The Three Classroom Settings For Micah

In public schools across the United States, students with special needs are placed in self-contained and resource classrooms in an attempt to facilitate effective teaching and learning practices. However, for some students, the physical placement of self-contained classrooms in and of itself is cause for concern and can impede the learning process (Jones & Hensley, 2012). When students feel isolated or stigmatized by their school environment, their confidence and self-determination levels can be negatively impacted, thereby, diminishing academic progress.

While writing this article, I also learned new techniques, like: sitting the child with a role model student around; to ignore when they are acting out to get my attention (my students act out a lot to get my attention); to try to make him raise his hand if he wants to express himself and being understood; to send daily/weekly progress reports home; and other accommodations. I honestly believe that these techniques can help me much more in the classroom. For this reason, I will be talking with my director and parents to implement some of them. Maybe they will help my children in their homes

Jacob is in the 5th-grade, whom has been diagnosed with ADHD and an emotional/behavioral disorder. He has trouble identifying with children his own age. He can be very aggressive and speaks very loudly. Academically Jacob is currently on a third grade level. He has become very frustrated with school and does not recognize the importance of an education. Because of his frustrations, he will have temper tantrums. Jacob needs constant help throughout the day working through his emotional/behavioral issues (Case Study). This paper will summarize and discuss why or why not an inclusive, resource, or self-contained classroom would provide the best placement for Jacob, and discuss related services, technology, and collaboration models for each possible

To begin, over the course of this semester, I had the opportunity to conduct my history classroom observations at Sierra Vista High. This high school is a public school located in Baldwin Park and is part of the Baldwin Park Unified School District. Sierra Vista High School has a student population of 1,895 students. The student population consists of 90 percent Hispanic, 6 percent Asian, 3 percent Filipino, and 1 percent white. These demographics were shared by the vice principal of the high school. While I was at Sierra Vista High School, I was given the chance to analyze and observe three history teachers. Thus, in this paper I will discuss and share my experiences observing the

The teacher or teaching assistant would need to make sure that the child sat at the front of the class. The person leading the lesson would have to ensure that their face is clearly visible and background noise should be kept to a minimum. Teaching the child in a small group or individually would be a benefit and a quite area should be found for this. The teacher should try and limit the time spent talking in group sessions to a minimum and ensure that they have visual aids available as well as writing key words on the board for the child. The other children in the class should be encouraged to

My observation this semester is in a self-contained classroom for students with emotional and behavioral disorders. The class is taught by one special education teacher who is assisted by a teaching aide. The desks are spaced out from one another, allowing each student a lot of room to move around. I believe the desks are arranged this way so that the students have limited contact with one another. There are books and games on a shelf that the students are allowed to use during break time. There are also two computers that they may use during breaks or after they have completed their work. In one corner of the room, there are two bean bags and a sign that says quiet zone. The students are taught reading, math, and language arts in this room. They go to an inclusion room for science and social studies. They eat lunch in the cafeteria with the rest of the fifth-grade students. They also leave this room every day to attend related arts with the rest of the student body.

In the educational world, there are countless programs, curricula, strategies, manipulates, and resources for teachers to pull from in order to aide in the teaching of concepts and learning of students. Whatever method(s) a school or district has deemed best practice, or adopted as their curriculum, tend to be the instructional practices or resources utilized the most by those teachers. Additionally, teachers will also have preference to teaching styles, resources, and materials they use for their students. While autonomy in any classroom is important to students’ academic growth, one must also be careful to select and implement instructional with great intention and purpose. Consideration to students needs is equally important as the mandate of teaching standards and demonstrating proficiency amongst students. Even when teaching non-disabled students, it can be time consuming and overwhelming to plan lessons so just how much more is involved when planning for students with significant disabilities (SD)? Better yet, what are appropriate instructional strategies to use for students with SD? Regardless of the instructional setting, these are considerations that must be given when teaching students with SD in order to maximize their learning opportunities to learn

Amy Caesar’s lecture advocates for constructionist education as she believes the new era of 21st-century learning entailing creativity exists now. Specifically, she supports the alternative education system and outlines the various forces that have attempted to hinder the actualization of DL learning such as the teachers union and the ministry of education. Overall, Caesar spotlights the importance of utilizing knowledge in a manner that is applicable and flexible to all members of society.

Personally, “The Sanctuary of School” offers the strongest conflict. Namely, the conflict of Man v. Society, because troubled children like Lynda Barry contend with those who think before and after school programs are unimportant.

The Sanctuary of School In Lynda Barry’s essay, “The Sanctuary of School”, she tries to reach out to young adults and help older adults analyze what they detect social situations. In the essay, Barry views through eyes of young people. She reaches out in hopes to help troubled children by sharing her story believing it can be relatable to the audience. She uses different techniques to make the reader think of ways the audience used to cope during tough times.

For my field placement this semester I have been placed in School Lane Charter school located in Bensalem, PA. This charter school takes great measures in making sure their students get the best quality education. School Lane is an inclusive school, which means that students with or without disabilities are able to learn together, in the most least restrictive environment. I am placed in a first grade classroom this semester in Ms. Cameron’s room. The student who I chose to observe is Ben. Mrs. Cameron picked this student for me because it appears that he has some academic struggles followed by some deficits in social interaction and repetitive behavior such as, rocking back and forth. However, he has yet to be evaluated thus

<Cultural>Have him work in small groups with other children on assignments or have him partner read when appropreaite.

The multidisciplinary team has suggested that since Roger has an unfamiliar environment, he may not be adapting very well. An Individualized Education Program (IEP) was prepared. Topic areas to discuss included communication, socialization, cognitive and academics. The completed IEP stated that the strategy used would include ABA techniques and the pivotal response teaching method to improve social communications and continued placement in general education. Additional factors of the IEP included the assurance of a structured and routine environment, and Roger’s desk would be moved away from the air conditioner. In school, support would involve Roger going to the counselor’s office as a home base to avoid the noisy lunch and recess environment. Additional support would include family educational sessions with the counselor (Taylor, Smiley, & Richards,

Mr. Voss offers a relaxed, but also challenging classroom environment on a daily basis. He is very interested in the topics covered in class, but also adds his own humor to the AP curriculum. His class is very fun and engaging, and also prepares for the AP Exam in May. Mr. Voss expects for all of his students to work to their full potential and he genuinely cares about his students and is willing to help out students that are having trouble in the class. Every year he has these inside jokes and puns that he makes which are absolutely hilarious. Everyday I truly looked forward to going to his class, and Mr. Voss got me more interested in learning about US History. I now watch history based YouTube videos just because of the class. Mr. Voss has

For my practicum placement, I observed at P.S.8 The Isaac Varian School, which is a part of the New York City Public Schools district, located in the Bronx. The school is grades kindergarten through 5th, with inclusion classrooms with students with special needs. Some classrooms are special needs classrooms and other are inclusion classrooms. The classroom that I observed in was an inclusion classroom. There were two teachers in the classroom, with about 30 or so kids. The instructional mode of the teachers, was to have the students come to the meeting area in front of the room, and they would brainstorm what the lesson that they were learning would be about. Then they would teach the students the lesson, practice some problems together as