For the most part, The GREAT intervention is taught to the participants how it was designed by the law enforcement officers who created the program. In order to determine if the GREAT program is being implemented as designed, interviews, observations, and surveys must be conducted by the personnel from the Department of Justice. First, the population that the program targeted are students in elementary and middle school, which is the group of individuals that often participate in the GREAT intervention. Also, the classrooms that are part of the intervention are selected by the school’s administrators and the students need to get permission from their parents before participating. Both these steps are conducted immediately by both the school’s staff and students. Furthermore, all of the thirteen lessons of the intervention are taught by the certified GREAT instructors and they are all taught within one hour just as planned. All of the instructors took part in all of the training courses needed to teach this intervention effectively and accurately. A major component of this program is to have teachers facilitate the program with the GREAT instructors. When teachers are involved during the GREAT lectures, the lessons are conducted more smoothly, students are more attentive to the context of the lectures, and the participants are more respectful towards the instructors (Esbensen et al., 2011). In the classes that do not have the full support and attention of the teachers, the
Response to Intervention (RtI) came about initially in answer to the over-identification of struggling students as special education students. It was developed starting in the late 1970s by numerous researchers seeking a method of identifying learning disabilities that avoids the problems of the discrepancy model. Many educators were concerned that too many students were being identified as having a learning disability, not because they actually had one, “but because they had not been successful in a general education program” (Prasse, 2010). Many were also concerned that students with a true learning disability were not receiving the help they needed quickly enough. Before RtI, the accepted
This paper focuses on the Response to Intervention. As educators we are hearing RTI more frequently in the school districts than ever before. Many educators and state officials agree that all teachers should know and get to know the benefits and importance of RTI. The most crucial aspect to know is the RTI takes place into the regular childhood classroom; this is not something that just special education teachers need to know. This paper explains the purpose and a brief history of RTI. The paper offers ways that it is beneficial for school districts to implement this research based program. However, as in many systems there are always challenges, the paper briefly discusses some of the challenges that educators
Reinforces important lesson concepts and prepares students for the next lesson. Loops back to the objective and involves students.
Intervention Central is a free online resource for teachers and school districts to use for the implementation of intervention in or outside of the classroom while following the Common Core State Standards. Jim Wright, a psychologist and school administrator out of New York, created Intervention Central in hopes that the website would help offer high quality RTI in even the lowest budgeted schools. The website offers a wide variety of tools for teachers to use for academic and behavioral interventions as well as assessments and informative articles. Intervention Central also offers training videos and webinars on many different topics. The site breaks the intervention process activities down by subject and subject areas.
The United States Department of Justice, the Department of Homeland Security, and local departments provide financial support for the GREAT program, which enables this intervention to function at its full capacity. A supporter agent for this particular program is the school’s administrators because this intervention can possibly lower discipline issues within school grounds and create a safer atmosphere for students to learn. A third benefactor and strong supporter of the GREAT intervention are the participant’s parents or guardian. The parents are extremely likely to support this intervention because it can potentially help their child if they are at risk of joining a criminal gang, which can negatively impact their child’s life and future. Also, the GREAT intervention teaches its participants other important life skills that parents may want their child to
Interventions are delivered by qualified and skilled teachers and other specialists who are experts in their field, thus allowing adaptations to be made in the teaching to suit the individual child, allowing the child to learn, apply and reflect on their learning.
My time spent in the Clinical setting, so far, has been extremely inciteful as to how to become a better educator in a classroom setting. Through the data I collected I was able to connect Borich’s Seven Variables of learning to the students. By being in the clinical setting for nearly two months, I have been exposed to new ways of thinking when it comes to structuring a classroom and instructing a classroom. Within this reflection you will find out how I would better plan an effective lesson for the pupils in my future classroom. You will also discover what I will do about certain issues in the classroom and how I will address/fix them.
Rain in a Dry Land is a documentary about two Somalian Bantu families who are given the opportunity to relocate to the United States in 2004 for a new start after living ten years in a Kenyan refugee camp. These families had to flee their homes to escape the constant warfare that had plagued their area; as a result they ended up in a refugee camp. The one family had their two daughters lost to them because of the attack on their people in their village. These two families enter America with some knowledge about the country, but no actual experience, therefore these people enter as Muslim, immigrants and of a completely different culture than Americans are used to. The two families have to learn to work in America, to school their children
The chosen signature assessment, Personal Position Paper, is an assignment from EDUU 602, Positive Behavioral Supports. This signature assessment expresses the Program Learning Outcome (PLO) number 1, Ethics, which demonstrates knowledge of ethical standards of teaching. The course was a study of theories, practices, and ethical issues in modifying and remediating behavior with emphasis on creating positive, productive school climates and implementing effective, positive and respectful applied behavior analysis techniques. The course included a minimum of 25 hours of authentic field experience. The books used for EDUU 602 were, Comprehensive classroom management: Creating communities of support and solving problems
These results indicate that in North Carolina negative behaviors in the future are preventable. The instructing officers stated that it improved their relationships with the children, the school, and the community as a whole, which shows that the program is working (National Institution of Justice).
The purpose of Response to Intervention is early detection and identification of learning concerns of students and the development of an individualized plan that addresses the appropriate prescription for resolving the students’ academic or behavioral issue. In our twenty-first century learning communities, students are required to participate and are engaged in educational activities that may challenge their ability to grasp the concept in manners conducive to their learning styles. Schools are challenged to examine their methods of instruction to meet the needs of all children making them successful in all areas of academic content. “A quality school is a place where students learn to think and apply knowledge to new situations, where students are involved in and excited about their learning, where students make individual gains in process and knowledge, where adults know they care about individual students,
Which could make it easier for the teacher to focus on his students individually if the class has fewer students. The teacher also organized the desks, by grouping students into groups of four. As a result, the students can communicate with each other more efficiently. This was shown when a student could not answer a question correctly. The teacher asked other students to volunteer to help the other student answer the question. In addition, the teacher also mentioned a situation in which a student needs to have the teacher facing her to better understand the lesson the teacher is teaching. The teacher adds that the student could read lips. Furthermore, there was a student who needed more assistance from the teacher and a personal aid. The teacher described the student as having Asperger’s and a combination of other conditions which inhibit his ability to have an average development. To help the student, the teacher explained to his other students the struggles of the student faces on a daily basis. Moreover, the skills which to possess one day, is the ability to quickly recognize when a student is struggling in class and act quickly to make sure a struggling child could get help. Which I am sure, I could pick up with experience as an
It is argued that there are 4 elements critical to the effectiveness of the instructional process: 1. the learner, 2. the teacher, 3. the home, and 4. the academic programs and the physical facilities at the school. These are interdependent and interactive and must function in unison for effective teaching to take place. The teacher's primary responsibility is to help
The clinician will integrate multiple theories that will support a single group of researchers who conducted a case study that proposed the two theories with the purpose of obtaining the most current information regarding language difficulties, social communication difficulties, and the outcomes it provides when working with school-age children. The theories identified during this research were Biological Maturation and Social Interactionism. The clinician will further indicate the relationship between neuronal function in the process of language and the theory selected.
determining if teaching was effective and to determine how appropriate modifications and adaptations can be made to improve future instruction (Dreyer, 2014:7).