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As a former special education teacher and administrator, I realize this is no small task!

Research shows that teacher candidates are right to be thoughtful about ways to prioritize collaboration time with their peers. Last Full Day of School ends at 2:36 p.m. PTO Spring Auction w/BBQ Dinner 5:30 p.m. Baseball-Softball sign-ups in café 6:00-7:30 p.m. Preschool A.M. Family Brunch at 9:00 a.m. Preschool P.M. Family Lunch at 11:30 a.m. -  Substitution, Augmentation, Modification, Redefinition  -.

How can technology help us to be more effective in getting to know our learners?

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Candidates also spoke to the importance of understanding each other, being open to different perspectives, and having peers with varied experience.

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If you aren't already familiar with it, the SAMR model, designed by Dr. Ruben Puentedura, helps us to articulate what we are actually doing (or can be doing) with our deliberate use of technology. If your assigned mentor isn't helpful or doesn't have time to help, you may need to seek out someone else.

SAMR model, designed by Dr. Ruben Puentedura, In Conversation with Lana Parker and Diane Vetter.

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An obvious statement, but something that we need to focus on nonetheless.

Pre-service candidates noted wanting to keep the lines of communication open. Independent Writing Ideas .

When we read together, Anna's decoding difficulties presented themselves and the cognitive energy she spent trying to decode drained her capacity for comprehension. Much later on in the school year, after receiving some training for Kurzweil, I decided that I'd use the text-to-speech software for Anna's next reading assessment and that she would have the same assessment as her grade 8 peers. The theme mentioned most by candidates was communication. In this case, technology clearly helped us to know our learner and we, of course, responded to our new understanding of Anna's learning profile by making access to technology a regular part of her program (not as easy in our school five or six years ago as it is today). Though teacher collaboration is a necessity in providing an appropriate education to students with special needs, a recent study by Intervention in School and Clinic reminds us that collaboration between general education teachers and special education teachers can be challenging — and is a topic on the minds of future educators. Share to Twitter Share to Facebook. In this case, technology clearly helped us to k, course, responded to our new understanding of Anna's learning profile by making access to technology a regular part of her program (not as easy in our school five or six years ago as it is today).

Fall Pictures beginning at 8:00 a.m. Thursday, August 30th . "Knowing our learners" through meaningful assessment is an area of focus for several boards, including the DPCDSB, of which I am a part. Special Education Resource Blogger. Using Collaborative Strategic Reading A primer from LD Online on the use of this strategy for teaching reading to students with learning disabilities.

Anna was working with grade 3 expectations in language and grade 4 expectations in mathematics and these significant modifications troubled me as her new SERT, several years ago. Lack of time is a known challenge in K-12 education, with almost 40% of special educators spending 20% or more of their time on paperwork.

Back to School Tips for Special Education Teachers An excellent resource from the above site. This tool uses JavaScript and much of it will not work correctly without it enabled.

'How Technology Helps us Know Our Learners'  first posted in "Effective Teaching and Learning in the Digital Age" on October 8th, 2015.

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Most veteran teachers enjoy helping new teachers, and many are paid extra to do so. © Frontline Technologies Group LLC. Sign up to receive leading education stories delivered to your inbox twice a month. Beyond the necessary elements of creating a welcoming, positive, inclusive and accepting learning environment we must also build rapport with our students on a personal level. Working with Anna taught me that.

Now, I understand that we don't regularly pat ourselves on the back over "almost a B-", but in this case we're talking about a student who was suddenly.

Family Reading Night 6:00 -8:00 p.m. Wednesday, March 27th Once I had spent a few minutes showing her how to use the software, Anna happily worked through her reading independently and with confidence.

This first experience really opened my eyes to the potential that digital tools have in unlocking our students' potential.

Without digital tools, it was fair to say that Anna could only access the curriculum at the late primary or early junior level.

As a special education teacher I am drawn to digital tools that bridge the gap for students who have severe difficulty demonstrating their learning with traditional methods, but all learners can benefit from the chance to express themselves and their learnings through digital tools. Log in to create and rate content, and to follow, bookmark, and share content with other members.

Please feel free to look around. Teaching Methods; Teaching Students with Special Needs Book Fair in Room 1. To be effective educators, we must know our students. [2] Finding ways to clarify communication and workflow around a common system may be beneficial.

Now, I understand that we don't regularly pat ourselves on the back over "almost a B-", but in this case we're talking about a student who was suddenly assessed at grade level, even though her individual education plan suggested significant modifications were necessary, and was able to demonstrate an understanding that was very much on par with her grade level peers. “Having time for productive conversations” was considered important among study participants in both general and special education.

[1], Source of data: Berry, B., Daughtrey, A., & Wieder, A.

The third recurring theme was a concern about gaps in knowledge negatively affecting collaboration between teachers.

Texthelp, in particular, is an excellent tool that Anna didn't have the chance to use because we simply didn't have the software yet - more on Texthelp next time.

Important Resources for Reopening Schools. Success #1 - Anna: Anna was a grade 8 student who had been on an IEP for several years. September 2012 Events at Wingo Elementary School, Updated August / September Events at Wingo Elementary, April Happenings at Wingo Elementary School, Cub Scout sign-ups 6:30 p.m. in cafeteria, Hunter Education 6:00 – 9:00 p.m. in café. This theme included issues related to relationship and conflict management.

Though teacher collaboration is a necessity in providing an appropriate education to students with special needs, a recent study by Intervention in School and Clinic reminds us that collaboration between general education teachers and special education teachers can be challenging — and is a topic on the minds of future educators. The software would also allow Anna to type her responses. Working with Anna taught me that we must understand the needs of our learners in order to address them: effective use of digital tools helps us do both!

After scoring her typed assessment, Anna's classroom teacher confirmed that she had scored a "high level 2", which would basically put her around the C+ range - almost a B-. Thursday, February 23rd                                 1st Grade Family Brunch at 9:00 a.m.

In addition to the barrier of time when it comes to effective communication, research shows that there may be a language barrier between general and special education teachers, especially around the terms inclusion, remediation and differentiated instruction. The majority of resource teachers work with children that have mild or moderate disabilities by using existing traditional teaching methods that have been modified from the general education curriculum to meet each student's individual needs. Collaboration: Closing the effective teaching gap. Besides Kurzweil, tools like Texthelp Read and Write Gold are excellent text-to-speech tools that many school boards are now making available to all learners. First of all, we draw upon the reality that, with today's technology, we simply can't limit our students to paper pencil tasks.

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even though her individual education plan suggested significant modifications were necessary, and was able to demonstrate an understanding that was very much on par with her grade level peers. Early on in the school year, the classroom teacher and I looked at Anna's written work and had to agree that based on her paper-pencil work, Anna's IEP seemed accurate for writing. If we want to get the most accurate and fair evaluation and expression of what our students know, and who they are, we will have to find ways to implement technology in deliberate and meaningful ways.

While the team members continue to tweet their experiences (follow us @HCTLLP) en route to writing blog posts that chronicle their classroom experiences, I'll regularly highlight some of the most successful instances of technology implementation from my role as a Special Education Resource Teacher, past and present- please note that I'll be using pseudonyms for my students' names.

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