May Term Placement

For Practicum I've been placed in a 4th/5th grade Resource Room in an Intermediate School. This is a AAA classroom with 4 students, but not all on extended standards. There is diversity in disabilities, and an interesting mix: ED, Autsim, ID, and LD. The students also have a mixture of resource time, from most time in their GenEd class to only PE with GenEd. Staff wise, this class has a teacher and two paraprofessionals. I'm excited to observe and participate in this class. This is my second 5th grade experience, but my first in a concentrated resource room. I'm very excited to add experiences to begin to compare and contrast.

May Term

This May I have a May "mini-term" which is a practicum for Special Ed. The requirement of the class is to log 90+ hours in the classroom for observation, plus a few papers on teaching and observations. In this class, I write lesson plans, teach them, and am graded by my cooperating teacher (CT) as well as my professor. I will also begin the behavioral instruction unit, observing and recording behavior data to use in other classes this summer. This concentrated class will be a lot in a little bit of time, but I'm very excited!