Archive for April 2009
4/22/2009
So today is our last day at the high school, very sad. This was a great experience for me. I learned a lot of information and gained knowledge. I have also gained a lot of courage in teaching the high school kids. The most memorable thing that I will take from this experience is how I’ve become much more comfortable teaching to a group of kids rather than working one one one. This was my first time working with a group of children who are all classified with a disability . It was very interesting to see how I was going to plan my lesson and make modifications. I was very nervous that I would not be able to do a lesson and have the students understand what I wanted them too, but my lessons went very well and the students understood. This made me feel an accomplishment and success. After this semester I have gained a lot of confidence and knowledge on working with students with disabilities.
Add a comment April 22, 2009
4/15/2009
On Monday I was working with the students in the inclusion class. The inclusion teacher was absent so they had a sub. This was a very interesting situation for me because the sub had no clue what to do because there were no lesson plans or anything for her. The kids were reviewing for a test and needed to complete the reviews at the end of the chapter. The general education teacher told me to just take the students to the library to work on it. Since the sub did not have any lesson plans or any clue on what to do I basically took over. This was great for me because I felt really comfortable working with the students on my own and having them complete the review. I feel like I handled the situation well and actually had the students working and staying on task. I do not understand though how they can just put any regular sub into an inclusion class to work with special need children. I think that there should be some requirements that the sub needs to work with the children. I say this because when I was working with the students one of them does not like for their stuff to be touched and the sub kept touching her papers and turning pages. I was worried that the student was going to have a break down if the sub kept “invading” the students space but it never happened. Over all I’m glad that I got to take over for the day because it showed me that I can handle the situation and keep the kids doing their work.
Add a comment April 15, 2009
4/8/2009
This week I worked in the inclusion classroom with three autistic students that I regularly work with. To me I think it is very important for the inclusion teacher and the regular education teacher work well together. I have not seen them work together at all. I always thought that the whole point of having the special education students in the regular education classroom is to get them to socialize and be aroud regular students. Last time they had to create their own planet. Since the regular education teacher was not there the inclusion teacher decided to take the special education students to the library. She brought 2 regular education students with them just so they could be around them. The whole time while doing their projects they did not iteract at all. The regular education students worked together and the special education students did. I think that sometimes they need to be combined and work with each other. There was no communication between the regular ed. students and the special ed. This made me a little irritated and I wanted to say something but I kept it in. Hopefully when I am working with students in an inclusion class I will obtain a good relationship with the regular education teacher and have the special education students work with the regular education students as well. I think it is very important for the special education students to learn that skill.
Add a comment April 8, 2009
4/1/2009
This week on Monday I did my video teach. I was extremely nervous about it because I had never taught a room with all autistic students. In my elementary block I was in an inclusion class so there were a lot more options. I taught them a lesson on why it is important to make goals. I thought that it went well. There are definitely things I need to work on and become more comfortable with. It was a great experience for me though because it taught me a lot about what I need to work on and how kids are going to interpret your lesson. I am really enjoying being in the classroom. The kids are very well behaved. So far through out the semester I have seen myself grow to a better understanding of what it takes to teach this population.
Add a comment April 1, 2009
