Week 1Assingment: Learning Disabilities and the Classroom Interview Essay
Topic: Education for Learners with Special Needs: Organization and Planning
Course Contents
Shannon Titus
Due Date: May 26, 2013
SPE-359 | Education for Learners with Special Needs: Organization and Planning
Instructor: Colleen Walsh
I have created a Special Education (SPED) Team for this course. That includes Mrs. Chain a special education teacher and Mrs. Robinson a third grade teacher. I have chosen to work with students with LD in resource rooms and other classrooms. I have made contact with two or three of the student’s families to help with information and insights on their lives dealing with LD and also a few members of different community organizations dealing with children with LD.
1. Visit the classroom of a teacher of students with LD.
As I made contact with the service center, classes and teachers on the last week of public school in order to make the interview and set observation and participation schedule up.
2. Discuss skills necessary in organizing and planning strategies for effective classroom management, including grouping, scheduling, lesson plans, homework strategies, record keeping, and selecting instructional materials.
Organizing-Planning strategies for Effective classroom management-It is very important to have your classroom set up in a well-organized and planed out classroom that will be friendly and inviting for all students. The effective classroom management is important for students to know just what is expected from them and what the teacher will do to help them in every situations.
Including grouping-There is an important factor in grouping students together with or without disabilities. You must know how a student will work out in different groupings, for example a student that will act out or misbehave in or around certain others or vice versa. Some placements will work in the