Comments for Teacher's Aid http://www.virtualeduc.com/blog Virtual Education Software, inc. Tue, 28 Jan 2014 21:26:20 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=4.0.38 Comment on Subscribe to our blog by Sharon Johnson http://www.virtualeduc.com/blog/subscribe-to-our-blog/#comment-672 Tue, 28 Jan 2014 21:26:20 +0000 http://www.virtualeduc.com/blog/?page_id=158#comment-672 I think I have taken classes with you before, Mr. Jackson. I will be checking on future courses. I am really interested in the Special Ed and Classroom Respect, Behavior and Learning. I am currently teaching Kindergarten with about one third of my class being resource and/or speech. I am managing, but have a part time paraprofessional and sometimes the aid has to go other places. Our educational budgets are stretched and so are resources. I would like to do more and plan more on some level so that my instructional was truly differentiated and based on student interest. I would also appreciate any direction or references on reverse inclusion; that could be an option that would help me. Thanks so much.

]]> Comment on Who’s To Blame? by Mick Jackson http://www.virtualeduc.com/blog/whos-to-blame/#comment-356 Wed, 14 Aug 2013 19:10:00 +0000 http://www.virtualeduc.com/blog/?p=144#comment-356 Yes, you may share the post.

]]> Comment on Life in Special Ed by Mick Jackson http://www.virtualeduc.com/blog/life-in-special-ed/#comment-355 Wed, 14 Aug 2013 19:09:36 +0000 http://www.virtualeduc.com/blog/?p=128#comment-355 I agree a staff nurse would have made a difference in this situation. Unfortunately many of these positions have been cut from schools.

]]> Comment on Who’s To Blame? by Mick Jackson http://www.virtualeduc.com/blog/whos-to-blame/#comment-354 Wed, 14 Aug 2013 19:08:05 +0000 http://www.virtualeduc.com/blog/?p=144#comment-354 Shyness can be part of a person’s personality or it may also be a response to the environment in which he/she grew up. What a student may need or be asking for from a teacher may be the same regardless of whether the student is outgoing or withdrawn. The difficult task for teachers is to ascertain what the student wants. Just because an outgoing student approaches us asking for something doesn’t necessarily mean that is what the student actually needs. Many times the words don’t match the behavior and the student doesn’t really know what he/she needs. Monitoring and understanding behavior is key to working with all students.

I agree teaching to the test is a self-defeating task.

]]> Comment on Who’s To Blame? by Sonal http://www.virtualeduc.com/blog/whos-to-blame/#comment-348 Wed, 14 Aug 2013 00:20:50 +0000 http://www.virtualeduc.com/blog/?p=144#comment-348 Going off of the previous comment discussion, how do you feel about a very shy, introverted student attempting to get the same sort of information from a teacher as an open and outgoing one? I myself am not a very good speaker, and am very introverted to say the least. In fact, I have some major social phobias which have led me to skipping classes altogether for fear of being called on. For some people this makes sense if you are unprepared, but I typically am up on all my work to the best of my abilities. In response to your video, do you agree with how school systems function with normal test procedures? I find studying specifically for a test is rather self-defeating to actually learning something. If everything not on the test is thrown aside, and a person is really only studying for a good grade, then nothing is really be learned (and more importantly, retained).

]]> Comment on Life in Special Ed by mary jo watkins http://www.virtualeduc.com/blog/life-in-special-ed/#comment-320 Tue, 06 Aug 2013 17:32:38 +0000 http://www.virtualeduc.com/blog/?p=128#comment-320 Dear Mr. Jackson-
I am a school nurse who came upon this site for an online class.
When I read your account, I felt extremely sorry for both you and your student.
You are definitely a very caring teacher!
It is unfortunate that there wasn’t a nurse available in the district who could have developed a plan to help Doug get through the school day, and make it much
easier for everyone involved, including Doug! He could possibly had visited the
Health Office each day at a specific time to take care of his needs before it became overwhelming! Extra colostomy supplies could have been kept there.

]]> Comment on Who’s To Blame? by バーバリー アウトレット http://www.virtualeduc.com/blog/whos-to-blame/#comment-290 Thu, 01 Aug 2013 04:14:53 +0000 http://www.virtualeduc.com/blog/?p=144#comment-290 Hi! Would you mind if I share your blog with my facebook group? There’s a lot of folks that I think would really appreciate your content. Please let me know. Thank you

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