“Teaching is the profession that makes all the others possible”
How to control a classroom when kids are talking, laughing, throwing papers and clips at each other, and generally causing a chaotic environment? That is the main fear of novel teachers, fresh out of college, who desperately seek help in classroom management. A good resource is offered by NEA through the American Psychological Association at:
http://www.apa.org/ed/schools/cpse/activities/class-management.aspx
“The inclusion of children with disabilities in general preschool and child care programs is becoming more and more common. Parents, teachers, and researchers have found that children benefit in many ways from integrated programs that are designed to meet the needs of all children”
Read more on TeacherVision: http://www.teachervision.fen.com/special-education/resource/2942.html#ixzz1urwDGpJW
Classroom (Photo credit: James F Clay)
Being an inclusion teacher, as mentioned in previous articles, requires a good rapport with the classroom teacher. Both must work as a team in high school (not to be confused with the academic teams at elementary and middle school levels) and both must have a very specific role to play. If either one lacks the necessary training and information, the class situation may turn chaotic very quickly. Students detect immediately the lack of preparation and/or cooperation and take advantage of it by behaving erratically, checking their smart phones, listening to their iPods, or talking loudly while the main teacher tries to start the instruction process.
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