Currently in a school/classroom

Not currently working in a school

1. 
Demographics of the school:

· 
Describe the school:
population it serves, size, testing scores, languages spoken, housing,
socio-economic status.

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Does it have a Special
education program/component?

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Other important
information about the school.

· 
What ISLCC standard
applies the most when describing the demographics of a school and why?

1. 
Demographics of the school: (Find a school in the neighborhood in
which you live and research it)

· 
Describe the school:
population it serves, size, testing scores, languages spoken, housing,
socio-economic status.

· 
Does it have a Special
education program/component?

· 
Other important
information about the school.

· 
What ISLCC standard
applies the most when describing the demographics of a school and why?

2. 
Interview of an administrator, general educator OR special educator.
These are just leading questions and should be followed up with any others
that you have.

· 
How are Special Education decisions handled in your building?
(Staffing, management of IEP’s, etc.)

· 
Does your school implement full inclusion? Are some students
included for certain subjects only, if so why?

· 
How are behaviors managed within your building, of students with
an IEP/504?

· 
Do you attend the IEP meetings for students within your
building?

· 
If there were one thing that you could change about Special
Education what would it be?

. After the interview, what are
your thoughts on Special Education?

· 
Did these interviews change how you feel about Special
Education?

· 
Did you learn anything new or interesting as a result of this
interview?

Which ISLLC standard applies
the most? Justify your answer.

2. 
Interview of an administrator, general educator OR special educator:  (You can interview me or I can put you in
contact with someone). These are just leading questions and should be
followed up with any others that you have.

· 
How are Special Education decisions handled in your building?
(Staffing, management of IEP’s, etc.)

· 
Does your school implement full inclusion? Are some students
included for certain subjects only, if so why?

· 
How are behaviors managed within your building, of students with
an IEP/504?

· 
Do you attend the IEP meetings for students within your
building?

· 
If there were one thing that you could change about Special
Education what would it be?

. After the interview, what are
your thoughts on Special Education?

· 
Did these interviews change how you feel about Special
Education?

· 
Did you learn anything new or interesting as a result of this
interview?

Which ISLLC standard applies
the most? Justify your answer.

3.  Service Delivery:

· 
What service delivery model have you seen so far (self contained
classroom, inclusive classroom (co-taught, collaborative, consult), pull-out,
separate school)?

· 
In the inclusive classroom, how do the cooperating teachers work
together?( What other professionals have you seen working with students
(general educators, speech/language pathologists, school psychologists,
therapists, etc.)? How do these professionals help serve students with
disabilities?

· 
Which ISLLC standard applies the most? Justify your answer.

· 
* After observing in the classrooms and observing interactions
with staff and students, is there anything that you would change?  What are your thoughts about Special
Education and how it may or may not affect the child?

3.  Service Delivery:

· 
Describe the different service delivery models that are
available in a school setting: Inclusion, Self-contained and resource
classrooms.

· 
Describe how other professionals work with students in the
classroom such as (general educators, speech/language pathologists, school
psychologists, therapists, etc.)? How do these professionals help serve
students with disabilities?

· 
Which ISLLC standard applies the most? Justify your answer.

4. 
Observe an IEP meeting:

· 
Who was present at the meeting? What were their roles?

· 
What was the tone of the meeting (cooperative, hostile, sharing,
etc.)?  What was accomplished at the
meeting (review of new IEP, review of assessment results, etc.)

· 
Who was in charge of the meeting? Who wrote the IEP? How long
did the meeting last?

· 
Was the student invited? Why or why not? How old is the student?

· 
Was transition discussed (adult services, job training,
community participation)?

· 
What domains (areas of instruction) were parts of the IEP? Was
any data on the student’s performance presented or discussed?

· 
Which ISLLC standard applies the most? Justify your answer.

After observing an IEP meeting
what are your thoughts on the process and how it helps the student. Was there
anything that surprised you? Were there any questions you as a result of the
meeting?

4  IEP meetings:

· 
Research IEP meetings and
answer the following questions in regards to them:

· 
Who should be present at
the meeting and why?

· 
What happens at a
meeting? What is reviewed, discussed, examined?

· 
Research and watch a
video of an IEP meeting and discuss what you see. Make sure to mention the
video that your reviewed.

· 
Which ISLLS standard
applies the most> Justify your answers.