Planning Instruction -- Understanding School Context and Student Diversity -- Advance Organizer -- The Educational Reform Movement -- AMERICA 2000: An Education Strategy -- The SCANS Report for AMERICA 2000 -- National Education Summit Policy Statement -- National Education Goals Report -- Standards-Based Reform and Special Education -- Special Education Service Delivery Reform -- Student Diversity -- Students with Disabilities -- Students Who Are Gifted and Talented -- Students from Diverse Cultural and Linguistic Backgrounds -- Students from Diverse Socioeconomic Families -- Students Who Are Gay or Lesbian -- Education in the Twenty-First Century -- Using Specific Planning Methods -- Advance Organizer -- Comprehensive Planning: Flow of the Planning Process Model -- Teacher Planning Processes -- The Planning Pyramid -- ReflActive Planning -- Literacy Planning Processes -- Team Planning Processes -- McGill Action Planning System -- Choosing Options and Accommodations for Children (COACH) -- Life-style Planning -- Student Planning Process -- Student Self-Advocacy -- Selecting Planning Processes -- Organizing the Learning Environment -- Advance Organizer -- Psychosocial Dimension -- Create a Positive Classroom Environment -- Consider the Importance of Making Students Feel Accepted -- Establish a Behavior-Management Program -- Positive Behavioral Support for Students with Disabilities -- Procedural Dimension -- Manage Time Effectively -- Manage Instructional Materials and Paperwork -- Physical Dimension -- Seating Arrangements.