This video displays a school community based special education program at James Hubert Blake high school in Montgomery County, Maryland. A team of teachers, administrators and specialists come together each day to support and teach these students. This is a great learning experience and it won't take long to watch it! Notice the tactics the teacher uses around the classroom and throughout the school day to ensure that her students are learning as much as possible.
Friday, October 26, 2012
Tuesday, October 23, 2012
Career Immersion Program Updates
1) The Career Immersion Program is all about the experience you gain, not the hours you gain. We are more concerned about what you are learning, not the amount of hours that are submitted on your log.
2) You can complete your hours anywhere that lets you gain experience when it comes to Special Education. We are not requiring that you complete the hours in a school!
3) We will provide opportunities and events so that you can gain hours and experience. Take advantage of them!
KDP Autism Seminar: November 8th, common hour, Sullivan Cafe
Movie Night: November 19th, common hour, Pacini Room
4) We don’t want this to be difficult for you. If there is something you need to learn more about or something you are not getting from your CIP experience, please let us know. Communication is key!
5) Get involved with the blog: http://careerimmersion.
We created it to keep you informed. We have posted articles and volunteer opportunities to help you learn more. We would love to see your feedback and what you think of it.
Sincerely,
Career Immersion Team
Monday, October 22, 2012
City Schools Want to Hire Authority
Please take some time to read this short article
that can be accessed from the link below! Just like the NY state testing,
things are changing. This directly affects you as an educator. It’s important
to be aware of the changes that are occurring.
http://www.nypost.com/p/news/local/manhattan/city_schools_want_hire_authority_Rawxu663eEz8KTVoPhPKkO
Light It Up Blue
Light It Up Blue is a day full of events to raise awareness for autism by planning events to inform other students about autism, raise money, and interact with children that have autism. We are in need of students to join the team to help organize events for that day. This will take much preparation and we need your help. If you are interested in this opportunity, please email Dean Willis.
Think of Autism When You Vote
With
the upcoming election not far away, it is important to know where each
president stands when it comes to education and children with disabilities.
Check out this page and see the plans that Republicans and Democrats have for
those with Autism and other disabilities.
Wednesday, October 17, 2012
Beneficial Special Education Field Trips
As teachers, we will all look for
reasons to get out of the classroom and go on little trips. Not only would we love it, but our
students would love it as well. This article talks about simple, inexpensive
trips you can take with kids with Asperger’s Syndrome, but these trips could
also work for kids with other disabilities such as Autism or Down’s
syndrome. Not only would the
kids have fun, but they will also be learning things such as manners and how to
budget their money. Some of these
trips also get them to be physically active. Below is the link to the article.
New Service Opportunity!
Hello Students,
There is a place called SNACK in NYC, where you can volunteer with special needs children. No experience is needed. Some of the volunteer activities include coaching a sports team, being an activities leader for music, art or yoga, or being a swim instructor. For more information check out their website at http://snacknyc.com
If you are interested please send a letter explaining the reason why you’d like to volunteer with SNACK, what you are hoping to do during your volunteer hours, and your available hours to info@snacknyc.com
This can count towards your Career Immersion hours!
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