Describe Three Additional Team Professional Devel
Create a 15-20 slide professional development presentation for general education teachers on the topics of IEPs, inclusion, and team teaching. Include a title slide, reference slide, and presenter’s notes.
Address the following within the presentation:
- Provide a synopsis for each section of an IEP.
- Describe an inclusion classroom setting and when it is beneficial for special education students; include specific examples of special education students appropriately and inappropriately placed in an inclusive setting.
- Describe 3-5 team teaching models and include benefits and drawbacks of each.
- Provide and describe three additional team teaching strategies appropriate for modifications in an inclusive setting.
Use the attached IEP templates to inform the assignment. Support your presentation with a minimum of three scholarly resources.
While APA format is not required for the body of the assignment, solid academic writing is expected, and in-text citations and references should be presented using APA documentation guidelines.
EXTRA INFORMATION THAT MAY HELP IN ASSIGNMENT
1. A Guide to the Individualized Education Program
Read “Individualized Education Programs: Process and Procedures for Developing IEPs for Students with Disabilities,” located on the U.S. Department of Education website.
http://www2.ed.gov/parents/needs/speced/iepguide/index.html
2. Inclusion Classrooms and Teachers: A Survey of Current Practices
Read “Inclusion Classrooms and Teachers: A Survey of Current Practices,” by Kilanowski-Press, Foote, and Rinaldo, from the International Journal of Special Education (2010).
http://files.eric.ed.gov/fulltext/EJ909035.pdf
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Professional Development: IEPs, Inclusion, and Team Teaching
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100.0 %Criteria |
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20.0 %Professional Development: IEPs |
No submission. |
Presentation fails to provide synopses of IEP sections. |
Presentation includes inadequate synopses of IEP sections. |
Presentation includes adequate synopses of IEP sections. |
Presentation includes thorough and clear synopses of IEP sections. |
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30.0 %Professional Development: Inclusion |
No submission. |
Presentation fails to include a description of an inclusion classroom setting or rationalization of appropriately and inappropriately placed special education students. |
Presentation includes an insufficient description of an inclusion classroom setting. Rationalization of appropriately and inappropriately placed special education students is provided, but is lacking. |
Presentation includes a detailed description of an inclusion classroom setting. Adequate rationalization of appropriately and inappropriately placed special education students is provided. |
Presentation includes a professional and detailed description of an inclusion classroom setting. Comprehensive and clear rationalization of appropriately and inappropriately placed special education students is provided. |
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35.0 %Professional Development: Team Teaching |
No submission. |
Presentation fails to include descriptions of team teaching models or benefits and drawbacks of each. Descriptions for additional team teaching strategies are not provided. |
Presentation includes inadequate descriptions of team teaching models and inappropriately includes benefits and drawbacks of each. Incomplete descriptions for additional team teaching strategies are provided and are inappropriate for modifications in an inclusive setting. |
Presentation includes adequate descriptions of team teaching models and appropriately includes benefits and drawbacks of each. Descriptions for additional team teaching strategies are provided and are appropriate for modifications in an inclusive setting. |
Presentation includes comprehensive descriptions of team teaching models and appropriately includes benefits and drawbacks of each. Complete descriptions for additional team teaching strategies are provided and are appropriate for modifications in an inclusive setting. |
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5.0 %Layout |
No submission. |
The layout is cluttered, confusing, and does not use spacing, headings and subheadings to enhance the readability. The text is extremely difficult to read with long blocks of text and small point size of fonts, inappropriate contrasting colors, poor use of headings, subheadings, indentations, or bold formatting. No notes that script the presentation are included. |
The layout uses horizontal and vertical white space appropriately. Sometimes the fonts are easy-to-read, but in a few places the use of fonts, italics, bold, long paragraphs, color or busy background detracts and does not enhance readability. Minimal notes are present to script the presentation. |
The layout background and text complement each other and enables the content to be easily read. The fonts are easy-to-read and point size varies appropriately for headings and text. Notes are present to script and facilitate the presentation. |
The layout is visually pleasing and contributes to the overall message with appropriate use of headings, subheadings and white space. Text is appropriate in length for the target audience and to the point. The background and colors enhance the readability of text. Notes are well written and facilitate the delivery of the script in the presentation. |
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5.0 %Mechanics of Writing |
No submission. |
Slide errors are pervasive enough that they impede communication of meaning. |
Some mechanical errors or typos are present, but are not overly distracting to the reader. |
Slides are largely free of mechanical errors, although a few may be present. |
Submission is nearly/completely free of mechanical errors. |
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5.0 %Title and Research Citations Sources |
No submission. |
Contains no title slide, no References section, and no correctly cited references within the body of the presentation. |
Title slide has minor errors. References section includes sources, but they are not cited consistently or correctly. Citations are included within the body of the presentation, but with some errors. |
Title slide has minor errors. References section includes sources, but not consistently cited correctly. References included within the body of the presentation, but with some citation errors. |
Title slide is complete. References section includes correctly cited sources. References within the body of the presentation are included and correctly cited. |
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100 %Total Weightage |
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