In 2008, then Senator Barack Obama made a speech at a school in Colorado. He was, I suppose, in part laying out his agenda for how to ‘fix’ education
My point was not so much that we should eliminate athletics in schools as much as we should deemphasize them
After getting feedback from some of my classmates @ Walden U, I feel that co-teaching may be one way that I can 'get in the door'. Several years ago I worked with a 3rd grade teacher in a co-teaching situation
1 Comment - Hope - Coteaching would be a wonderful way to get your foot in the general education door
College Career Development and Transition Programs or PSE's are all beginning their fall semesters of inclusion of students with intellectual and develomental disabilities in the ranks of entering college freshmen. It is important that we all take a moment to remember one inclusionary fact, first time freshmenship is always a fun crazy moment in the life of a freshmen. So, PSE's let's not deprive our freshmens of this milestone in their college experience. Allow your freshmen to get in the crazy mix of freshmen week and feel many of the frustrations of learning where things are on campus and enjoy the enthusiasm that comes with exploring the whole new world of College. This is how we in higher education allow students to begin the learning process of independence
I am the Project Director for Project CASE: Connections for Academic Success and Employment at Texas Tech University's Burkhart Center for Autism Education and Research. We are a program that is currently grant funded through the Texas Council for Developmental Disabilities and are working towards sustainability once the grant funding is completed. I have attached information about our program and I would love to hear from people who know of or are involved in other College Transition Programs for individuals with autism and other complex disabilities. Our two goals are to help students complete an academic degree or a technical/vocational certification, plus competitive employment once they graduate from their college program. We serve students who are completing their degrees or certification and are actively involved in business internships to give them quality work experience in their field of choice
As veteran teachers, we know that Back to School often means countless meetings, endless hours of preparation and a great deal of stress
Ticket Out Door : Write down 1 or 2 ideas learned from the lesson on a Post-It and how it will be used in other activities. 5
1 Comment - Some more general ones for engaging students in the classroom are also embedding the option for choice whenever possible; providing motivation, perhaps in the form of a reward or reinforcer; appealing to the specific interests of the students; and providing hands-on or experiential learning opportunities. Keeping these general engagement strategies in mind can really help when trying to decide which engagement strategy is best for the students at hand. When attempting to choose a strategy, it is important to consider the function of the disengaged behavior and consider general ways in which it could be improved, then search for specific activities to put that plan into action
I have been doing a lot of traveling and consulting on co-teaching in the last ten years...I regularly get to see so many teachers who are doing amazing things in a co-taught, inclusive classroom
2 Comments - Wendy, I'd be interested in following your blog
Sarah Gross has shown why learning goes both ways in special education
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