Student Teacher Week 4 - UHS

This week at the high school was very busy. I have started writing a few IEP's on top of teaching and I can already see why so many special education teachers complain about the process. I reviewed the students' files and there is so much information that goes into revising the forms. I must say that the practice is helping me learn a lot about what's helpful when doing a child's yearly revisions. I am also a lot more understanding of how to create modifications for the student's and how they should be based on certain scores. Another thing that caught my interest was watching a teacher go through the student's IEP with him to make him a part of the process. I thought this was extremely important because it helps the student feel important and have a voice instead of allowing others to speak for him. I had a lot of fun with my students this week. I'm sad that next week is my last week with them. It's crazy how much my attitude has changed about being in a high school placement. At first I wasn't too sure how things would pan out, and now I don't want to leave them! I definitely could see myself teaching at a high school level when I graduate, but my heart is still in elementary. I am looking forward to being in kindergarten, and I'm so excited to meet all my new students.