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chlohawk

10 Team-Building Activities Your Whole School Staff Will Love - We Are Teachers - 0 views

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    Name games, get to know you activities, and trust and teamwork activities are great ways to break the ice and to build rapport with fellow teachers in your building.
clwisniewski

Visual impairment in the classroom - 0 views

  • Visual impairment in the classroom
    • sadielaurenn
       
      Another great classroom resource!
  • Visual cues are central to most early childhood education systems.
    • sadielaurenn
       
      This is incredibly true, almost every lesson we will teach have some aspect of a visual. How will we accomplish our lessons without visuals?
  • In a school environment, visual impairments can cause difficulties when it comes to traditional reading and writing activities, reading at a distance, distinguishing colors, recognizing shapes and participating in physical education games which require acute vision, such as softball and kickball.
    • sadielaurenn
       
      Prior to research, when I heard "vision impairment" I would typically think of someone who is blind. Throughout researching this disability I have realized that it is so much more. Something as simple as needing glasses for being near sided or far sided is consider a vision impairment.
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  • Tips for teachers working with students who are visually impaired
    • sadielaurenn
       
      Below are some very basics tips to help accommodate your visually impaired students.
  • Children and adults with low vision are not considered legally blind, they simply have reduced vision at or lower than 20/70. Students who are blind have vision that is at or lower than 20/200. Nonetheless, only 15% of students with visual impairments are considered to be completely blind, with no light or form perception ability
    • clwisniewski
       
      An interesting statistic!
  • Children with visual impairments often start off learning to read and write with the assistance of low-tech solutions, such as high-intensity lamps and book-stands. Sometimes screen magnification and computer typing and reading programs are used. In other cases, low vision students will learn to read using the Braille system over text, or a combination of the two. However, as students progress through early grade levels and reading and writing activities become more demanding, periodic literacy skills assessment is required to ensure additional resources and adaptive strategy instruction are provided to meet their needs.
    • clwisniewski
       
      It's good to continue assessing visually impaired students in case they need further assistance.
  • For those students with visual impairments who do not master Braille, making use of technology to facilitate reading is fundamental. In fact, most talented Braille readers prefer to use computers or tablets when reading for fun anyway. And students who learn to use a computer not only find homework easier to complete, but often become faster readers. It is simply more efficient for low vision students to use a computer and word-processor over reading paper books and handwriting. This is particularly relevant at a high-school level, when reading and writing assignments become lengthier and more challenging.
    • clwisniewski
       
      This could be included in a student's IEP, so they have access to a device that can assist them with reading and writing.
Katelyn Karsnia

What is PBIS? | PBIS Rewards - 1 views

  • eaching positive and appropriate behavior, instead of punishing misbehavior, is the goal of Positive Behavior Interventions and Supports, or PBIS.
  • methods used to identify and support desired behaviors in the school setting.
  • PBIS seeks to reduce or eliminate poor behavior schoolwide through the encouragement of positive behaviors.
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  • positive school climate includes
  • Tier 2 – Some Students
  • Tier 1 – Universal or Primary Prevention:
  • Schoolwide For all students, staff members, and settings Designed to reduce problem behaviors Increases instructional time
  • A feeling of safety Respect Engagement in learning Involvement in school life Shared vision Involvement of teachers, students, and families
  • ier 2 addresses at-risk behavior.
  • focus on specific groups of students and the underlying issues that may be causing the behavior.
  • Tier 2 interventions parse out the hidden causes behind negative behavior and provide support in changing those behaviors.
  • Tier 2 – Secondary Prevention: Group supports for some students Specialized interventions for students demonstrating at-risk behavior Prevents worsening of problem behaviors
  • These interventions target students who exhibit high-risk behavior.
  • ndividual plan created to address specific academic or behavioral concerns.
  • Tier 3 – Tertiary Prevention:
  • ndividual support for a few students Specialized interventions for students with high-risk behavior Designed to reduce severity of ongoing problem behaviors
nikkilh

Parent Educator Resource Centers (PERC) - 0 views

  • The purpose of the project is to build partnerships between parents and educators to ensure that children receive the highest educational opportunities and achievement possible.
    • nikkilh
       
      Purpose of the West Virginia PERC project
  • A team consisting of a parent of a special needs child and an educator staffs each PERC
    • nikkilh
       
      Who is on the team
  • All PERCs have certain common functions and responsibilities including: Providing information, resources, and training for parents on important issues such as parenting skills, problem solving, educational planning for their child, behavior management, home learning activities, and other topics to strengthen home-to-school partnerships; Assisting families on an individual basis to better understand their children's educational needs and to discover opportunities and options for meeting these needs; Connecting families with appropriate community services; and Offering information, resources, and training to educators to increase the skills, knowledge and attitudes needed to encourage and strengthen family involvement and positive school-to-home partnerships.
    • nikkilh
       
      What the PERCs have in common as to their functions and responsibilities
drewevanaho

School Climate / ENVoY Non-Verbal Classroom Management - 0 views

  • ENVoY Nonverbal Classroom Management is based on the 7 Gems, microstrategies rooted in influence rather than power for student focus, engagement and productivity. Created by Michael Grinder, corporate and educational non-verbal communication expert, ENVoY Gems and refinements give teachers and staff specific strategies that dramatically decrease management problems and increase achievement.
    • drewevanaho
       
      ENVoY in Education
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