END OF MONTH BLOG: MARCH

This month was not the best, in terms of getting things done for my senior topic. I did a lot in the beginning of the month, worked on some hours for my independent component, and was productive, but, most of the month has been working on the powderpuff cake. Another thing is that my mentorship has been going through some tragic times, a student was stabbed in front of the school. Sadly, he died on the way to the hospital. It was pretty crazy. Fortunately, they caught the people responsible and found out that they were from Garfield High. Ever since then the security at the school has been going up dramatically, making it harder for me to just visit. All in all it's been OK, but not as productive as I would want it to be.

Blog 18: 4th Interview Prep

1. What are some highly effective strategies for teaching special education and why?
2. How do you combine technology and strategies into the teaching?
3. What are some important tools or materials that can be used to teach special needs students?
4. What is one of the best ways to get control of a noisy classroom?
5. How do you get a student to learn if he does not want to cooperate?
6. Have you had any kind of special type of technology used to teach special needs students?
7. What are some ways that keep you up to date with special education best practices?
8. What kind of attitude should you have towards special needs students?
9. How do you personally feel is the way that the students learn?
10. How can using different types of mnemonics help the students learn easier?
11. What do you believe are the three major challenges facing special education today?
12. How have you collaborated with general education teachers to benefit your students?
13. How have you monitored the progress of each child? 
14. What particular skills or abilities do you have to help special needs students?
15. What are the most important skill you must have to teach special needs students?
16. What kind of students are the easiest to deal with?
17. How can you keep the students from fighting and/or disrupting each other?
18. How can you maximize the potential of a student?
19. What is the best way to teach 6th grade special needs students?
20. How can you keep your students focused and engaged during class?

Blog 17 - Answer 3

1. EQ:

 What is the best way to teach 6th grade special needs students?

2. Answer #3 (Write in a complete sentence like a thesis statement)

A teacher with patience and understanding towards their students can cater to their students' individual needs better and faster

3. details to support the answer (a detail is a fact and an example): 

Patience is key when working with special needs students as they tend to be slow.

A teacher that has no patience gets very frustrated when a student of his can't read due to dyslexia.

Understanding the child's needs are just as important.

The research source (s) to support your details and answer
My mentor, http://www.edweek.org/tm/articles/2013/04/08/fp_armstrong.html

Concluding Sentence

I know this answer is really cliche, but it takes someone with these characteristic traits to give a proper education to special needs students