Interview a special education teacher, a general education teacher, an administrator, a teacher’s aide, and one special area teacher (PE, art, music, computers, library, etc.) and discuss differentiated instruction Consider the following: Do you feel prepared to differentiate instruction for individual students and groups of students? Do you feel your colleagues and other school personnel are prepared to differentiate instruction for individual students and groups […]

  Special educators have the important task of creating and implementing lesson plans that effectively differentiate instruction, meet student needs, and are aligned to appropriate state standards. Planning effective language arts lessons includes accommodating all students, incorporating interesting materials, and meeting standards and student IEP objectives. It is essential to model pre-reading, during reading, and after reading metacognitive strategies and to incorporate cross-curricular content areas […]

  “Education Policy”  Please respond to the following: Note: Please review this week’s assigned readings before beginning the discussion. Identify a piece of education legislation that was recently passed at the local, state, or federal level (within the last two [2] years). Review the details of the legislation. Determine how your legislator/representative voted on the issue. Write a letter to the legislator, thanking him/her for voting […]

  Create a two-page digital newsletter for families that highlights how special education   assessments and their results help with planning special education services within the classroom. Within your newsletter, include the following:   Identify and describe one current technology-based special education assessment tool that can be used to evaluate students’ needs. Outline three potential benefits and three drawbacks of using the assessment tool for special education […]

  At the end of each unit, DB participation is assessed based on level of engagement and the quality of the contribution to the discussion. DBs allow learners to learn through sharing ideas and experiences as they relate to course content. Because it is not possible to engage in two-way dialogue after a conversation has ended, no posts to the DB are accepted after the […]

Read the Hilmers article, Neighborhood Disparities in  Access to Healthy Foods and Their Effects on Environmental Justice.  Assume that your town is a food desert and you would like to do something about it.  Prepare an argument to present to your  local town council that outlines an idea to offer healthy food options to your town.  Use at least one ethical theory or perspective to […]

  So far, you have chosen a topic and located resources for your Expository Essay. Continue developing your essay by developing a mapped thesis statement and creating an outline. Review the media piece “The Writing Process” to help you develop your thesis statement and create your essay outline. Use the attached template “Expository Essay Outline” to create your outline. Incorporate any feedback you received on your thesis statement in […]

  Mandated Curriculum vs. Developmentally Appropriate Practices You are a parent who is concerned about the new state-mandated, textbook-based curriculum for kindergarten, and you are writing a letter to the school board in protest of this new policy. In your letter, define DAP, describe the benefits of DAP, and explain why you feel the use of a textbook-based curriculum may be inappropriate. Describe potential negative […]

  Based on your problem identified in Week 2, find five scholarly articles that show evidence that the problem exists. Only use one singular problem—do not go off on tangents or discuss all possible problems for one issue. First, review resources in the library that could be helpful to you in future courses or sign up for a live Library workshop, or view a recorded […]

  In this assignment, you will identify and interview a family who is currently undergoing stress. The stress may arise from a new baby, new marriage, new divorce or separation, new job, new house, having a child with special needs, etc. Explain the assignment to the family and obtain written consent for participation. Please acknowledge that this information will only be used for classroom purposes, […]