Susan Salmon

Classes

• SPED 224: InqBasedTch&LrgStr-DivChld-Lec

  This course will help candidates develop the skills and competencies needed to organize effective instruction and to evaluate educational environments for all grades (levels Pre K - 12). Techniques for organizing instruction will include the development of educational goals, instructional (behavioral) objectives, task analysis and lesson plan. Consideration will be given to effective strategies (e.g. Kagan), use of time and how a student's IEP should be consider when planning instruction. This course includes 25 hours of fieldwork, in an inclusive childhood classroom. The fieldwork will focuses on preparing teachers to be participant observers in the classroom and will give students the opportunity to observe, interview, collect and analyze data to engage in professional discourse about organizing instruction. Candidates must receive a letter grade of C- or higher to move to Block III. Candidates will be allowed one retake of this course due to failure or withdrawal.

• SPED 224: InqBasedTch&LrgStr-DivChld-Act

  This course will help candidates develop the skills and competencies needed to organize effective instruction and to evaluate educational environments for all grades (levels Pre K - 12). Techniques for organizing instruction will include the development of educational goals, instructional (behavioral) objectives, task analysis and lesson plan. Consideration will be given to effective strategies (e.g. Kagan), use of time and how a student's IEP should be consider when planning instruction. This course includes 25 hours of fieldwork, in an inclusive childhood classroom. The fieldwork will focuses on preparing teachers to be participant observers in the classroom and will give students the opportunity to observe, interview, collect and analyze data to engage in professional discourse about organizing instruction. Candidates must receive a letter grade of C- or higher to move to Block III. Candidates will be allowed one retake of this course due to failure or withdrawal.

• SPED 231: Intro to Special Education

  This course provides an overview of the historical, social, and legal foundations of special education, with an emphasis on the major categories of disabilities, as defined in state and federal special education laws and regulations, across all grades (levels Pre K - grade 12). Teacher candidates will be introduced to the terminology, etiology, and characteristics of high and low incidence disabilities, as well as contemporary issues associated with assessing, identifying, remediating, and serving the needs of diverse learners with exceptionalities and their families, including those from culturally and linguistically diverse backgrounds. Placement options and collaborative teaching models will be introduced, and teacher candidates will gain a broad understanding of individualized education programs and differentiated instructional practices designed to engage students across all grades in meaningful learning activities that address New York learning standards and other professional standards. This course meets the New York State core requirements for understanding the needs of students with autism. Candidates must receive a letter grade of C- or higher to move to Block II. Candidates will be allowed one retake of this course due to failure or withdrawal.