I am a self-contained resource teacher for grades K-5th. In this setting, I have a total of 12 students from 8:00 to 1:00 pm. I have 2 Kindergarten students that I teach ELA and work with them on their IEP goals. I have 1 first grade student that I teach ELA and Math, along with IEP goals. In 2nd grade, I have 2 students that I teach ELA, Science and Social Studies and help them with their IEP goals. I teach ELA and Math for my two 3rd grade students. In 4th grade, I have 2 students that I teach ELA and Math. Then in 5th grade, I teach Reading ELA for 1 student and Reading, ELA, and Math for the other student. From 1:00 pm to 3:00,
Not only are these students are a mixture of different grade levels, but they have a mixture of disabilities such as Emotional Behavior Disorder, ADHD, Specific Learning Disabilities in Math/Reading, Mild Intellectual Development, and Speech Impairment. Although my class is small, I am full of students with varying cognitive abilities, maturity levels, and academic strengths and weaknesses. My job is to enhance their academic support in the subject of need because they cannot be fully supported in a general education classroom setting.
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The No Child Left Behind Act (NCLB) and Individual with Disability Education Act are two federal laws that deal with the education of my students. The NCLB was put into place to improve education for all students, while IDEA ensure that student with disabilities receive the support needed to exceed in education. As a special education teacher, these laws require that each one of my students be introduced and instructed to their grade level standard along with the implementation of their IEP
[The learning goal that I choose aligns with the IEP because it is supporting and providing a strategy to aid my focus learner in solving word problems. In order for the focus learner to solve word problems, she needs to know what the question is asking and find a concrete way to represent that. Her IEP goal states that she will “…underline and circle key numbers, then write an equation and solve each problem…” The learning goal aligns with this IEP goal because it has her master a strategy that has her do exactly what the IEP goal is asking. The STAR strategy has the student circle or underline what they know and what they need to figure out, then translate the word problem equation into a picture. By having the student draw a picture, this
In the American system the curriculum serves 5, 000 students and more than 20 countries and we need to review and look at the IEP process. The question that has spark concerns is to look at students direct IEP and how we can look to evaluate it? How students benefits from an IEP and what would be the first logical steps to change the process. We have a mixture of students who are not all English speaking students from all backgrounds and have some disabilities. I’m not here to complain about the teachers in your system, you have wonderful teachers who capture student’s interest and encourage students learning. But we are here to address the IEP’s process issue.
The IEP team met today to conduct an annual review for Daniella Rayon. Two separate notifications were sent out to the parent/ student. SB 1108 was addressed and signed at the start of the meeting. The parent and student were both present.
were having two sessions, one in the morning and one in the afternoon. On Tuesday and Thursday,
The webinar I watched was Introduction to Individualized Education Programs (IEP). This webinar was designed to provide parents with information regarding the IEP. It first began by listing the disabilities that were considered eligible for services in the state of Nevada. Then the webinar discussed the different laws that govern and shape special education today, such as the 14th Amendment, the Americans with Disability Act (ADA), Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA), and the Nevada Administrative Code (NAC). The webinar also described the evaluation process, and how the evaluation results are the cornerstone of the IEP. Next the webinar discussed when the IEP should be in place, and how transitioning records from one school to the next takes place. The parent, the special
It is important for the current teacher to talk with the future teacher to suggest some strategies that help and some that have not worked for them regarding classroom arrangement, behavioral support, and instructional support. Since Michael has an IEP I would suggest that the new teacher to read over the IEP. When teaching students with IEP’s it is the teacher’s responsibility for planning, implementing, and monitoring educational plans to help the students succeed in school. The IEP describes the goals set for the students for the school year, as well as any special support the students may need to help them achieve those goals. According to an article “Getting to Know Students”, it informs us that “Before teachers can differentiate instruction to meet students' needs, they must get to know their students' interests, learning profiles and readiness to learn” (WV Department.)
How can I encourage active parent participation in IEP team meetings when parents seem complacent and nonconforming to collaboration?
Chloe's current goal states that given informational and literary texts, Chloe will display grade level decoding, fluency and comprehension through citing textual evidence, determining themes and key details, and explaining the meaning of figurative language in the text by consistently achieving a scaled score of 660 or higher on 2 out of 3 attempts on the STAR Reading Assessment by the end of the goal cycle with data collected through a curriculum based assessment.
I answered this question in the answer above. I will add that it is important to approach Mrs. Cowen with respect to the fact that she has been teaching for a long time and her presence is valued at the IEP. I would approach Ms. Jefferson in a non-overwhelming way. She is probably stressed just trying to get her feet on the ground as a first year teacher. I would make an effort to show her that I have the confidence she can be a great addition to the IEP meeting.
The No Child Left Behind (NCLB) law, the 2001 update of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act (Klein, 2015), was put into place to ensure that all students, regardless of disability label, would meet state mandated academic goals by the 2013-2014 school year. The law was a collaborative effort between both political parties on Capitol Hill, as well as key stakeholders in the civil rights and business groups. The aim of NCLB was to “advance American competitiveness and close the achievement gap between poor and minority students and their more advantaged peers” (Klein, 2015). NCLB required that each student population, which was to include each defined subgroup, must meet a measurable objective which would be set forth by the state.
Elementary and Secondary Education Act (ESEA)/No Child Left Behind (NCLB). The Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 (ESEA) and its reauthorization through the No Child Left Behind (NCLB) of 2001 have the purpose of raising achievement and closing achievement gaps. NCLB focuses on proficiency for all students within the general education curriculum with grade level content and authorizes problems that support eligible schools to raise the “academic achievement of struggling learners and address the complex challenges that arise among students who live with disability, mobility problems, learning difficulties, poverty, transience and the need to learn a second language” (IDEA, 2004, p.2) Similarly, IAT through interventions and RTI
Additionally, some of the work will be altered to fit the student’s ability level,but the student will have to accomplish the same objectives as their other classmates for each lesson. For example, the students that struggle with math will have math problems that do not include too many numbers(e.g negatives, fractions) that they will struggle with. The types of assistance that I will give students that struggle with math are manipulatives, copies of step-by-step procedures or task analysis,think alouds. In addition to this assistance, all of the students will have days when they can work to accomplish their IEP goals in a cooperative group setting. During cooperative groups or group assignments, resource students will be paired up with classmates that perform better in the subject area they are taking a resource
Students: My students are in a special education self-contained setting. The students’ grades range from 3rd – 5th, all of whom within the classroom has some form of learning disability; that ranges from dyslexia, auditory processing disorder, attention deficit with hyperactivity [ADHD] and attention deficit without hyperactivity [ADD]. Due to being a multi-grade class and a special education population, comprehending learned instruction is critical.
The modern classroom has many challenges that face it. Shrinking budgets, less parental involvement, higher expectations, and growing class sizes, just to name a few. If this list was not daunting enough you also have the special needs students that have an array problems in your classroom that need specialized attention, lessons and seating. There are many forms of diverse learners from students who suffer from ADHD to physical disabilities to students with autism to ones that are bullied in school. There are so many things going on in our students lives we sometimes forget they have lives, pressures and disabilities that affect their performance and attitude in our class that have a profound impact on how they learn. For this paper I
While there are so many different facets in managing a class of students with mixed abilities, by taking some basic measures teachers can manage the challenge effectively for the benefit of all. We can be certain that we have only begun to scratch the surface of the issues faced by teachers of classes with mixed ability students, but we hope we have provided some basic building blocks for individual instructors to start with. As instructors we have the responsibility to show respect and provide reasonable attention to all students and we feel strongly that utilizing the previously stated methodology is a start down a path to achieve such ends.