SPED 490 Student Teaching in Urban Special Education

General

• Work in team setting to understand functional behavioral assessment.
• Monitor, collect, summarize, evaluate, and interpret data to document progress on skill acquisition and make adjustment to and accommodations in instruction.
• Select and apply evidence-based instructional practices for academic instruction, social skills instruction, affective education, and behavior management for students with a range of disabilities and diverse needs.
• Apply strategies to increase functional developmental skills, academic skills, reasoning, problem solving skills, study skills, organizational skills, coping skills, social skills, self-advocacy, self-assessment, self-awareness, self- management, self-control, self-reliance, self-esteem, test-taking skills, and other cognitive strategies to ensure individual success in one-to-one, small-group, and large-group settings, including preparation for transition.
• Modify instruction and teach skills to increase accuracy, fluency, academic vocabulary, and comprehension in reading, writing, and listening including modifying pace of instruction, introducing monitoring strategies, and providing organizational cues.
• Modify instruction and teach skills to increase accuracy and proficiency in mathematical reasoning and calculation.
• Design functional and safe school and classroom environments utilizing classroom management theories and strategies and positive behavioral to support learning, behavior, social, and emotional needs.
• Provide and receive consultation and collaborate with educators, specialists, families, paraprofessionals, and interagency.
• Reflect on experiences in urban settings.