Exceptional Education Department New Staff Orientation

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Exceptional Education DepartmentNew Staff
Orientation

• Welcome to the department!!!

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We are here for the students!!!

• Our MantrasThe following statements declare our
  student-centered approach to education
• Person-first language.
• Intervention, Intervention, Intervention!
• The solution is where the child is!
• http//instech.tusd.k12.az.us/exced/index.asp

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How We Teach Makes A Difference!
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Least-Effective Teachers

• Present large amounts of material at
  a time
• Do not guide student practice
• Give little time for student processing of the
  new material
• Expect all students to get new material the first
  time
• Do not prevent students from developing
  misconceptions

J.W. Lloyd, E.J. Kameanui, and D. Chard (Eds.)
(1997) Issues in educating students with
disabilities.
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Most-Effective Teachers

• Present smaller amounts of material at any time
• Guide student practice as students worked
  problems
• Provide for student processing of the new
  material
• Check the understanding of all students
• Attempt to prevent students from developing
  misconceptions

J.W. Lloyd, E.J. Kameanui, and D. Chard (Eds.)
(1997) Issues in educating students with
disabilities.
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Teach About Learning

• Real-World Knowledge
• (Content)
•   Strategy Knowledge
• (Knowing how to learn)
•   Metacognitive Knowledge
• (Awareness and regulation of cognitive
  processes)

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Especially for Struggling Learners

• Curriculum must
• Be designed to incorporate the prerequisites of
  learning
• Information must be accessible
• Support for the development of skills must be
  available
• Learner must perceive the learning to be
  important

Research Connections In Special Education, Fall
1999 5 CEC
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CEC Survival Guide

• Getting Ready to Teach
• Tips for the Classroom
• Building Rapport
• Interfacing with Regular Educators
• Be Kind to Yourself and Enjoy

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Between Teacher and Child
I have come to a frightening conclusion. I am the
decisive element in the classroom. It is my
personal approach that creates the climate. It is
my daily mood that makes the weather. As a
teacher I possess tremendous power to make a
child's life miserable or joyous. I can be a tool
of torture or an instrument of inspiration. I can
humiliate or humor, hurt or heal. In all
situations, it is my response that decides
whether a crisis will be escalated or
de-escalated, and a child humanized or
de-humanized. Haim Ginott
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"None of us is as skilled as all of us"
Make a pledge to yourself to keep sharing and
networking!