Getting Started

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Getting Started!

• The 10 Most Important Things
• for Teachers to Do

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Mindy Stevens
Mary Reed
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1. Plan the Schedule

• Check the school schedule and calendar
• Design a classroom schedule
• Develop individual student schedules
• Adults need schedules too!

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Monday
Thursday
Morning Routine
Morning Routine
Morning Routine
Morning Routine
Morning Routine
815-830
Reading, Language Arts
Reading, Language Arts
Reading, Language Arts
Reading, Language Arts
Reading, Language Arts
830-1030
Physical Education
Snack, Play break
Snack, Play break
Snack, Play break
Snack, Play break
1030-1100
Art 1100 1140
Snack, Play break
1100 -1200
Math
Math
Math
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Story Time 1140 - 1200
1200-1230
Lunch
Lunch
Lunch
Lunch
Lunch
Social Studies
Social Studies
Media Center
1230 130
Science
Science
Learning Centers
Learning Centers
Social skills groups
130-200
Music
Math
Classroom jobs
Classroom jobs
Classroom jobs
Classroom jobs
Classroom jobs
215-230
Prep to go home, Dismissal
Prep to go home, Dismissal
Prep to go home, Dismissal
Prep to go home, Dismissal
Prep to go home, Dismissal
215-230
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Student Schedule

• Put away back pack
• Attendance
• Pledge of Allegiance
• Morning show

Morning Routine

• Schedule card

815 830
Language Arts

• Vocabulary
• Spelling book page 27

• Vocabulary sheet
• Spelling book
• Pencil

830 1030

• Speech 1000 1030

• Read pages 17-23 with a friend
• Write answers to comprehension questions

• Reading book
• Notebook
• Pencil

Reading
1030 1100

• Flash card practice
• Measurement activity
• Computer drill

• Flashcards
• Measuring cups
• Beans

1100 - 1200
Math
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• Sit at table 5
• Gameboy when finished eating

• Lunch box
• Gameboy

Lunch
1200- 1230

• Potato vines activity
• Identifying plant parts

• Activity materials in science center

1230 130
Science
Center time

• Computer

• Permission slip, signed by parents

130 215

• Social skills group 145-215

• Homework
• Feed Rusty
• Bathroom
• Go to bus

• Backpack
• Guinea pig food

Dismissal
215-230
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Mrs. Johnsons Monday
Monday
Time
Class Activity
Assignment

• Assist late arriving students
• Deliver attendance to office

Morning Routine
815 830

• group 1 review vocabulary words
• Assist students with seat work
• Make work copies for math activity
• Prep for student snack

Language Arts
830 1030

• Assist students with snack and clean up\supervise
  restroom break
• Facilitate reading activity with John and 3rd
  grade peers

1030 1100
Reading

• Set up and supervise measurement activity
• Review practice drill with David and Sam
• Assist students to prepare for lunch

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Math
1100 - 1200

• Supervise lunch activities

Lunch
1200- 1230
Social Studies

• Support David and Chris in 3rd grade class
  activities facilitate social interaction with
  peers

1230 130
Center time
130 215

• Supervise students with gathering materials and
  belongings
• Assist students riding buses 3041 and 7271 to
  dismissal point

Dismissal
215-230
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2. Organize the Physical Space
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filing cabinets
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student schedules
storage
play/recreation area
student learning materials
storage
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filing cabinets
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student shcedules
storage
play/recreation area
student learning materials
storage
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3. Plan Lessons

• Review IEPs
• Instructional groupings

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Group Instructional Activity
Creating community map posters to be displayed in
the front office. Students will create maps of
the school neighborhood and community as a class
project
Student
Instructional Supports and Strategies
Michael
Annual Goal to be Addressed
Increased fluency with functional communication
skills

• Prompt card with relevant personal information
• Photo of home and school as cue for location on
  neighborhood map
• Review sign in front of school and school website
  for name of school
• Labeled photos of parents and teacher

Skills Targeted for Instruction
Michael will both verbally and in writing provide
his own name and his parents names, home address
and phone number, and the name of his school and
teacher
Instructional Supports and Strategies
Student
Jennifer
Annual Goal to be Addressed

• Seat Jennifer between two other students
• written scripts for asking for materials or help
  and commenting on the project
• Timer for determining length of activity
• Locate activity materials in the center of the
  table, out of Jennifers easy reach

Increase range of interaction and participation
skills within a group activity with peers
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Skills Targeted for Instruction
Jennifer will share materials, take turns and
complete the activity with peers
Instructional Supports and Strategies
Student
Derek
Annual Goal to be Addressed
Increase functional academic skills at the 3rd
grade level

• Review map on school website for location s of
  school and Davis Park
• Map and pictures of streets and intersections
  between home and school

Skills Targeted for Instruction
Identify and label names of streets on his bus
route Write an itinerary as directions from
school to Davis Park
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4. Create Visual Supports

• Calendars
• Schedules
• Choice boards

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5. Clarify Classroom Rules and Expectations
Classroom Rules

• State in positive terms
• Warnings and infractions
• Individual behavior plans

Keep your hands at your sides.
Use a quiet voice.
1. Work quietly. 2. Stay in your seat. 3. Share
with your partners. 4. Raise your hand for
help. 5. Put supplies away.
No hitting.
No yelling.
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6. Meet with Team Members

• Supervising your paras
• Collaborating with other school personnel

ESE, General Education teachers

• Plan April thematic unit, develop reading lesson
  modifcations for first week
• Develop picture schedules for school and home
• Compile evaluation info and coordinate transition
  planning meeting
• Design data collection forms, train teachers and
  staff on data collection methods

March 25
Speech Pathologist
March 20
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Guidance Counselor
April 15
Behavior Analyst
April 1
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7. Communicate with Parents

• At the start of the school year
• Daily or weekly communications
• School and classroom procedures
• Conferences and classroom visits
• Documentation of contacts

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8. Use Your Resources

• Educate your administrators
• Classroom visits
• Casual opportunities
• Planned communications
• Collaborate with other school based resources
• Guidance counselor
• ESE specialist
• Behavior specialist
• Contact external resources
• District autism program contact
• CARD-USF
• Florida Inclusion Network

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9. Join the School Community

• Be an ambassador for your students!
• Volunteer for school committees
• Recruit student assistants and peer supports
• Participate in school events

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10. Celebrate Successes!

• Say Thank you!
• Share the good news with others at your school
• Acknowledge student accomplishments
• Recognize a job well done

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Online Resources for Teachers
CARD Learning Curve - http//learningcurve.fmhi.us
f.edu/ Autism Interventions and Strategies for
Success http//www.cesa7.k12.wi.us/sped/autism/i
ndex2.htm Autism Teaching Tools
http//www.autismteachingtools.com Cindy's
Autistic Support http//www.angelfire.com/pa5/as/
Council for Exceptional Children (CEC)
.http//www.cec.sped.org/ Disability Studies for
Teachers http//www.disabilitystudiesforteachers.
org/ Division TEACCH http//www.teacch.com
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Exceptional Children's Assistance Center
http//www.ecac-parentcenter.org/packets/friends/
index.shtml Polyxo.com http//www.polyxo.com/ Si
mply Good Ideas . http//sgideas.com Speechfun
http//www.speechfun.com Scholastic Classroom
Set-Up Tool http//teacher.scholastic.com/tools/c
lass_setup/ TinSnips http//www.tinsnips.org Spe
cial Education Technology British Columbia,
Inc. http//www.setbc.org/ Organization for
Autism Research http//www.researchautism.org/
   Autism Society of America .
http//www.autism-society.org