Special Needs 2

Reflect : Reflect on your teaching experience and pinpoint a project, assignment or assessment you have previously assigned or are currently utilizing with your students to assess mastery of a content area concept. If you do not have classroom teaching experience, consider an assignment type often associated with your content area. For example, an essay for an English course, a series of math problems for a math class, or a basic lab for a science class. You may also want to consider an assignment, project or assessment your own child has been assigned at school or an assignment you have completed as a learner. My face-to-face instruction follows the project-based learning model.   Consequently, most of my summative assessments are project based as well.   One of these project-based summative assessments is “La casa de mis sueños” (My Dream House), in which students use unit specific vocabulary and grammar to create an authentic product in the target language: a detai...

Option 1 Consider how you can prepare ahead of and at the beginning of each semester or school year to gain the necessary information about your students to be ready to implement strategies relating to differentiation and personalized learning.   Discuss and provide examples of at least four strategies you will use to gather information on their interests, student readiness, and learner profiles.  Differentiation and personalization are key elements that are intrinsically connected in the virtual learning environment.   Understanding each student on an individual level is crucial in order to implement differentiated and personalized online instruction.   There are varied ways in which we can gather information on what matters to students, their readiness, and their learning profiles: Assessment Data From the perspective of a world language teacher, with the exception of level I-A students, having access to assessment data from previous courses ...

Option 2 You have a student in your online English class who has a 504 Plan in place for ADHD (Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder).   The plan indicates she has significant difficulties with staying focused and executive functioning skills, making organization a constant challenge for her.   The 504 committee that developed her plan decided to try an online placement for your one class to see if the online environment is an appropriate fit for future classes.   So far, it seems she is enjoying and thriving in your class; she has been active in the class for the first couple of weeks, crafting thoughtful and meaningful posts and responses to classmates, she is asking questions when she needs clarification on a direction or a concept, and is turning in assignments and taking tests and quizzes on a regular basis.   However, you notice she is turning in her work at various times, not necessarily in order as per the pacing schedule with due dates you have pr...