Working with diverse students -- Organizing a classroom for instruction -- Managing student behavior -- Designing effective instruction -- Teaching strategies and learning activities -- Graphic organizers -- Incorporating technology -- Student assessment and evaluation -- Promoting achievement through collaboration.
Summary:
""This book has ideas, tools, and starting points for all the situations you could encounter on your first day of teaching or on your thousandth! It is practical and up-to-date on what it is like to be a special educator in schools today."--Alison Martins, Special Education Teacher Seven Hills Charter Public School Worcester, MA" ""This book is a new teacher's first stop for everything from Hòw should I set up my room the first week of school?' to "What types of assessments should I be using?"--Nancy Yost Associate Professor of Special Education Indiana University of Pennsylvania" "Special education teachers face unique challenges, especially when they are just beginning. This essential resource offers special educators a blueprint for dealing with the most common challenges they face both in the classroom and in the larger school environment." "These research-based strategies help teachers meet the academic needs of diverse students with disabilities (including those who are also English language learners) by offering suggestions for setting up a classroom, managing student behavior, designing effective instruction, incorporating technology, embracing diversity, and more." "This all-in-one reference book offers the tools, strategies, and support special educators need for success in their first year and every year thereafter!"--BOOK JACKET.
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