1. How did you demonstrate respect for and rapport with all learners?
Class rules were discussed prior to the beginning of the lesson and, also, a poster with these rules was placed in plain sight. To demonstrate respect for and rapport with all learners, I modeled throughout the whole lesson how one should behave during class, being open-minded to student’s attitudes and providing feedback to these.
2. How did you provide a positive learning environment that both supported and challenged learners moving to self-determination?
I provided a safe environment by explaining that everything that will be discussed between us will stay between us, emphasizing that there is no question we cannot figured out. Also, I gauged how students behaved throughout the lesson and how much they are showing self-determination to let them work as independently as possible.
3. Explain how your strategies engaged and motivated learners’ prior learning and personal, family, cultural and/or community assets with new learning.
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These lesson objectives were also submitted for full approval from the course instructor prior to the lesson being taught. These students, due to their disabilities, are more inclined to benefit by working on a one-on-one environment, with a more direct instruction approach. Some of these students detour very easily from instruction inside the general education classroom and that’s why it was decided to use a pull-out approach using the Resource Room instead of the push-in alternative inside the general education classroom. I also made sure that the material presented to them is color-coded in order to also improve individual learning and promote self-efficacy within each one of the