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Triangle of Teaching

Posted on June 8, 2012 by jamesbeckr

Special Education Teaching Philosophy Statement and Goals “The Triangle of Teaching” When considering my philosophy toward education I reflect on several thoughts and strategies, but in the end I’ve come up with what I call the “Triangle of Teaching,” which … Continue reading →

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The Role of the Family in Education of Children with Special Needs

Posted on May 27, 2012 by jamesbeckr

There may be a lot of team members when it comes to special education, such as SLP’s, OTP’s, school psychologist, general education teachers, special education teachers, school nurses, resource room teachers, etc.,  but none are more important that the student’s … Continue reading →

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Student Teaching Internship Reflection – Week #11

Posted on May 20, 2012 by jamesbeckr

  This week was fairly typical. My students did well, and the lessons were effective. We let the students have input on rearranging the classroom with the forethought that there wasn’t too much time left in the year, but it … Continue reading →

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Student Teaching Internship Reflection – Week #10

Posted on May 13, 2012 by jamesbeckr

This week was full of a lot of schedule and strategy changing due in a large part to different people being sick. Both of the students with more severe disabilities that were having challenging behaviors last week improved slightly, but … Continue reading →

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Student Teaching Internship Reflection – Week #9

Posted on May 6, 2012 by jamesbeckr

Welcome to week 9 of my student teaching. After the adrenalin rush of last week’s job fair I waded into the online application bog. I applied for a position at the school I had been working at for the last … Continue reading →

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Life skills & sensory block

Posted on May 3, 2012 by jamesbeckr

Life Skills lesson

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Student Teaching Internship Reflection – Week #8

Posted on April 29, 2012 by jamesbeckr

Welcome to week 8 of my student teaching. This week was a good solid week with my students. We continued our abstract non-fiction trend for writing by working on dragons as a topic. I used several vantage points, such as … Continue reading →

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Student Teaching Internship Reflection – Week #7

Posted on April 22, 2012 by jamesbeckr

I was able to get a lot accomplished this week. After working on my TPA for two and half weeks I was able to submit it, and I’m looking forward to the response. Overall it was a positive experience, and … Continue reading →

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Handwriting/writing Lesson Plan

Posted on April 15, 2012 by jamesbeckr

This is a lesson plan for using the 5 W’s to brainstorm for writing. Handwriting/Writing using the 5 W’s and one of the student’s work from the lesson:

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Student Teaching Internship Reflection – Week #6

Posted on April 15, 2012 by jamesbeckr

This week was my spring break, so after taking some time to be with my family I started on the TPA task templates. This was not my favorite part of the TPA process, and after working on the lessons and … Continue reading →

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