Classification Essay on Teachers

Process” you tube video by Parent Network it states that, “the Committee on Special Education includes the child’s parents, Special Ed teachers, regular education teachers and other professionals.” Being a speech pathologist I would be included under the professional and specialist category. My job is to help children meet their communication needs. General Education teachers are normally the first professional to detect a child’s disability, because they work the child everyday. A lot of…

It would be so nice if each teacher was given a magical wand on their college graduation day. It would have lights and bright sparkles on it and include a tag that said, “No batteries needed.” This wand would work like the wonderful world of Disney in that it would turn everyone into perfect English speaking, reading, writing, and listening students. However, if you have ever been to Disney World you would find there is no such thing as a real magical wand. It seems as though the park workers…

clients in my program Intensive Outpatient Program (IOP), many of my student’s mental health disability will display these behaviors which affects their ability to succeed in the education. As many students will be eligible for an IEP plan with a classification of Emotional Disability to which they will have a Behavioral Intervention Plan (BIP) to reduce their disruptive behaviors to meet their IEP goals,…

Often the teachers may be a general education teacher and the other a special education teacher. There are six approaches to co-teaching. They are as follows: one teach/ one observe, one teach/ one assist, station teaching, parallel teaching, alternative teaching, and team teaching. I chose to discuss this…

First, in order for a teacher to advocate for her or his student, the teacher must first know the student well enough. Jacob is a seventh grade, ELL and ADHD student. Jacob was retained in second grade due to late arrival into the educational setting. Jacob does well in math, and is on Tier 2. Jacob is in Tier 2 due to his struggles with comprehension of word problems. However, Jacob is in Tier 3 for reading. In the area of reading, Jacob struggles with all basic concepts. Jacob has difficultly…

determine individual next steps for each teacher in order to help each person grow and develop at their own pace”. (Kimberly Schaefer, personal communication interview, 2016) The research shows that most administrators take a hands-off approach to curriculum taught in the classroom and their focus is devoted elsewhere. However, our school principal takes her role as an educational leader at our institution to the next level. She tries to help teachers deliver the best lessons possible and…

a 2A. This means fewer students in each graduating class with no more than twenty students in a classroom. My first year ever transferring to a different school whose classification was a 6A ended up to be exciting, but most of all scary. However, when I started my new school there was numerous of students, nice staffs and teachers, but overall nobody that I knew. My first day starting school at Oak Grove High School appears to happen three years ago. I was impressed to hear about how many…

exploring certain concepts. For instance, Bell B (1993) shows that if the same amount of water is poured in a tall and a short container the child may assume that the tall container holds more water and this thinking may persist if not corrected by teachers. Due to Egocentrism children project subjective qualities onto external objects or events and they are unable to decenter from their own perspective. Further, Piaget suggests that egocentrism was a primary characteristic of children's thought…

Teacher education institutions also need to develop strategies and plans to enhance the teaching-learning process within teacher education programs and to assure that all future teachers are well prepared to use the new tools for the teaching/learning process. Reflection and critical thinking enable students to learn from their experiences; therefore, time must be built into classroom instruction for both processes to occur (Henniger, 2003). Students must learn how to think deeply about their…

Longstreet and Shane (1993) view the hidden curriculum as “the kinds of learning children derive from the very nature and organizational design of the public school, as well as from the behaviours and attitudes of teachers and administrators” (pg. 46). The term, ‘hidden curriculum’ was coined by sociologist Phillip Jackson in 1968, but the concept of hidden curriculum was around much longer than that. Jackson argues that what is taught at schools is more than the essence…