Lessons Learned From the Special Education Classroom - Creating Opportunities for All Students to Listen, Learn, and Lead

Lessons Learned from the Special Education Classroom offers practical techniques and research-based suggestions where all students, regardless of their abilities, are actively engaged in a vigorous, scaffolded, differentiated classroom taught by a compassionate, equitable teacher.

List of contents

Chapter 1: Accept Every Student as They Are
Chapter 2: Scaffolding a Lesson is Just Good Teaching
Chapter 3: Responding to Every Student
Chapter 4: Students Want to Feel Loved
Chapter 5: Empathy, Equality, and Equity
Chapter 6: The Community of Family
Chapter 7: Change Your Language; Change Your Mindset
Chapter 8: Share What You've Learned with Others
Chapter 9: Ask Your Colleagues for Help
Chapter 10: Celebrate-It's Good for the Soul
About the Author

About the author

Peg Grafwallner, M.Ed., is an Instructional Coach/Reading Specialist at a large urban school in Milwaukee, WI. Currently, Peg models, coaches, and assists teachers in creating comprehensive literacy lessons meant to enhance skill-building. As an educator and parent of both a gifted and talented child and a special needs child, Peg advocated for her children's education, explicitly supporting the needs of both children while also reinforcing the expectations of their teachers.

Summary

Lessons Learned from the Special Education Classroom offers practical techniques and research-based suggestions where all students, regardless of their abilities, are actively engaged in a vigorous, scaffolded, differentiated classroom taught by a compassionate, equitable teacher.

Product details

• Authors: Peg Grafwallner, Peggy Grafwallner, Peggy J. Grafwallner
• Publisher: Rowman and Littlefield
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 30.11.2018
• EAN: 9781475844252
• ISBN: 978-1-4758-4425-2
• No. of pages: 114
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Education > Special education; EDUCATION / Administration / General, EDUCATION / Special Education / General, Organization & management of education, Educational administration and organization, Teaching skills and techniques, Teaching of students with different educational needs, Teaching skills & techniques, EDUCATION / Teaching / Methods & Strategies