Clinical Field Experience B: Identifying Student Challenges

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When teaching mathematics to students with mild to moderate disabilities, special education teachers first will identify student challenges. Identifying these challenges is vital in addressing the specific needs to help students continue to flourish in their academics. There can be numerous areas in which students struggle in mathematics and identifying differentiation strategies to help lessen these struggles is vastly important.

Allocate at least 3 hours in the field to support this field experience.

With your mentor teacher, identify a student or small group of students with disabilities who would benefit from differentiation and engagement strategies during an upcoming math lesson or activity.

Part 1: Student Challenges

With the mentor teacher, observe the student or small group of students while they work on math problems in class. Identify areas where the student or students seem to struggle.

Areas of concern where students may struggle include (but are not limited to):

· Output difficulties

· Organizational difficulties

· Language difficulties

· Attention difficulties

· Visual spatial or ordering difficulties

· Difficulties with multiple tasks

After observing and noting concerns, discuss with the student/students whether the areas you identified were challenging for them. Continue to work with them with guided practice and support.

Discuss your findings with your mentor teacher. Offer intervention strategies you could implement to help the students learn the math concepts being taught. With your mentor teacher, decide on 1-2 strategies to further develop in Clinical Field Experience C and implement in Clinical Field Experience D.

Part 2: Reflection

After observing and talking with the students and your mentor, summarize and reflect upon your experiences in 250-500 words, including:

· Your initial conversation with the mentor teacher, identifying how the student or students were chosen.

· Areas where the students seem to struggle.

· Summarize the conversation between you and the students discussing the areas that seemed to challenge them. Were they in agreement with you, or did they feel that they did not struggle or did not need support? If so, how did you continue to support them?

· Strategies you suggested to the mentor teacher, his or her feedback, and what strategies the two of you ultimately decided you would implement (which may be the same or different from what you originally suggested).

· Explain how you will use your findings to further assist the students while working with them in this placement. This will also help prepare you for Clinical Field Experiences C and D, as well as your own future classroom engagements.

Use any remaining field experience hours to assist the teacher in providing instruction and support to the class.

APA format is not required, but solid academic writing is expected.

High-Quality Early Childhood Program Google Site

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High-Quality Early Childhood Program Google Site

Prior to beginning work on this assignment, please review the following early childhood education websites:

  • Bright Horizons (Links to an external site.)
  • Childcare Network (Links to an external site.)

Many parents begin their child’s program search via the Internet. Therefore, as a leader, having a vision for a program website, as well as the ability to create and develop a website, can benefit you in your future. Your program’s website plays a very important role in communicating a first impression to families. Many prospective parents use the Internet to help them identify possible early childhood programs in their geographic area, and then choose which programs they would like to visit or learn more about based on the information they find online. This is your opportunity to market your program. An attractive and well-designed website should be easy to read. Visitors to the site should be able to find the information they need quickly, with just a few clicks of a mouse.

For your Final Project, you will create a Google site for your own childcare program and facility using Google sites (Links to an external site.). Your Google site will be targeted toward prospective families and can be creative in the development but must include all of the following requirements. See the following exemplar for additional support: ECE312 Summative Assessment Example (Links to an external site.).

On your webpage, develop the following:

  • Home Page
    • Create a Google site for your own childcare program and facility using Google sites
    • Develop an introduction that welcomes families to your center and webpage
  • About Us Page
    • Summarize your credentials and biography
    • Explain the centers scope of services including: Ages served, hours of service, location of center and tuition or fees.
  • Program Structure
    • Establish daily structure including a curriculum unit plan, a sample lunch and snack menu, and explanation of your curriculum and developmentally appropriate practices.
  • Philosophy
    • Outline the philosophy and focus of the program, including your chosen theory from Chapter 1 and construct your center’s philosophy based on this theory.
    • Design a statement that demonstrates how your center will address each of the ten NAEYC Standards:
      • Relationships
      • Curriculum
      • Teaching
      • Assessment of Child Progress
      • Health
      • Teachers (how you support your staff)
      • Families
      • Community Relationships
      • Physical Environment (indoors and out)
      • Leadership and Management (summary of your most recent professional development experience)

The Google Site must have a home page and at least five additional pages, with as many subpages as you would like, to address the required content above. You are encouraged to creatively address the material using graphics, visuals, charts, graphs, and sound and at least one visual (photo, drawing, clip art, word art., graphic) on each page. The website should be designed to clearly and concisely address the material for families. Be sure to use at least two professional resources and the course text.

The High Quality Early Childhood Program Google Site

  • Must be five to 10 pages in length and formatted according to APA style as outlined in the University of Arizona Global Campus Writing Center’s APA St

Answers For Interview

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  • The ways in which your teaching philosophy has developed and grown throughout student teaching, including examples.
  • A description of how technology can be used to create better learning opportunities for all students.
  • Strategies for implementing the Christian worldview values of compassion, promoting human flourishing, and behaving legally and ethically in your future classroom (feel free to add additional Christian worldview values you would like to integrate).

Do you think this person is a good choice for a hero? Why or why not?

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Choose a heroic figure from a book, film, or comic/cartoon series with which you are familiar (such as Theseus, Oedipus, Calaf in Turandot, King Arthur, Siddhartha, Moses, Mohammed, a cowboy hero, or Frodo from The Lord of the Rings).

Alternatively, you may choose a person who is/was known for their humanitarian efforts, or who have led a movement (such as Mother Teresa or Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.).

Initial Post: Write 1-2 paragraphs in which you introduce your chosen hero. Apply at least two of Campbell’s characteristics as you elaborate on that hero’s life.

Reply Posts: Respond to one classmate’s post by considering the following:

  • Have you heard of their hero?
  • What do you know about her or him?
  • Do you think this person is a good choice for a hero? Why or why not?