As a secondary English and Physical Education teacher I know that I will have teens in my classes with special needs. I want have access to sources that can help me as a general educator better make accommodations or modifications for students who need them in order to learn and understand the material I am covering in my classes. This website has sources under basically seven 'essential questions' that will prove useful to me as a future teacher.
Here are the three questions I researched and some helpful resources.
I learned that the purpose of the general educator's role on the IEP team is to get accurate, reliable data on the student's behavior and progress toward meeting his or her annual goals. This link to the Teacher Vision website provides more information about the general educators role. General Educators bring to the IEP team process a knowledge of:
- The general education context
- How the student with disabilities performs in a general education context.
- How the student interacts with his or her peers.
- The pace of the class.
- Other students.
- The dynamics of the class.
- Approaches for teaching the class as a whole.
As a student who came from basically an all white-Mormon school and community, I am a little nervous about how to address my future student's various cultures, values, and attitudes. I know that I personally do value diversity and other perspectives and opinions, but I am apprehensive simply because I am not very knowledgeable about other cultures and their customs. Since continuing my education at college I have learned about various cultures, religions, and perspectives, but am far from an expert. I appreciate sources like these that will help me to know what multicultural education looks like, and what a teacher should do in his or her classroom to show that they 1) value diversity, 2) conduct self-assessment, 3) manage the dynamics of difference, 4) acquire and institutionalize cultural knowledge, and 5) adapt to diversity and the cultural contexts of the communities they serve. The resource entitled Cultural Competence and Education defines cultural competence, describes why it is important, offers what researchers have said, describes how children benefit from cultural competence, and how I can get started in my own classroom. This website also has additional information.
A person will learn if they want to learn. I have heard in the past that a good teacher loves teaching and produces students who love learning. I do love learning but may not be the best student. My whole life I have received average grades, and feel that grades don't always reflect what someone has learned. However, sometimes students need assignments, and projects to help them learn a concept and formulate the basics in their mind. After this first layer of learning occurs it is up to the student usually to take it to the next level. They answer, "What do I do with this information?" Some students keep it long enough to pass the test. Other students, who I believe are truly motivated, know not only how to pass the test, but also know how to use their knowledge in other areas of life. The Northwest Regional Education Laboratory website contains a report titled Increasing Student Engagement and Motivation: From Time on Task to Homework that provides background on motivation and gives strategies for increasing student engagement and motivation.
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