Activities or learning tasks highlights how students’ learning experiences will be used as formative assessment opportunities. The activities or tasks provide information about how teachers will gradually release the responsibility to the students. Equally to the collaboration between general and special teachers, teachers should establish a collaboration tie with parents. Parent-teacher collaboration enhances the opportunities for students to be successful in their academic education and in life. However, one common obstacle in creating parent teacher collaboration is the language barrier. Whenever language barrier arises, it can lead to misunderstandings, confusion, and sometimes frustrations. To compensate, the IDEA Act stipules “Regarding the participation of a parent whose native language is other than English in IEP Team meetings, the IDEA regulations require each public agency to take whatever action is necessary to ensure that the parent understands the proceedings of the IEP Team meeting, including arranging for an interpreter” (IDEA 2004). When parent noticed the teacher’s interest in his or her child’s well-being, they become open and willing to establish connections and work in collaboration with
Activities or learning tasks highlights how students’ learning experiences will be used as formative assessment opportunities. The activities or tasks provide information about how teachers will gradually release the responsibility to the students. Equally to the collaboration between general and special teachers, teachers should establish a collaboration tie with parents. Parent-teacher collaboration enhances the opportunities for students to be successful in their academic education and in life. However, one common obstacle in creating parent teacher collaboration is the language barrier. Whenever language barrier arises, it can lead to misunderstandings, confusion, and sometimes frustrations. To compensate, the IDEA Act stipules “Regarding the participation of a parent whose native language is other than English in IEP Team meetings, the IDEA regulations require each public agency to take whatever action is necessary to ensure that the parent understands the proceedings of the IEP Team meeting, including arranging for an interpreter” (IDEA 2004). When parent noticed the teacher’s interest in his or her child’s well-being, they become open and willing to establish connections and work in collaboration with