INTASC+Standard+3

STANDARD: The teacher understands how students differ in their approaches to learning and creates instructional opportunities that are adapted to diverse learners.
 * INTASC Standard 3**

INTASC.3.B K: The teacher knows about areas of exceptionality in learning--including learning disabilities, visual and perceptual difficulties, and special physical or mental challenges.
 * Specific Category of Standard 3**

The teacher understands how children learn at different times and how they have different approaches to learning new information. The teacher also creates many educational opportunities that help diverse learners enhance their academic skills.
 * Understanding Sentence**


 * Artifacts**
 * Disability Notebook [|Disability Notebook.ppt]

Understanding that students' differ in their approaches to learning is very important because I want to be able to accommodate all my students' so that they may all have a chance to learn. It allows the teacher to be open to creating many new instructional opportunities and understand how the child feels. My Disability Notebook artifact is a collection of information about autism. After studying autism it shares a special place in my heart. I knew nothing about autism before I did research and it has helped me gain a better understanding of students with disabilities and how learning can be difficult for them at times. Once I researched autism it helped me learn how to take on new approaches to learning and how to create instructional lesson and opportunities to accommodate their learning. My artifact definitely broadened my knowledge as to how students' learn and how many need different styles of instruction to make sure they understand the subject matter to the best of their ability. After taking my exceptional learners class I felt more comfortable and knowledgeable in understanding children with disabilities and how I can accommodate and provide opportunities for diverse learners.
 * Reflect**

The disability notebook says that I am open to learning about diverse learners and want to understand them more. Being a progressivist I am open to all my students' and want to create a very cooperative learning experience and different ways to accommodate their needs. I am a very open learner who is concerned about all diverse students' and I want to learn how to create many types of instructional opportunities so all students' get the chance to learn something new. As a teacher my disability notebook shows that I have learned about children with disabilities and can find ways to plan opportunities in the classroom for them. I have gained a better understanding of disabilities in general and feel more comfortable in teaching children who have them and can appreciate how students all learn differently. I care about all children and their learning experience so this artifact opened up my eyes to care about all diverse learners and how to make school a wonderful and fun learning experience for them. In the future I will be able to work with children with disabilities and know how to accommodate their needs, care for them, and make their learning experience a good, long lasting one. I will also feel comfortable in planning instructional opportunities.
 * Project**