Professional+Development+ELD+308

=Professional Development= - Attending the Special Education share made me more aware of how important it is to notice student's specific needs and abilities in the classroom. - It is important because when I'm a General Education teacher I'm going to be the one who spends a lot of time with the students and be able to identify if they need to be referred to the Child Study Team for intervention and referral services. -This is designed to help general education students experiencing academic, behavioral, or health needs. - I also learned specific strategies and interventions to use in my classroom as a future teacher. These strategies will be the first step in the intervention and referral process to see if the student responses or does not. If the child does not response to the intervention services this is when the process will go further to evaluate the student through the Child Study Team or the child may be eligible for a 504 plan. -The strategies and interventions for the first step deal with material presentation, curriculum adaptations, instructional modifications, classroom modifications, and teaching suggestions. - I would especially use the teacher suggestions to use both oral and printed directions as well as give directions in small steps and briefly. -Some material presentations I would use would be provide study guides that directly relate to the test, provide a sample problem for reference to model work, and assist the student with organization by giving very specific instructions frequently. - Some curriculum adaptations I would use are shorten assignments based on mastery key concepts, alter content slightly, modify expectations based on student needs, and provide low-level, high interest books. -Some instructional modifications I would use are providing additional wait time, webs or graphic organizers, any type of concrete and manipulative object, and place cue cards on desks or in notebooks. - Some classroom modifications for environment I would use are seat student close to me (preferential seating), arrange private areas in room, allow background music through headphones, and use checklists to help student get organized. - This professional development changed my ways of teaching by providing strategies and interventions that I will use in my classroom to help differentiation expectations, environment, and instruction for the students experiencing academic, behavioral, or health needs. Also this Special Education share changed how much emphasis I will put on this in the classroom in the future. It made me realize I need to emphasis on this more because I will be the person to notice students that might need intervention and referral services. If I don't notice this about my students it could hinder their learning because they are not getting the services and attention they need in order to succeed.
 * ===Special Education Share at Milestone River Elementary===