Teachers know the subjects they are teaching and can create learning experiences that make the central concepts, tools of inquiry, and structures of the discipline meaningful for students Students will become fluent with the CEC Standards for the teaching of students with learning disabilities. Students will demonstrate fluency with IDEA and its provisions for serving adolescents in the special education system. Based on the WI and CEC standards, the students will design, implement, and evaluate lessons for class assignments and for field experience which will demonstrate their ability to meet the needs of adolescent students with learning disabilities. Teachers know how children grow. Students will demonstrate fluency with the CEC standards as well as social and cognitive development in a oral exam as well as in completion of course assignments to analyze texts, reading, and Internet materials and develop a variety of lesson plans designed to meet the needs of adolescents with learning disabilities.
Teachers understand that children learn differently .
In field experience, students will work in inclusive classrooms and have experience in planning and implementing lessons for students with a range of learning and behavior differences. Students will develop a unit designed to teach adolescents about learning disabilities, the use of cognitive and metacognitive strategies, and self-advocacy skills. Teachers know how to teach, understand, and use a variety of instructional strategies to encourage students' development of critical thinking, problem solving, and performance skills. Teachers know how to manage a classroom. In their field experience, students will observe their Partner Teacher's classroom management plan.