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SPE 525

Educating Learners with Diverse Needs
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APTS 6 & 7 - required

Lifelong Learning
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School House (Lg.) This paper meets the requirements outlined in the Arizona Professional Teacher Standards 6 (1-5) and 7 (1a,b, 2-5).  It helps to provide considerable insight into the needs of students with disabilities and the various programs that are available to them.  This insight will enable the author to better understand IEPs that are used in his high school and how to employ various strategies to meet the needs of all of his students.
AZ- Arizona's Professional Teacher Standards
Standard 6: The teacher reviews and evaluates his or her overall performance and implements a professional development planThe performance assessment shall measure the extent to which the teacher:
Assessed performance 1: Reviews his or her practices and evaluates the influences of his or her practices on student growth and learning
Assessed performance 2: Designs and continually adapts a professional development plan for improving instruction and student learning
Assessed performance 3: Engages in activities that implement the professional development plan
Assessed performance 4: Uses employer's documentation of his or her performance to develop a professional development plan
Assessed performance 5: Pursues professional activities to support development as a learner and a teacher
Standard 7: The teacher has general academic knowledge as demonstrated by the attainment of a bachelor's degree. The teacher also has specific academic knowledge in his or her subject area or areas sufficient to develop student knowledge and performance to meet Arizona's academic standardsThe subject knowledge assessment shall measure the extent to which the teacher has knowledge of:
Assessed performance 1: Skills and concepts related to the subject area
Required knowledge b: At the secondary level, the teacher demonstrates knowledge of the subject area or areas he or she is being certified to teach.
Assessed performance 2: Major facts and assumptions that are central to the discipline
Assessed performance 3: Debates and the processes of inquiry that are central to the discipline
Assessed performance 4: Integration of disciplinary knowledge with other subject areas
Assessed performance 5: Connections between knowledge of the subject area and real life situations at the level of the students being taught
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  1. Lifelong Learning Paper Lifelong Learning Paper
    This paper describes the various early intervention programs, assessments, and transition programs that are available to students with disabilities.
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APTS 4, 5 & 7 - required

Teaching Toolbox
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Reach for the Stars (Lg.)

This assignment provides a rather detailed description of the objectives and lessons that were learned in the special education course. It is a compilation of all the papers that were completed during the course and it meets the current professional development objectives that are listed within the required standards.
AZ- Arizona's Professional Teacher Standards
Standard 4: The teacher assesses learning and communicates results to students, parents and other professionals with respect to students'abilities to meet Arizona's academic standards.The performance assessment shall measure the extent to which the teacher:
Assessed performance 1: Promotes student self-assessment
Assessed performance 2: Uses a variety of appropriate formal and informal assessments aligned with instruction
Assessed performance 3: Maintains records of student work and performance and uses them to guide instructional decisions
Assessed performance 4: Offers students and parents appropriate feedback on progress toward learning expectations
Assessed performance 5: Maintains privacy of student records and performance
Standard 5: The teacher collaborates with colleagues, parents, the community and other agencies to design, implement, and support learning programs that develop students' abilities to meet Arizona's academic standards and transition from school to work or post-secondary educationThe performance assessment shall measure the extent to which the teacher:
Assessed performance 1: Works with parents to enhance student learning at home and school
Assessed performance 2: Collaborates with other professionals and agencies to improve the overall learning environment for students
Assessed performance 3: Accesses community resources and services to foster student learning
Assessed performance 4: Demonstrates productive leadership and team membership skills that facilitate the development of mutually beneficial goals
Assessed performance 5: Collaborates with colleagues to achieve school and district goals
Standard 7: The teacher has general academic knowledge as demonstrated by the attainment of a bachelor's degree. The teacher also has specific academic knowledge in his or her subject area or areas sufficient to develop student knowledge and performance to meet Arizona's academic standardsThe subject knowledge assessment shall measure the extent to which the teacher has knowledge of:
Assessed performance 1: Skills and concepts related to the subject area
Required knowledge b: At the secondary level, the teacher demonstrates knowledge of the subject area or areas he or she is being certified to teach.
Assessed performance 2: Major facts and assumptions that are central to the discipline
Assessed performance 3: Debates and the processes of inquiry that are central to the discipline
Assessed performance 4: Integration of disciplinary knowledge with other subject areas
Assessed performance 5: Connections between knowledge of the subject area and real life situations at the level of the students being taught
File Attachments:
  1. Teaching Toolbox Teaching Toolbox
    This is a compilation of the work that was completed during this course with an additional section that provides a reflective evaluation.
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Author: Michael Uenking
Last modified: 2/25/2007 7:42 PM (EST)