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COURSE SYLLABUS: ED541 - Creating an Effective Inclusive Classroom

Course Title: ED541 - Creating an Effective Inclusive Classroom
Department: Education
Instructor: Joseph W. Pasquerilla, M.S.Ed.; Ed.D. Candidate - - Vita


COURSE DESCRIPTION AND OVERVIEW

This course describes in detail what an effective inclusive classroom “looks like.” The course will provide the candidate with effective and reflective practices to help provide students with disabilities the opportunity to obtain a positive learning experience. The course will instruct the candidates to focus on the student’s strengths. It will also review how to deal with the variety of challenges that are presented as a result of diverse student populations.

TEXTBOOK  Online Bookstore

Salend. (2008). Creating inclusive classrooms: effective and reflective practices, 6th edition. Upper Saddle River, NJ. Pearson Press.
ISBN13: 9780132272353
ISBN: 0132272350

CONTACT INFORMATION

The most effective means of contact is via email . With very few exceptions, I will respond to your inquiries and submitted assignments within 24 hours.

ASSIGNMENT SUBMISSION
  1. your name,
  2. your student identification (example: stu00000),
  3. the course number (example: ED541), and
  4. the assignment title (example: Assignment One) are included in the SUBJECT box of your email message.
EXAMPLE: Subject: Jane Doe; stu00000; ED541; Reflection and Reaction Paper #1

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COURSE COMMENTARY

Each candidate enrolled in this course has up to eight weeks to complete the assignments indicated below. However, a candidate may elect to accelerate his/her course of study and finish the assignments at an earlier time without permission from the instructor.

After each assignment that is submitted, the candidate will receive an email within 24 hours indicating his/her score along with possible comments or feedback from the instructor.

Each of the four assignments in this course will be valuated as follows. Therefore, the candidate’s grade is derived from the proceeding framework.

ASSIGNMENTPOSSIBLE POINTS
Assignment One30
Assignment Two30
Assignment Three30
Assignment Four15
Total105
GRADE DERIVATION

90 - 100= A
80 - 89= B
70 - 79= C
60 - 69= D


COURSE ASSIGNMENTS

Assignment One
Read Chapters 1 – 3 of the text.
Provide brief responses to any ten (10) of the following questions. Email your responses to the instructor.
  1. What is inclusion?
  2. State the principals of effective inclusion.
  3. What is the least restrictive environment?
  4. What factors contributed to the movement to educate learners in inclusive classrooms?
  5. What is the classroom and interpersonal impact of inclusion?
  6. How does the special education identification process work?
  7. How can IEPs be implemented in general education settings?
  8. What are the educational strengths and challenges of students with high-incidence disabilities?
  9. What are the educational strengths and challenges of students who are gifted and talented?
  10. How have demographic shifts affected students and schools?
  11. How can teachers differentiate cultural and language differences from learning difficulties?
  12. What is the effect of discrimination and bias on students and schools?
  13. How have family changes affected students and schools?
  14. What are some alternative philosophies for structuring schools to address societal changes?
Assignment Two
Read Chapters 4 – 7 of the text.
Provide brief responses to any ten (10) of the following questions. Email your responses to the instructor.
  1. Who are the members of the comprehensive planning team?
  2. How can members of the comprehensive planning team work collaboratively?
  3. How can teachers foster communication and collaboration with families?
  4. How can teachers assess attitudes toward individual differences?
  5. How can teachers teach acceptance of individual differences related to disability?
  6. How can teachers teach acceptance of individual differences related to culture, language, gender, religion, and socioeconomic status?
  7. How can teachers facilitate friendships?
  8. How can teachers assist students in making the transition from another school?
  9. How can teachers help student from linguistically and culturally diverse backgrounds make the transition to inclusive settings?
  10. How can teachers help students make the transition from school to adulthood?
  11. How can teachers help students develop self-determination?
  12. How can teachers collaborate with others to conduct a functional behavioral assessment?
  13. How can teachers promote positive classroom behavior in students?
  14. How can teachers prevent students from harming others?
  15. How can teachers adapt the classroom design to accommodate students’ learning, social, and physical needs?
Assignment Three
Read Chapters 8 – 11 of the text.
Provide brief responses to any ten (10) of the following questions. Email your responses to the instructor.
  1. How can teachers differentiate instruction for diverse learners?
  2. How can teachers differentiate instruction for students who have difficulty reading and gaining information from print materials?
  3. How can teachers differentiate instruction for students from diverse cultural and language backgrounds?
  4. How can teachers use instructional technology and assistive devices to differentiate instruction for students?
  5. How can teachers differentiate large-group instruction for students?
  6. How can teachers use effective teacher-centered instruction?
  7. How can teachers successfully use cooperative learning arrangements with students?
  8. How can teachers help students learn to read?
  9. How can teachers help students learn to write?
  10. How can teachers help students learn to spell?
  11. How can teachers differentiate mathematics instruction?
  12. How can teachers differentiate science and social studies instruction?
Assignment Four
Read Chapter 12 of the text.
Provide brief responses to all five (5) of the following questions. Email your responses to the instructor.
  1. How can teachers evaluate the academic performance of students?
  2. How can teachers grade students in inclusive settings?
  3. How can teachers evaluate the social and behavioral performance of students?
  4. How can teachers measure perception of my inclusion program?
  5. How can teachers improve the effectiveness of my inclusion program?
COURSE ITINERARY
  1. Order the required text for the course
  2. Complete each assignment and email to the instructor
  3. Your final grade for the course will be submitted to the Registrar within 24 hours of submitting your final paper.