Isnt All Education Special? What Makes Special Education
Special At Mather: Exploring ICT & Differentiated Instruction
at Mather HS
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Exploring ICT Models at Mather HS
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Special Education The Six (6) ICT Models 1.One teach, One
observe 2.Station Teaching 3.Parallel Teaching 4.Alternative
Teaching 5.Teaming 6.One Teach, One Assist Lets take a closer look
at each of these models.
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Special Education The Six (6) ICT Models Model #1: One teach,
One observe What it Looks Like: One teacher teaches while the other
collects purposeful data. The one teach, one observe model should
only be used periodically with the intention of collecting student
data The one teach, one observe model should only be used
periodically with the intention of collecting student data
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Special Education The Six (6) ICT Models Model #2: Station
Teaching What it Looks Like: Teachers teach in different small
groups The station teaching model can be used frequently for small
group intense instruction.
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Special Education The Six (6) ICT Models Model #3: Parallel
Teaching What it Looks Like: Class is split, and educators instruct
groups The Parallel Teaching model can be used frequently for small
group intense instruction.
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Special Education The Six (6) ICT Models Model #4: Alternative
Teaching What it Looks Like: A small number of students are
selected for intense instruction by one educator The Alternative
Teaching Model can be used as frequently as necessary to offer re-
teaching, enrichment, and remediation
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Special Education The Six (6) ICT Models Model #5: Teaming What
it Looks Like: Both educators instruct class together for fast
paced group instruction With the teaming model, it is important to
avoid too much teacher talk. Teachers can debate a topic, or one
teacher can speak, while the other takes notes
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Special Education The Six (6) ICT Models Model #6: One Teach,
One Assist What it Looks Like: One educator provides assistance to
individual students. We should try to avoid using the One Teach,
One Assist model on a regular basis. While the model can be used to
provide individualized student support, it does not effectively
accommodate all students
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Special Education The Six (6) ICT Models 1.One teach, One
observe 2.Station Teaching 3.Parallel Teaching 4.Alternative
Teaching 5.Teaming 6.One Teach, One Assist Does anyone have any
clarifying questions before we move on to our first activity?
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Special Education Teacher Activity ICT Peaks and Pitfalls Task:
Working collaboratively with your grade teams, you will evaluate
the six (6) ICT models by completing the provided Peaks and
Pitfalls activity. ICT Models 1.One teach, One observe 2.Station
Teaching 3.Parallel Teaching 4.Alternative Teaching 5.Teaming 6.One
Teach, One Assist The Six (6) ICT Models
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ICT ModelPeaksPitfallsAction Orientated
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Special Education Teacher Activity ICT Peaks and Pitfalls Lets
SHARE OUT about our experience working with the ICT Models!
Special Education Universal Design for Learning (UDL) A set of
principles that provides teachers with a structure to develop their
instruction to meet the needs of a diverse group of learners.
Embracing the UDL principles allow educators to create an flexible
learning environment. This flexible learning environment includes
multiple points of entry for every student regardless of topic and
academic ability
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Special Education Universal Design for Learning (UDL) Teachers
can create a flexible learning environment by providing multiple
means of: Representation: How are new skills and content being
presented? Engagement: What are students doing with the new skills
and content? Expression: What are the students are producing to
demonstrate their mastery of the new skills and content?
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Special Education Universal Design for Learning (UDL) By
following the principals of UDL, teachers provide students with
Multiple Points of Entry into a lesson. Students can react to the
same topic in different ways.
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Special Education Universal Design for Learning (UDL) Entry
Points Narrative Quantitative Logical Fundamental Aesthetic
Experiential Social/Collaborative
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Special Education Universal Design for Learning (UDL)
Traditional student worksheets and note taking
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Special Education Universal Design for Learning (UDL) What does
UDL actually look like in the classroom? Lets take a few minutes to
look at the two (2) provided examples. What did we notice about the
examples? Statue of LibertyUS History - Great Speeches
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Special Education: Universal Design for Learning (UDL)/Multiple
Points of Entry Activity Set Up: At Mather HS we try to strike a
balance between preparing our students for college, careers, and
life in general. As we consider preparing our students for life,
please imagine you have been asked to teach an extended lesson on
"Healthy Relationships in your advisory class. The lessons priority
standard has been provided for you.
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Special Education: Universal Design for Learning (UDL)/Multiple
Points of Entry Activity Tasks: Working collaboratively with your
group, you will: 1. Read and select one of the two priority
standards provided below. 2. Create a UDL Do Now activity for the
lesson that includes options for at least two (2) of discussed
entry points. 3. Imagining you have successfully completed both the
do now and a brief mini- lesson on "Healthy Relationships, please
create a hands-on/project based summative assessment task that
includes at least three (3) different entry points. 4. Whole Group
Share-Out Transfer the work complete below to chart paper to share
with everyone Please be sure to explicitly list the different entry
points you decided on for both the do now and the summative
assessment
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Special Education: Universal Design for Learning (UDL)/Multiple
Points of Entry Activity Lets SHARE OUT about our experience
working with the principles of UDL.
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Closing Thoughts Next Steps Does anyone have any questions or
comments regarding anything discussed during this PD?
