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Special Education Finance
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Module 5 - required

Early Intervention
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In addressing the Arizona Teacher Standards 5 & 8: The ability to look at current educational practices that effect early interventions has on the identification rate of special education students, as a preventative measure for special education placement, and the ethical considerations in my position as an adapted physical educator, in a positive and productive manner that is the best practice for students with special needs would be Response to Intervention (RTI). The policy that has been implemented in the school district that I provide adapted physical education service in to reduce the rate of special education students is the RTI model. The R.T.I. model is becoming more and more of a practice in school education policies. RTI is a multi-tiered, problem-solving approach that addresses academic and behavioral difficulties of all students
AZ- Arizona's Professional Teacher Standards
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 5: Connections between knowledge of the subject area and real life situations at the level of the students being taught
Standard 8: The teacher demonstrates current professional knowledge sufficient to effectively design and plan instruction, implement and manage instruction, create and maintain an appropriate learning environment, and assess student learningThe professional knowledge assessment shall measure the extent to which the teacher has knowledge of:
Assessed performance 2: Interdisciplinary learning experiences that integrate knowledge, skills, and methods of inquiry from several subject areas
Assessed performance 3: Principles and techniques associated with various instructional strategies
Assessed performance 5: Methods for recognizing and accommodating exceptional children
Assessed performance 8: Effective evaluation of curriculum materials and resources for accuracy, comprehensiveness, and usefulness for representing particular ideas and concepts
Assessed performance 11: Services and resources to meet the needs of exceptional children and how to access the services and resources
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  1. Early Interventions Early Interventions

Module 4 - optional

Decreasing Special Education Spending
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In addressing the Arizona Teacher Standards 7 & 8; I looked at special education finance and strategies to decrease special education funding, there are several factors to that need to be consider; district size, special education population and the special education funding by federal, state, and local government agencies. If the school district is one that is considered small in student population and number of schools it might be difficult to trim much of the budget for special education. The opposite maybe true for a large school district which has a large number of schools and students in special education the ability to be creative in reducing special education funding without impacting the services offered.
The two areas that are will be focused in this paper will be from my experience in my previous school district in California and my current school district in Colorado. The strategy for reduce spending in special education is “home schooling” students in special education which was the case in California. The other strategy for reducing spending in special education is “inclusion” in general education setting, which is the case in Colorado.
AZ- Arizona's Professional Teacher Standards
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 5: Connections between knowledge of the subject area and real life situations at the level of the students being taught
Standard 8: The teacher demonstrates current professional knowledge sufficient to effectively design and plan instruction, implement and manage instruction, create and maintain an appropriate learning environment, and assess student learningThe professional knowledge assessment shall measure the extent to which the teacher has knowledge of:
Assessed performance 3: Principles and techniques associated with various instructional strategies
Assessed performance 11: Services and resources to meet the needs of exceptional children and how to access the services and resources
Assessed performance 12: Schools as organizations within the larger community context and the operations of the relevant aspects of the educational system
Assessed performance 13: Laws and ethics related to student, parent, and teacher rights and responsibilities
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  1. Special Education Finance - Decreasing Funding Special Education Finance - Decreasing Funding
Author: bryan wickoren
Last modified: 7/10/2008 9:51 AM (EST)