Assignment: Professional Development- Strategies for the Inclusive Classroom
Special education teachers often provide training and support to general education teachers to promote successful inclusive practices in their classrooms. Understanding expectations, facilitating social skills, and designing and evaluating the effectiveness of positive learning environments helps all students, especially those with disabilities, learn and be productive in school.
Create a 12 to 15 slides digital presentation, to be given to general classroom teachers in a professional development setting, on inclusion and classroom management strategies that can be incorporated into classrooms. Include a title slide, reference slide, and presenter's notes.
The presentation should help the general education teachers build their skills in the following areas:
1. Identifying realistic expectations for the personal and social behaviors of students with mild to moderate disabilities in a general education inclusive classroom.
2. Assisting individuals with mild to moderate disabilities to develop their interpersonal skills for educational and other social environments.
3. Designing learning environments that motivate and encourage active participation in individual and group activities for individuals with and without disabilities.
4. Organizing, developing, and sustaining learning environments that support positive multicultural experiences.
5. Using collaborative learning groups and project-based activities to help individuals with and without disabilities practice self-determination and self-advocacy skills.
Format your assignment according to the give formatting requirements:
1. The answer must be double spaced, typed, using Times New Roman font (size 12), with one-inch margins on all sides.
2. The response also includes a cover page containing the title of the assignment, the course title, the student's name, and the date. The cover page is not included in the required page length.
3. Also include a reference page. The references and Citations should follow APA format. The reference page is not included in the required page length.