Category: Inclusive Education

      Classroom ManagementCourseworkInclusive EducationITL530 Optimized Learning CommunityNational UniversityTeaching Strategies

      Classroom Resources

      Teachers often turn to resources to develop flexible learning environments that can support individual learning differences, allowing for an inclusive classroom. And they build up a toolbox of resources from which they draw from for practical ideas and inspiration to implement when planning lessons and/or to share with other teachers. To prepare for our initial post, we conducted independent research for resources that could be used to promote productive student learning that reflect diversity and are culturally responsive. We were advised to consider evidence-based resources such as the National University SEL playbooks or other outside resources to expand our depth of knowledge. We searched...
      Frank Jamison
      Behavior ManagementCourseworkInclusive EducationITL530 Optimized Learning CommunityNational UniversitySocial and Emotional Learning (SEL)

      PBIS and Social-Emotional Learning

      For this assignment, we were to describe how we would plan positive and inclusive learning environments that address the needs of all learners in our professional learning environment. When responding to the prompt, we were to demonstrate our understanding of PBIS and SEL strategies by connecting theory to practice. Instructions Resources We were to review the following resources before we began ourr assignment as they would inform our work. After reading and reviewing the assigned resources, we were to conduct independent research for credible sources to support our written response to the prompt in relation to our professional learning environment...
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      Classroom ManagementCourse DescriptionsInclusive EducationITL530 Optimized Learning CommunityNational UniversityTeaching Strategies

      ITL530 Optimized Learning Community

      Course Description Research-based strategies and models managing an equitable and inclusive K-12 learning environments. Social-emotional growth, development, and individual responsibility. Positive interventions and supports, restorative justice, and conflict resolution practices. Prevention of common classroom problems. Effectively work with challenging students. Establishment of safe classroom and school environments to prevent bullying. Course Learning Outcomes
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      Algebra InstructionCourseworkEducational TechnologyInclusive EducationITL526 Single Subject Integrated Design INational University

      Reflecting on What it Means to Support All Learners

      What does supporting all learners look like in your lesson? When we, as teachers, begin the lesson planning process, we sometimes do this in partnership with our course-alike partners and, in some cases, in collaboration with Special Ed teachers we might co-teach with or interdisciplinary teachers we share students with. Whether it is collaborative in nature or done independently, the focus is the same: implementing the appropriate supports so all learners can achieve at high levels. Beyond the initial planning component comes the implementation and monitoring components of the lesson itself, adjusting as necessary and inserting supports as needed. In...
      Frank Jamison
      CourseworkEducational TechnologyInclusive EducationITL526 Single Subject Integrated Design INational UniversitySocial and Emotional Learning (SEL)

      Curating and Sharing Resources

      As you read TPE 3.4, 3.5, and 3.6, consider the common theme of needing to match the right resource, tool, or strategy to the needs of our diverse learners. TPE 3.4: Individually and through consultation and collaboration with other educators and members of the larger school community, plan for effective subject matter instruction and use multiple means of representing, expressing, and engaging students to demonstrate their knowledge. TPE 3.5: Adapt subject matter curriculum, organization, and planning to support the acquisition and use of academic language within learning activities to promote the subject matter knowledge of all students, including the full...
      Frank Jamison
      Classroom StrategiesCourseworkEducational MethodsInclusive EducationITL520 Academic Language & LiteracyNational University

      The Universal Design for Learning (UDL) Framework in Practice

      Universal Design for Learning (UDL) is a framework that supports each student in the classroom. It supports each student in the classroom by acknowledging that each student has different needs, comes from different educational backgrounds, has different interests, has different language talents, and has different cultures and identities that represent them. Given the unique makeup of each classroom, UDL offers teachers a way to support each student. In a content-literacy classroom, UDL is incredibly important. UDL, in practice, can look like drawing vocabulary words with math symbols to support comprehension, showing students how to decode a difficult piece of science...
      Frank Jamison
      CourseworkEducational StrategiesInclusive EducationITL606 Learners and Learning IINational UniversityTeaching Methodologies

      Between-Class vs. Within-Class Grouping

      In preparing for the opening of the new K-8 school, Barlett Canyon Academy, it quickly becomes obvious to the principal, Ms. Patel, that “something different” will be needed with instructional strategies. Bartlett Canyon Academy is drawing its highly diverse student population from several local communities. Individual differences in educational backgrounds, special needs, and home environments are substantial. Ms.Patel decided to approach her faculty. “What is the best way to address our problem of such diverse learners?” begins Ms.Patel. Ms. Díaz, a seasoned sixth-grade teacher, suggests that classes at each grade level be organized into tracks to create high, average, and low groups. Each group then works...
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      CourseworkInclusive EducationITL604 Learners and Learning INational UniversityStudent DiversityTeaching Strategies

      Strategies and Support Identification of Three Focus Students

      This assignment aims to prepare us to consider the diversity of assets of all our students when planning lessons. We’ll do this by selecting three students to focus on (described below), almost as “case studies.” By taking the assets and needs of these three focus students into consideration, we will accomplish one of two things: By the end of the assignment and throughout this course, we will have identified and analyzed data, assets, and gaps on three Focus Students, which will have allowed us to determine appropriate supports and strategies, providing differentiated ACCESS to our instruction and learning. Deliverables We...
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