We have sophomores and seniors with us now and beginning in a sophomore situation
these girls and guys are learning from the get go what it's like to manage classroom,
what it's like to have a wide range of abilities in the classroom and then what it takes
to meet those different learning styles and learning abilities.
And they are becoming a part of the process of meeting the kids at their individual levels.
I think that the impact on the students is just knowing that their teachers
and their entire school is behind them and cares for them. Marlborough already does that with developing the personal learning plans
but I think by pulling more future educators in here they are not only helping out
students who want to be teachers but they're helping out their students now.
--1 2 3 --Sam
Dakota
Scotty
I have a degree in elementary education and I just recently got my masters in special education.
It's really nice to be able to bring that information to my classroom
because I'm thinking about special education as not a separate entity within my classroom as full inclusion.
--Did you say it, Eve? --I kind of said part because I got mixed up.
You didn't finish? Thank you for being so honest.
Mrs. Gray really uses a lot of different techniques to teach a student so that everybody has the opportunity to learn in their own way.
--1 2 3 --Grace --Sam
--That was a close one. --That's a tie.
--Do you think it's fair to end with a tie? --Do we want to count and see how many people we have on each side?
Teachers definitely have to make a lot of accommodations anyways. They have to be used to helping students out when they need it.
But I think with development they just have to be constantly aware of where each student is in terms of development.
That alone takes so much effort. The teachers at this school are very intuitive
and they know their students really well.
Clap once if you can hear my voice. Clap twice if you can hear my voice.
--So this side, what do you say to this side? --Congratulations.
I just recently got my masters in special education and I did it because I have found
that not necessarily the number of special education children in my class have been increasing but the number of needs.
Going to get my masters in special ed allowed me to look at things in a new perspective.
So the fact that we're giving apprentice teachers this leg up on that… for some people…
And that doesn't mean they want to be a special-education teacher. It just means that they're exposed to more things,
more learning styles, more approaches for teaching.
Today we did the animal greeting and that was when the students had to make an animal sound and find their partners and then greet each other formally.
Because you guys are going to switch off parts. Tyler is going to say the first line and you're going to say the next Wolverine part.
Today we also worked on the play. The parts were split up between some of the people and we had to highlight different parts for them and we all gathered back together to read it through as a whole.
We are highlighting Erin's part and her partner Zach's part in the play that they're doing.
--Now all together --See you later
An inclusive school has students with disabilities and special needs in the classroom. So if you're a regular general classroom teacher you are...
You are a special ed teacher but you're not… You are using your special ed background
and being a special ed teacher and you know you have to deal with both of them.
All along the meadow where the cows grazed and the horses ran there was an old stone wall.
--Olivia, what's your favorite part of Frederick?
I like the part when they pop out.
--When who pops out? --Frederick and the rest of the mice.
--What part do you play? --Frederick. --You play Frederick? That's so awesome.
My favorite part is when she says four little field mice like you and I.
What do you do in that part?
I just really like shake and shake my mouse and make it go squeak squeak.
In that wall not far away not far from the barn and the granary a chatty family of field mice had their home.
squeak squeak squeak squeak