Choose an artifact (website or document) to summarize and share with your classmates. Provide a 250-500 word document that includes: Name and brief description; Content Overview; Implications to Education; Ways it could be useful; Questions you continue to have about the artifact.
Respond to at least 2 other blog entries by making connections to the content you reviewed. Be sure to make reference (and provide links) to your work.
Norms for educational blog writing:
1. Assume good intentions. Participants want to support and communicate to engage and learn.
2. What we share matters and may leave us vulnerable. Trust that our classmates will keep us safe as we share.
3. We are not only responsible for our own learning but the learning of our classmates. Share your knowledge and perspective.
4. Ask, question, share and reflect.
Documents from Class:
Eligibility Guide
Powerpoint Intro to SPED
Observation Forms
Increasing Inclusive Practices in the Boston Public Schools (as mentioned in class)
Special Education Law and Regulations
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In this issue of the Special Ed Advocate you learn why and how to include objective measurement in IEPs. You will learn about writing goals that are clear and measurable - SMART IEP goals. Why is Writing Good IEP Goals So Difficult?
More Resources to Explore:
Use this link to explore several of the most influential special education laws in the USA
Here is The Parents’ How-to Guide to Children’s Mental Health Services
Navigating the Special Education System in Massachusetts
A Parent Guide to Special Education
Education Law Clinic/Trauma and Learning Policy Initiative
Massachusetts Law About Special Education
Massachusetts 603 CMR 28.00: Special Education Education Laws and Regulations
MA General Laws: Chapter 71B
Special Education:Understanding Federal and State Statutory Requirements
Review of Special Education in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts
Common Core
Several videos illustrate Common Core-aligned teaching episodes. For example, view this video [5] which illustrates a Kindergarten class working with manipulatives to decompose numbers 11–19 (K NBT.1) or watch this video [6] to see 5th graders quoting and explaining text and comparing two different types of texts with similar themes (RL 5.1 and 5.9). Videos range in length from short, 5-minute clips to longer views of lessons up to 40 minutes. For more information, go to the EngageNY [7] web site.
Documents:
Common Core and Application to Special Education
Common Core Resources for Special Education
Common Core and Implications to Special Education
Instructional Shifts to the Common Core
Six Principles for Common Core and Special Education
Focus on Math and the Common Core
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