 2023 - SIM International Conference & KUCRL 45th Anniversary Celebration, Lawrence, KS
SIM Online Classes (Available Anytime, self-paced on Canvas)
Fundamentals of Paraphrasing and Summarizing Strategy
Possible Selves Strategy
June 27-29, 2022 - Xtreme Reading Institute for Teachers and Administrators
June 1 - July 19, 2022
Northeast Virtual SIM Update Conference (hosted by VA TTAC)
SIM Virtual Professional Learning for Educators
Aug. 1, 2022 - Concept Trilogy Series: Concept Mastery Routine
Aug. 3, 2022 - Concept Trilogy Series: Concept Comparison Routine
Aug. 4, 2022 - Concept Trilogy Series: Concept Anchoring Routine
Aug. 9, 2022 - Academic Vocabulary Series: Vocabulary LINCing Routine
Aug. 10, 2022 - Academic Vocabulary Series: Clarifying Routine
Aug. 12 or Sept. 8, 2022 - University Faculty Webinar Series #1
Aug. 16 or Aug. 22, 2022 - SIM Sentence Writing Strategies
Aug. 16, 2022 - Executive Functioning Series: LINCs Vocabulary Strategy
Sept. 19 & 21, 2022 - Executive Functioning Series: Word Mapping Strategy
Oct. 18 & 20, 2022, Executive Functioning Series: FIRST-Letter Mnemonic Strategy
Nov. 8 & 10, 2022, Executive Functioning Series: The Paired Associates Strategy
July 11-13, 2023 - SIM International Conference & KUCRL 45th Anniversary Celebration, Lawrence, KS
SIM Online Classes (Available Anytime, self-paced on Canvas)
Fundamentals of Paraphrasing and Summarizing Strategy
Possible Selves Strategy
Why SIM
-SIM provides students with tools to solve problems independently.
-SIM emphasizes teaching routines that allow teachers to organize and present curriculum content in straightforward, easy-to-learn ways.
Our research confirms that quality teaching materials greatly enhance teachers’ ability to provide quality instruction in their classrooms. Our long-standing commitment to and investment in developing these instructional supports—teacher manuals, student learning sheets, scoring rubrics, and technology supports—underscore the importance we place on this aspect of our work. For more than 40 years, we have worked directly with classroom teachers to develop materials that improve the learning experience for students and the teaching experience for teachers. As a result, we have the research, success stories, and the proven track record to help school succeed in meeting the needs of their students.
-SIM emphasizes teaching routines that allow teachers to organize and present curriculum content in straightforward, easy-to-learn ways.
Our research confirms that quality teaching materials greatly enhance teachers’ ability to provide quality instruction in their classrooms. Our long-standing commitment to and investment in developing these instructional supports—teacher manuals, student learning sheets, scoring rubrics, and technology supports—underscore the importance we place on this aspect of our work. For more than 40 years, we have worked directly with classroom teachers to develop materials that improve the learning experience for students and the teaching experience for teachers. As a result, we have the research, success stories, and the proven track record to help school succeed in meeting the needs of their students.