SERGE Special Education Resources for General Educators http://serge.ccsso.org/essential_questions.html
This website is a great resource for general education
teachers to help provide additional information about how to make sure that all
students are receiving an equitable learning experience in the classroom. There are seven essential questions on this
website and I have focused on three of those questions, of which you will find
below.
WHAT INSTRUCTIONAL METHODS WILL HELP ME MAKE SURE THAT ALL
MY STUDENTS LEARN?
o
First, if a method doesn’t work for a general
education student then it isn’t going to work for a student who has a
disability.
o
Second, remember that not all students learn at
the same rate.
o
Third, all students may require specific types
of experiences to maximize their ability to learn.
o
Fourth, know how to locate researched-based
teaching strategies will help you be more efficient
o
Fifth and what I feel most important. Collaboration! Collaborate with the student’s special
education teacher to help provide you with more information and instructional
strategies that may be more effective for that particular child.
HOW DO I MANAGE MY CLASSROOM TO OPTIMIZE LEARNING?
o
Classroom environment (physical structure of the
learning environment and the intricacies of learning like expectations,
interactions, motivation, and behavior.)
o
Continuously monitor and make adjustments to
classroom and routines
o
Classroom management
o
Rules and procedures
o
Disciplinary interventions
o
Teacher-student relationships
o
Mental set
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To improve your classroom management
o
Constantly working to create a learning environment
in which all students feel safe and appropriately challenged.
o
Learning opportunities are organized and delivered
in ways that allow all students to succeed.
HOW DO STUDENTS’ DEVELOPMENT AND LIFE EXPERIENCES AFFECT
LEARNING?
o
Classrooms challenges and rewards that affect
their learning
o
Different cultures
o
Different
background
o
Different
learning styles
o
Jon Snyder, American
Association of Colleges of Teacher Education Meeting, Dean of Bank Street
College, two “take aways” about teachers responsibilities.
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Children do things for a reason and to
understand that a teacher’s job is to figure out those reasons and to use that
knowledge to create contexts that support the growth and development of their
students.
o
All human beings are vulnerable and bring with
them both risks and protective factors.
The teacher’s job is to create contexts that alleviate the risks and
enrich the protective factors to support the growth and development of their
students.
o
As you investigate the possible reasons for a
child’s development or learning, be mindful that there are a variety of lenses
through which you can view this child.
Some of those lenses are:
o
Level of development
o
Learning preferences
o
Spoken language
o
Culture
o
Background
o
Gender
o
Religious beliefs
o
Peer groups
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