Title: Exceptional Education Department New Staff Orientation
1Exceptional Education DepartmentNew Staff
Orientation
- Welcome to the department!!!
2We 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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18How We Teach Makes A Difference!
19Least-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.
20Most-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.
21Teach About Learning
- Real-World Knowledge
- (Content)
- Strategy Knowledge
- (Knowing how to learn)
- Metacognitive Knowledge
- (Awareness and regulation of cognitive
processes)
22Especially 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
23CEC Survival Guide
- Getting Ready to Teach
- Tips for the Classroom
- Building Rapport
- Interfacing with Regular Educators
- Be Kind to Yourself and Enjoy
24Between 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
25"None of us is as skilled as all of us"
Make a pledge to yourself to keep sharing and
networking!