Successful Student Essay

After watching the two AAIDD videos, my perspective on self-determination has grown. I never realized before just how important self-determination was to a student who has intellectual or developmental disabilities’ ability to succeed. Teachers and parents should provide a supportive environment that will foster these self-determination skills such as goal setting. By setting their own goals, they are working on developing skills that will help them have a higher quality of life later as they transition

see how a college classroom operates from a professor’s perspective. I took this course as a way to learn more about secondary and higher education, for my hopes are to teach high school for four years and transition to a college setting to work in student affairs. In my position as a Community Advisor through Residential Education and Housing, we are taught the importance of creating a community for our floor and the building we work in. With this background, I spent most of my time this semester thinking

emotionally safe classroom environment by providing targeted, positive feedback on successful elements of work in conjunction with suggestions for improvement. Positive classrooms have many ways of acknowledging students’ capabilities (for example, through teacher comments and display of students’work). High expectations of students, combined with support, encouragement, and opportunities for success help affirm students’ accomplishments in noncompetitive ways Linda Darling-Hammond, Suzanne Orcutt, Karen

keep the building in good repair and to provide updated technology and materials for the students and teachers at this school. The classroom is comprised of nine boys and nine girls. The ethnicities in the classroom include Caucasians, Hispanics, African Americans, Asians, and one student who identifies as mixed. One student receives resources for speech therapy; eight of the students in the class are

Should high test scores allow students to opt out of high school? Allowing students to opt out of high school is allowing them to opt out of maturing. High school holds the richest lessons for students to learn, lessons not restricted to knowledge on a class subject but leads to knowledge about themselves. Permitting students to omit themselves from high school prevents the development of their self and alters their quality of life for the worse, setting the student on a path leading to failure post

identified as a student with Emotional Behavior Disorders (EBD) upon enrolling to kindergarten. He has attended 7 schools throughout his educational career due to his behavioral issues as well as his family moving. During this time frame various strategies have been implemented to determine the most appropriate learning environment for Wally. Issue The issue in the case Where to Place Wally is whether or not the district took all of the appropriate steps to prove that Wally could not be successful in a general

XpertRule and Ethical Issues The range of applications for XpertRule system to manufacturing, marketing, and sales is so wide. The system is wide ranging as helping a banker in making financial decisions to helping university advisors and university students to plan and schedule appointments. For example, in a financial service industry, XpertRule system can be used by bankers as an advisory system to help make decisions on whether to make a loan available to individuals or businesses. Globalization

and experiences to learn from. As students are entering adulthood, they are faced with new responsibilities and copious amounts tough decisions to make. One decision that all students face is whether or not to live on campus. The differences between living on and off campus in college are striking and they deserve thorough examination. When living on campus it is inevitable that the placement of your dorm will make you feel more connected to the other students, and a part of the community. This

a Bachelor’s Degree in Exceptional Student Education k-12 from Miami Dade College and a Master’s Degree from Florida International University. She also has Endorsements in both Reading k-12 and ESOL k-12. She has spent her career motivating and supporting lower performing students with her tenacious personality by helping them ignite their fire for knowledge. Mrs. Spell began her career as a paraprofessional working passionately and unwearyingly with students with emotional behavior disorders at

As a current student at Aims, I have learned a lot and am excited to continue my journey towards successful completion of my degree. I have had great experiences with all my instructors, received some great tutoring help and have made new friends for the future. I have been enrolled at Aims for over a year and have only had one issue: getting assigned to an advisor. Over time I have seen 4 advisors and have been asked multiple times who my advisor is. My response is still the same; I do not have