What will be the short-term and/or long-term effects on current special educators/related services providers and how they differentiate instruction? Briefly Explain

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Discussion Post

HB 23 requires that teachers demonstrate competencies in using digital and other instructional technologies to provide high-quality, integrated digital teaching and learning to all students. There is also legislation (HB 44) that will transition funding for textbooks, both traditional and digital, to funding for digital materials, including textbooks and instructional resources, to provide educational resources that remain current, aligned with curriculum since 2017. This places you as a special education teacher right in the midst of a significant change.

Answer these two questions based on this information:

1. What will be the short-term and/or long-term effects on current special educators/related services providers and how they differentiate instruction? Briefly Explain

2.What are the short-term and/or long-term effects of an ALL DIGITAL format on students identified with disabilities? Briefly explain.

Describe the cases and highlight (specifically) which of the ethical codes and principles were violated. Include a discussion addressing why having an ethical code is necessary and beneficial to both students and teachers.

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DISCUSSION ESSAY

As a teacher, you will be required to adhere to the Code of Ethics and Principles of Professional Conduct of the Education Profession in Florida. For this research paper, you will need to:

Identify three cases in which ethical principles have been violated.
You may look nationwide
Describe the cases and highlight (specifically) which of the ethical codes and principles were violated.
Include a discussion addressing why having an ethical code is necessary and beneficial to both students and teachers.
Discuss what you will do, as a teacher, to protect students.

The paper should be 3-5 pages long and adhere to APA 7th-edition formatting and writing regulations.

Create a 10-12 slide digital presentation for your leadership team that explains your plan.

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Shaping School Culture by Living the Vision and Mission

Carefully creating a school’s vision and mission statements, then seeing that those vision and mission statements are visible and provide a foundation for all school-related decision-making and actions, are key to creating a stable, supportive school culture. The purpose of this assignment is to demonstrate strategies for promoting and communicating the school mission and vision through collaborative implementation.

Acting as a school leader, outline a plan to collaboratively promote a school’s vision and mission, embedding it in all aspects of the school’s presence and operations.

Create a 10-12 slide digital presentation for your leadership team that explains your plan. Incorporating information gathered from the Clinical Field Experience B observations include the following: https://caddoheights.caddoschools.org/

  • The name of your school and grade levels
  • Vision and mission statements for your school
  • At least 7-10 strategies that embed the mission and vision within the school, across a variety of school participants
  • Provide 2-3 strategies for communicating the mission and vision statements to various stakeholder groups (e.g., leadership team, faculty, staff, students, parents, guardians, and community members).
  • Supporting rationale for each strategy presented and how it will help to purposefully shape the school’s culture.
  • Include a title slide, reference slide, and presenter’s notes.

Write a summary over the following journal article, How Academic Administrators Can Improve Online Learning: The Faculty Experience.

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Journal Review

Write a summary over the following journal article, How Academic Administrators Can Improve Online Learning: The Faculty Experience.

The link to the article is below:

How Academic Administrators Can Improve Online Learning: The Faculty Experience

Prepare a one-page essay reflecting upon the readings, the importance of teaching conflict resolution strategies, the impact that positively resolving conflict has on school culture and climate, and the role of the school counselor.

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Stone and Dahir

Reflect upon your reading of the Stone and Dahir chapter and the article on conflict resolution strategies among middle school students. Prepare a one-page essay reflecting upon the readings, the importance of teaching conflict resolution strategies, the impact that positively resolving conflict has on school culture and climate, and the role of the school counselor.

Provide 3-5 talking points that teachers could use to inform paraeducators, tutors, and volunteers about some of the more important legal and ethical practices regarding students who may have exceptionalities and how to interact with their families (e.g., confidentiality).

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Early Childhood Detection

Assessment Description: Early childhood and special education teachers should understand their role as advocates for children who may have exceptionalities. Teachers can promote professional practice by taking part in professional development opportunities to explain this role and other responsibilities to their colleagues. Professional development enables teachers to stay informed of current practices and ethics associated with the discipline.

Part 1: Advocacy Presentation

For Part 1 of this benchmark assignment, create a 15-20 slide presentation in digital format (e.g., PowerPoint, Prezi) using relevant, current research to inform early childhood and special education teachers about their role as advocates for young children and their families. Address the following within your presentation:

  • Specify the importance of detecting possible exceptionalities (including disabilities and giftedness) in Pre-K through Grade 3 children.
  • Include at least three laws or policies related to identifying or providing services to children with exceptionalities.
  • Relating to the early detection of possible exceptionalities, provide at least three examples of ways in which advocating for students and families optimizes learning opportunities for young children, strengthens learning environments, and advances the early childhood profession.
  • Provide 3-5 talking points that teachers could use to inform paraeducators, tutors, and volunteers about some of the more important legal and ethical practices regarding students who may have exceptionalities and how to interact with their families (e.g., confidentiality).

Include presenter’s notes, a title slide, in-text citations, and a reference slide that contains 3-5 scholarly sources from the required readings or the GCU Library.Part 2: Ethical Analysis

For Part 2 of this benchmark assignment, write a 250-500 word statement regarding how the advocacy role of early childhood educators (as described in your presentation) promotes compassion, justice, and concern for the common good of students, families, and colleagues and reflects the GCU College of Education’s Professional Disposition of Advocacy (provided below). Beneath the Professional Disposition of Advocacy description is a section of the GCU Statement on the Integration of Faith, Learning, and Work, which you may also (but are not required to) refer to in your response.

Write at least one paragraph for each state noting the following—What is each state saying about policy? Legislative news? What seems to be the focus or what seems to be important?

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Understand the state department of education/higher education

This week, you will examine the state’s role in educational policy at the PK-12 or higher education level.

Access the website for your state’s department of PK-12 education or higher education based on your professional preference. Every state should have a website for each of these organizations. Some example of PK-12 and higher education state department sites are provided in the resources for this week.

In this assignment, you will compare and contrast state education policy at either the PK-12 or higher education level by accessing websites for three states. One of the states must be your own and the other states must be bordering your state (or at least in your region of the U.S.—Hawaii and Alaska residents may choose any other two states). International students may choose a state that they would like to visit plus 2 bordering states; or select 3 regions from their location.

For this two-part assignment you will address the following:

Part I:

Write at least one paragraph for each state noting the following—What is each state saying about policy? Legislative news? What seems to be the focus or what seems to be important?

In your next paragraphs, compare and contrast the states. You may focus on areas of emphasis or areas of disagreement or discrepancy. In other words, what is the policy related items that you saw for one state that you didn’t see for another state?

Part II:

Find a news article from your state or local news or a video in which the leader of your states department of PK-12 or higher education has been interviewed or is making a statement. What is the leader saying? Write 1-2 paragraphs discussing what the leader has stated, how that relates to any policy initiatives or news items on the state’s website, how you view the leader’s comments, and the impact of that leader on your state.

Use a challenge presented in a media simulation, Analyzing Tools to Collect Data, to determine your ability to make the right choices when it comes to using technology tools to collect data.

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Applying Technology Tools to Collect Data

Collection of reliable assessment data on student learning and engagement using appropriate technology tools (6-10 pages).

Using data for instructional decisions requires that you use valid and reliable data. Ensuring validity and reliability in your data means that you have to use the right tool for the right reason at the right time.

For this assessment you will use a challenge presented in a media simulation, Analyzing Tools to Collect Data, to determine your ability to make the right choices when it comes to using technology tools to collect data.

Demonstration of Proficiency
By successfully completing this assessment, you will demonstrate your proficiency in the following competency and assessment scoring guide criteria:

Competency: Apply technology tools to collect valid, reliable assessment data on student learning and engagement.
Articulate the strengths and weaknesses of technology tools for quantitative and qualitative data collection.
Describe the process to choose technology tools for data collection supported by research and best practices.
Apply one quantitative data collection tool to collect valid, reliable assessment data on student learning and engagement.
Apply one qualitative data collection tool to collect valid, reliable assessment data on student learning and engagement.

Instructions
View the Riverbend City media simulation linked below to use as the context for your assessment:

Analyzing Tools to Collect Data | Transcript Attached
Once you have completed the simulation (transcript of simulation attached), imagine yourself as one of the 8th grade teachers at Madison Middle School who is collecting data to answer the question presented by your school principal. Complete and submit the following components:

Articulate the strengths and weaknesses of technology tools for quantitative and qualitative data collection. Briefly annotate the characteristics of at least two qualitative and two quantitative data collection tools. (Walk through the different technology tools available to collect data, what they can do, what they cannot do, and whether they might work for your particular needs—formative assessment or summative assessment data collection, quantitative or qualitative data, et cetera.)
Describe the tools you chose and the process you used to choose the right technology tools for data collection to answer the questions. How is your decision supported by research and best practices to choose the right data collection technology?

Apply at least one qualitative and one quantitative data collection technology tool to collect valid, reliable assessment data on student learning and engagement. Submit cleaned up data that is ready to be analyzed.

 

How did this most recent observation confirm or alter your philosophy of teaching and education? What did you learn new through this observation that you did not know previously about teaching/education?

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Curriculum Observation

Use the video above to conduct your observation. It is of a 4th grade math classroom.

For this assignment, use an anecdotal record to document your observations. The amount of documentation should reflect the amount of time you were in the classroom.

You will specifically watch for indicators of the curriculum.

After concluding your observation, type your anecdotal records.

Next, write a short reflection that includes responses to these questions:

  • What curriculum did you see utilized in the classroom?
  • What evidence supports this?
  • What guides or curriculum materials did you see the teacher use?
  • How did the students respond to the curriculum? (Respond to the curriculum, not the teacher.)
  • Does this teacher have the authority to use another curriculum in this classroom?
  • What is the hidden curriculum of the class?

Finally, conclude your paper by reflecting on your most recent observation and include the following:

  • How did this most recent observation confirm or alter your philosophy of teaching and education? Please share specific examples to support your answer.
  • What did you learn new through this observation that you did not know previously about teaching/education?

In what ways should data literacy (i.e., integrating assessment practice and accurately communicating student learning), technology applications, and your understanding of the research (quantitative and/or qualitative) behind school-based decision making impact your daily tasks?

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DISCUSSION QUESTION

Provide your perceptions with these issues addressing the specific questions below. The questions are there as guiding points. Your narrative should address them without responding to each individual question (i.e., do not write a response to each question, just a couple of paragraphs that address all aspects of the prompts)

In what ways should data literacy (i.e., integrating assessment practice and accurately communicating student learning), technology applications, and your understanding of the research (quantitative and/or qualitative) behind school-based decision making impact your daily tasks?
In what ways should a school employ data analysis and evidence to support the school environment?
In what ways should you, now and in the future, take the lead and/or participate in collaborative activities related to criteria identified in the above prompt?
In what ways should your professional dispositions and code of ethics affect your work?