Blog 20 : Fourth Interview Questions

1. Who do you plan to interview? What is this person's area of expertise?
• I plan on interviewing my mentor, Jenna Baumann. She's an expert because she has worked with special needs children for many years. She has been my brother's teacher for the last two years and the improvement in him is astonishing. Therefore, I knew Mrs. Jenna would be a great person for my interview four, because of the impact she has on her students. I also love my interviews with her because she gives me so much information and I learn a lot from her. 
2. Post 20 open-ended questions you want to ask an expert in the field concerning your senior project. Your focus should be finding answers to your EQ.
1. How is a decision made about a child's eligibility for special education?
2. What happens if a child is not eligible for services?
3. What should parents do before a IEP meeting?
4. Can a child's IEP be changed?
5. How do I know if a classroom can accommodate a student with special needs?
6. How do you regularly assess the progress of the students?
7. What are schools legally required to do when it comes to special education programs?
8. How do you teach and encourage socially acceptable behavior from the students? 
9. Are there any suggestions you made that implemented in the special education field?
10. How do you manage a very disruptive student?
11. How do you collaborate general education teachers to benefit the students?
12. What special education strategies and techniques have you used to help with the students?
13. What methods do you use to encourage students to explore learning opportunities?
14. How do you motivate the students to persevere with challenging assignments and tasks?
15. How do you teach and encourage socially acceptable behavior from the students? 
16. What role do advocates play in implementing special education programs?
17. How have you encouraged parental involvement in student learning?
18. Should students with special needs be mainstreamed as far as possible?
19. How do you stay current with special education best practices?
20. How have you managed to keep up with the paperwork required of a special education teacher?
21. How have you ensured that each student receives the right type of support?
22. Can a student's placement in a special education program be challenged?

*Note*The interview itself is not due until Friday, April 15th to turnitin.com. However, we want to give you as much time as possible, so we are asking you to complete the blog now. Remember that in addition to turning in the interview to turnitin.com, you also need to turn in the verification sheet to your House teacher and post an audio excerpt of no less than 5 minutes on your senior project blog.

Blog 19 : Third Answer

• EQ 
• What techniques can an elementary special education teacher use to ensure that each child is learning?
• Answer #3 (Write in a complete sentence like a thesis statement)*
• The best technique an elementary special education teacher can use to ensure that each child is learning is making sure that the he / she knows each disability that each student has. 
• 3 details to support the answer
• If a student has difficulty learning by listening then the teacher should teach difficult vocabulary before the lesson, provide study guides / worksheets, teach them by making the student use their imagination, and provide written and oral directions. 
• If a student has difficulty expressing him or herself then the teacher should teach with graphs, photos, or other alternate forms of information sharing. Also the teachers should wait for the student to answer questions themselves instead of calling them out, provide classroom rules, and give them plenty of time to think and reflect about the lesson. 
• If a student has difficulty reading and writing then the teacher should help the student learn by accepting visuals reports, not provide long writing assignments, and allow more oral responses. Also give them the opportunity of using true or false, matching, or multiple choice worksheets, and teach the students directly and not with just worksheets. 
• Main key is to be very patient and be willing to give lots of time to a lesson and to each student to respond in their own way, rather it takes five minutes or three days.  
• The research source(s) to support your details and answer
• http://www.readingrockets.org/article/how-adapt-your-teaching-strategies-student-needs
• http://www.educationoasis.com/resources/Articles/adapting_materials.htm
• http://www.ldonline.org/article/370/
• http://education.msu.edu/te/secondary/pdf/Designing-Lessons-for-Diverse-Learners.pdf
• Concluding Sentence
• I picked this as one of my answers because it is very important that every teacher knows what type of disability he or she is about to deal with. Each disability is different and each needs different kinds of attention and ways to teach. If a teacher doesn't know how to take care of a disability then the student wouldn't be learning and then the whole teaching process is pointless.