Teaching Learning 2

Can you see your selves in some of the animals characteristics in the video?

Students?

Challenges to meeting these needs:

NCLB=Highly Qualified Teacher in CURRICULUM AREA

More EC students will be in regular classroom for instruction

Schools will have to plan how to deliver Curriculum Instruction while also providing the specialized instruction from HQ EC teacher required by IDEIA.

Suggestions that have been given to your principals:

• Co-Teaching Model with content teacher being the teacher of record
• Academic Support with Re-Teach, content teacher teacher of record not listed as academic support class.
• Utilization of Plato/Virtual Public HS-High School
• Core class presents information EC students participate from EC classroom through technology
• Accommodations

• caseloads are becoming larger
• no money to spend on materials and technology
• High Stakes testing and accountability standards
• Shortage of planning time
• Diverse needs of students
• needing a life outside of school

Universal Design for Learning

"It has been said many times that if a person from the 1800's were to observe our culture, the only thing that would look the same would be our schools" NCAC Brief-Access, Participation and Progress towards the General Curriculum

Architects have learned that DESIGNING buildings with needs of diverse users in mind works better than retrofitting as needed

Example: curb cut outs put in for wheelchair users, benefit a large variety of other users as well.

UDL Classroom

"includes a range of options for accessing, using and engaging with materials" Rose & Meyer 2002

no single option will work with all students

Classroom Furniture Arrangement

• Space for Individualized Instruction or Remediation
• Access between desks for students who need more space
• Easy Access by students to different instructional aids and materials
• Space for students to work independently with few distractions
• Allow for collaborative work between students

Curriculum

What do we want students to LEARN?

What is PURPOSE of assignment?

Once goal is in place, students can then choose the way to demonstrate mastery of goal in ways that meet their needs, as long as goal is not comprimised.

Tools

Writing

• Pencil grips
• markers
• dark lined paper
• premade outlines
• carbon paper
• electronic dictionaries
• word processors
• software
• keyboarding
• livescrcibe pen

Inspiration

Access Apps

Word Prediction Software

Reading

• color overlays
• magnifiers
• copies made on different colored paper
• attention focusers
• eletronic dictionaries
• audiobooks
• whisper phones
• screen readers

Alternate Methods of Demonstration

• pictures
• movies
• audio
• models/replication
• oral reports

Math

• Number lines
• Manipulatives
• Abbacus
• Calculator
• Graph paper
• Mulitplication Chart
• Hundreds Chart
• colored pencils
• Equation Editor

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• pictures
• movies
• audio
• models/replication
• oral reports