Summary
Shakela Bryant is special education teacher for middle school grades sixth through eighth at Carrington Middle School in Durham, North Carolina. This is Ms. Bryant’s third year at Carrington and her fourth year teaching. Ms. Bryant is an inclusion (co-teacher) and resource 6th grade teacher. An inclusion teacher provides support to students’ with disability in the general education setting. As an inclusion teacher, Ms. Bryant takes turns teaching English/Language Arts (ELA) with the three general education teachers she has been assigned to and also carries out other duties. These duties consist of curriculum modification, individualization of assessments, small group work, and pull-outs. Ms. Bryant also teaches a 6th grade resource
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Bryant is an inclusion teacher. Therefore, she has to collaborate with regular education teachers. When asked about how she collaborates with her general education colleagues, Ms. Bryant stated she meets with them weekly. During weekly meeting they discuss upcoming and previous assignments, modifying assignments and progress monitoring. Ms. Bryant was also asked the value of her input from team members. Ms. Bryant feels her general education team members value her input this school year and consider her as an asset. However, this was not the case in previous years. She said they started to realize they legal ramifications of not following IEP’s and need her assistance with abiding by the rules and procedures of special …show more content…
Bryant thinks inclusion is a wonderful idea for both students and teachers. Students with disabilities have the opportunity to learn from their non-disable peers. They learn proper social skills such as how to conduct themselves in the classroom environment. Furthermore, regular education students learn to work with and understand that students with disabilities are people too. They deserve the same respect and fair treatment. Ms. Bryant said she learns different teaching styles and techniques from going into different classrooms. She uses some of them in her resource class.
One of the duties for a special education teacher is to provide support to students who experience difficulties. Ms. Bryant states that she uses 21st skills in her lessons, provide one on one support, reteach materials and student input to address learning problems in her classroom.
Finally, Ms. Bryant was asked how she feels about students with intellectual and learning disabilities being required to take the same End of Grade Test (EOG) as their non-disabled counterparts. She finds the situation to be unfair. Students who read on a first or second grade level have to take 6th grade EOG’s does not make any sense. Furthermore, does not accurately measure their progress. She believes they should be test on their ability instead of grade level. Student success will be accurately measured and they will feel like they have accomplished something.
The team proposes Dylan’s eligibility category as {OHI, AU, SED}, provided intensive intervention for Reading in a resource setting, frequency of special education, educational placement, annual goals for Dylan’s functional skills that will address his targeted behaviors, for weaknesses in reading and writing , BOG/EOG testing accommodations/implementations for ELA/Reading and Math. In addition to, ESY was not warranted. Based on evaluation report and prior classroom assessments and performance, Dylan’s exhibits difficulties functionally and academically to include reading comprehension and writing skills. The IEP decided that {OHI, AU, SED} would be Dylan’s eligibility category within a “Regular” educational setting to address his weakness for reading comprehension and writing skills in the least restricted environment possible at this time.
Scenario 1: It is very important that all students have access to the Tier 1 Core Instruction provided by the teacher. When I read chapter 1 in the textbook, it states that core classroom reading instruction provided to all students is based on scientific reading research(Vaughn, S. R., Bos, C. S., & Schumm, J. S. 2017). Teachers provide the core instruction at the level of instruction and should be able to meet almost all the needs of the students in the classroom. My first step of action would be to reach out to the Special Education teacher and see what supports they are giving to the students when they are taking them.
The Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA) requires that a continuum of placement options be able to meet the needs of students with disabilities. Years of research have contributed to our knowledge of how to successfully include students with disabilities in general education classes. In my opinion, children who are differently abled should not be included in the general education classroom because of their level of learning, their need for special attention and need to feel comfortable. Children who are differently abled should be in an environment where learning is going at their pace and level. Teachers use a curriculum-based assessment to systematically assess their students'
Ms. Smith, a teacher from from Sample Elementary School, has been teaching elementary education for ten years and teaching the fourth grade at her current school for four years. In Smith’s opinion, Sample School has a special education program that is compliant and effective. Each year she has students with both Individualized Education Programs (IEP) and 504 plans. During an interview with Smith, she explains the process students must go through prior to being evaluated for special education. In addition, she lists the resources Sample School provides for her students with exceptional needs.
An IEP is “a written document designed to meet the educational needs of each student with disabilities” (Principles of IDEA,
In the last few decades, there has been a significant shift from special education to inclusive education around the globe (Mittler, 2000). Inclusive education can be described as a process of addressing and responding to the diversity of needs of all learners through
Making sure the correct ratio of each child to a teacher is done always so each child has a caretaker to give the children the proper attention they need. I show great confidence and a positive attitude for any program I 'm a part of. All parents, guardians, and other members of the community must know how rewarding and educational the center they are sending their children to is. I recognize signs and symptoms of potential physical abuse, neglect or sexual abuse. I am
However, every student has the right to be included in an everyday classroom with non-special needs students. The following paper will present and explain inclusion’s purpose, its benefits for both special and non-special needs students, as well as its drawbacks. Literature Review This thesis paper will be carried out with the help of online research, and investigations as well as books. The Wisconsin Education Association Council (WEAC) defines inclusion as “a term which expresses commitment to educate each child, to the maximum extent appropriate, in the school and classroom he or she would otherwise attend.” Develop more this point
The failure to implement full inclusion appropriately has numerous detrimental effects on the parties involved. One disadvantage for full inclusion is that the socialization part precedes the academic component, notwithstanding the fact that it should not be the primary goal of education. Inclusion movements aim to make disabled students look normal, overlooking the issue of whether they are undertaking educational programs or not. This can have a negative effect on the academic progress of students with disabilities because important skills are not taught for the sake of the learner making physical presence in a full inclusion classroom. Fox (2013) claims that there is a need for disabled students to reap maximum benefits from this integration.
I spent my fifteen hours observing two special education classrooms at Sulphur Intermediate School. One focused on math and the other on reading, though many of the children I observed worked in both classrooms. The students were in the third, fourth, and fifth grades. Most of the students had mild to moderate disabilities and simply needed extra help in reading, math, or both subjects. They did not stay for the entire day, but rather came for certain periods.
Introduction The goal of inclusive education is to ensure that all children (with or without disabilities) learn together in regular schools, colleges and universities
Henry Ford once said, “Coming together is a beginning; keeping together is progress. Working together is success” (Brainy Quote). From here, the concept of inclusive education, including students with and without learning disabilities as peers in the same classroom, originated. The aim of this type of education is to get students with learning disabilities involved in the society. Teachers and fellow students will also provide help for students with disabilities; in this way, students with learning disabilities will be motivated to study as they feel that they are a part of a group instead of being isolated in special places.
There are at least 7 billion people in the world and they’re all equal, but some are different, and their rights are limited due to their differences. Rights for disabled people, especially students, are important to their education as it is to their non-disabled counterparts. Each and every student deserves the same kind of education, despite their inability, and no-one should be left out. Every student has the right to learn and is equals; no-one is different, but at the same time, no-one is the same. Students with disabilities have the same rights as those without because the government created acts to protect and prevent discrimination for disabled students, schools are required to provide disabled students with the same kind of education as those without, and there are organizations that strongly advocate for disability culture, community, and pride.
A challenge with inclusive education is the way some teachers see students who have disabilities. If these students are seen as limited potential then they will not succeed. According to the AusVELS guidelines for Students with Disabilities (2014), a student with disabilities is not underachieving, but they merely have a learning struggle, which may require extra support from teachers and possible adjustments to tasks in order to accomplish what other students without learning difficulties can do on their own. This argument is also mentioned in The Disability Discrimination Act (1992) which describes that inclusion “implies a shift from seeing the child as the problem to seeing the education system as the problem.” This is both a challenge and a potential teaching strategy.
There is no more important issue -that causes controversy in special education among administrators, teachers, and parents- than inclusion. Inclusion is the philosophy or belief that brings educators, students, families, and community members together to schools and other social institutions based on admission, affiliation, and community. In theory, inclusion in practiced in schools to create collaborative, development, and supportive environments for learners that are based on giving all students the accommodations and services that they need to learn, as well as respecting and learning from each other’s individual differences. Inclusion is not necessarily just focused on the disable students. When it is applied correctly, it will help the