with 12 middle school students with high-incidence disabilities. The findings showed a functional relationship between the instruction and (a) students' abilities to articulate Individualized Education Program (IEP) goals in writing and (b) paragraph-writing skills in students' IEP goal paragraphs....
The goals were set too low. Shannon was about to enter 10th grade. If she met these goals, she would fall even further behind. The IEP must also include a plan to meet ALL the child’s unique needs. The IEP should tell you exactly what the school will do to address the child’s n...
so I knew he needed a lot of time and stability to settle into a place. I knew his IEP and had read all his old report cards, but he drove me up a wall. I wasn’t alone; few teachers connected with him. I couldn’t imagine how his middle school teachers had been able to find...
With students whose functions are lower, you may need to modify your lesson plan to focus more specifically on IEP goals, including the steps that you as a teacher would take to help them arrive at a more age-appropriate level of function. The image for this slide, for example, was creat...
Writing SMART Goals Writing SMART goals for yourself or your students is a simple process if you understand the acronym and how to apply the steps it prescribed, as follows: "S" stands for specific. Make your goal or objective as specific as possible. Say exactly what you want to achieve ...
I have had the wonderful opportunity to instruct an academically and culturally diverse student population, with a particular focus on the more disadvantaged students. As result, I take the time to get to know my students as individuals, and uncover their unique goals, needs, and learning styles...
And like the leaders before you, even if it is difficult, you can do amazing things and achieve great success if you look to the future and work together to achieve your goals. Living around this beautiful river are kind and friendly people, with good English! The people here are bubbly ...