What are three pointers you have learned in using instructional strategies?
Instructional strategies has taught me quite a lot throughout the semester. I feel like I am much more prepared to teach school age children now and I have a better understanding of curriculum materials across different age levels. Three main things that I am taking away from this class are that there are people that have tried to teach the same thing I am trying to teach so always research to help you get ideas and different strategies to teach it. It will give you a better starting point and help you be better prepared for your lessons in case they take a turn you weren't expecting. The second main thing is that we need to be aware of strategies used by the regular classroom teacher so that our strategies match and the student does not get confused. And lastly, I learned that it is important to have multiple strategies for one concept in your tool belt so that if you plan a lesson and plan to use one strategy and that strategy is difficult for the child to understand or the child is just not connecting with you need to have a back up way to teach the concept so that your lesson time is still effective.
Has your view point of teaching changed after this course, how or how not?
I think my view point of teaching has gotten more positive after taking this class. Not that it was not positive before, but I am loving the fact that all of these resources are out there for us. It makes me feel like I don't have to tackle it all by myself because there are other people out there sharing their ideas and resources that I can build of of and mold to use with my students.
Thursday, November 13, 2014
Thursday, November 6, 2014
How can you prepare to address transition for students who are Deaf/HH?
I feel like you can do many things to prepare for transition. The first thing you want to do is educate your self on the process you must abide by according to the state. So knowing when the transition plan needs to be set, what you should have completed at different stages of the child's education, the assessments you need to administer, etc. The next thing is to talk to the student and their family about their dreams and expectations. After that it is our job to help the student gain exposure and experience to what they want to do after high school and gain any skills that will help them prepare for that job/school. There are a lot of transition resources our there to help the students understand how to go about applying for jobs, going to college, advocating for themselves, etc, that we should be exposing them to early on.
What do you think is important for students to learn as they prepare to graduate?
I think it is important to learn how to be independent and how to advocate for themselves. Once they get out into the real world they need to be able to do things for themselves because there won't be anyone checking to make sure they get their job done or make doctors appointments, etc. I also think it is important for them to know all of their options and that they can set high goals for themselves. Having a positive sense of identity is so very important when preparing any child to graduate and go out into the real world. They need to know that they can be successful they just have to work for it.
If they are going on to the work force they need to have a good financial knowledge foundation, know how to pay bills, go grocery shopping, etc. If they are going on to college they need to know how to ask for help, where to go to get services, how to study, how to grocery shop, and navigate around campus.
There are so many things all children need to know when facing the real world, how much, how little, and what types of things you share with them will be unique to their individual goals, desires, and situations.
I feel like you can do many things to prepare for transition. The first thing you want to do is educate your self on the process you must abide by according to the state. So knowing when the transition plan needs to be set, what you should have completed at different stages of the child's education, the assessments you need to administer, etc. The next thing is to talk to the student and their family about their dreams and expectations. After that it is our job to help the student gain exposure and experience to what they want to do after high school and gain any skills that will help them prepare for that job/school. There are a lot of transition resources our there to help the students understand how to go about applying for jobs, going to college, advocating for themselves, etc, that we should be exposing them to early on.
What do you think is important for students to learn as they prepare to graduate?
I think it is important to learn how to be independent and how to advocate for themselves. Once they get out into the real world they need to be able to do things for themselves because there won't be anyone checking to make sure they get their job done or make doctors appointments, etc. I also think it is important for them to know all of their options and that they can set high goals for themselves. Having a positive sense of identity is so very important when preparing any child to graduate and go out into the real world. They need to know that they can be successful they just have to work for it.
If they are going on to the work force they need to have a good financial knowledge foundation, know how to pay bills, go grocery shopping, etc. If they are going on to college they need to know how to ask for help, where to go to get services, how to study, how to grocery shop, and navigate around campus.
There are so many things all children need to know when facing the real world, how much, how little, and what types of things you share with them will be unique to their individual goals, desires, and situations.
Subscribe to:
Posts (Atom)