Think about your week of teaching. Your reflective question is: "Of everything I did this past week in my teaching, what would I do differently if I had the chance to do it again? And, why"? Remember to post and then to comment on another classmate's post.
I had a rather interesting week. I would work to improve the way in-which I meet the instructional needs of my new students with Individual Educational Plans (IEP's). I had a new student with an IEP placed in my class this week. The special education teacher failed to meet with me to discuss the students needs. When the student arrived to my class I immediately provided him with over 30 pages of missed assignments. The next day the student did not return to class because he felt overwhelmed. unbeknownst to me, the students was not suppose to be given large amounts of homework or classwork. After reviewing the student's file, I discovered that my approach to solving this problem was completely wrong. I felt that I did a major injustice to this student. I see this problem happening much to often.
Hi Larry,
ReplyDeleteIt seems to me that you were done an injustice as well. You wanted to help your new student by providing information so that the student could "catch up" with the class. You didn't know. I guess in the future you'll have to be more assertive to get the information you need. I see this happen often; don't blame yourself. But now you know a little bit more about how things "really" work. Thank you for sharing this situation with the class. I know it will help others in our groups. Dr. J.