https://padlet.com/kadibaily2/93m6jkibzr0yjyx2 en-us 2023-04-03 00:36:08 UTC 2023-04-03 01:09:57 UTC hello@padlet.com kadibaily2 https://padlet.com/kadibaily2/93m6jkibzr0yjyx2/wish/2541471391 Mrs. Campbell has been teaching for around three years now. She teaches at the Little Childhood Center, teaching kids who range in age from 3 to 5 years old. ]]> 2023-04-03 00:38:06 UTC https://padlet.com/kadibaily2/93m6jkibzr0yjyx2/wish/2541471391 kadibaily2 https://padlet.com/kadibaily2/93m6jkibzr0yjyx2/wish/2541475483 "I always knew I wanted to teach, ever since I was a little girl. It wasn't until I went back to get my degree that I knew I wanted to speech special needs children." ]]> 2023-04-03 00:42:00 UTC https://padlet.com/kadibaily2/93m6jkibzr0yjyx2/wish/2541475483 kadibaily2 https://padlet.com/kadibaily2/93m6jkibzr0yjyx2/wish/2541482609 Mrs. Campbell said that at first she did not realize how much behind the scenes work there is to teaching, including paperwork and IEPs. Furthermore, she did not realize at first how important it is to recognize the little things such as learning how to use a pencil, especially in a special needs classroom. When she was an education student, she thought there would be more opportunities to incorporate her own things in the curriculum.  However, in the special education setting, she says the rules are more lax and lenient which allows her to incorporate more of her own ideas into the classroom. ]]> 2023-04-03 00:48:51 UTC https://padlet.com/kadibaily2/93m6jkibzr0yjyx2/wish/2541482609 kadibaily2 https://padlet.com/kadibaily2/93m6jkibzr0yjyx2/wish/2541487218 She says one of the biggest differences is in lessons and teaching methods. In a special education classroom especially, students tend to learn in different ways. She says it is becomes challenging because special needs children have IEPs that she has to focus her teaching around them, being under a lot of pressure to follow them. As for rewards, she notes that it is watching them grow that makes teaching the most rewarding. In one case, she had a student who did not like physical contact with anyone, but in class she was given daily high fives and eventually was able to go home and high five her family. "The mother called me crying because she had never done an interaction like that," she said. ]]> 2023-04-03 00:53:43 UTC https://padlet.com/kadibaily2/93m6jkibzr0yjyx2/wish/2541487218 kadibaily2 https://padlet.com/kadibaily2/93m6jkibzr0yjyx2/wish/2541492917 To quote the advice Mrs. Campbell gave me, she said "just remember they are all on different levels and their little lightbulbs will turn on at different times. Just make sure your instruction is different to make sure that child is successful. You can use resources such as the internet to help guide you. Always make sure you have stuff directed towards the Special Education students. Do keep in mind you will see not only kids with disabilities, but kids who are gifted as well, in which you will have to also change your teaching methods for." ]]> 2023-04-03 00:59:19 UTC https://padlet.com/kadibaily2/93m6jkibzr0yjyx2/wish/2541492917 kadibaily2 https://padlet.com/kadibaily2/93m6jkibzr0yjyx2/wish/2541501171 Mrs. Campbell said she does not necessarily agree with state assessments because the state sets a level that they expect students to be at but sometimes that is not the case and that shows on state assessments. While he students don't do state assessments, the whole system is still something that frustrates her. ]]> 2023-04-03 01:06:15 UTC https://padlet.com/kadibaily2/93m6jkibzr0yjyx2/wish/2541501171 kadibaily2 https://padlet.com/kadibaily2/93m6jkibzr0yjyx2/wish/2541503016 After thinking, Mrs. Campbell says a counselor may have been the route to go down if teaching was not an option. She says she has always been complemented on her great listening skills and her lack of judgement for other people which would make her a great counselor. ]]> 2023-04-03 01:07:52 UTC https://padlet.com/kadibaily2/93m6jkibzr0yjyx2/wish/2541503016 kadibaily2 https://padlet.com/kadibaily2/93m6jkibzr0yjyx2/wish/2541504325 There were no comments following the closure of the interview, however, she did give me the opportunity to reach out if I ever had any questions regarding teaching. ]]> 2023-04-03 01:09:10 UTC https://padlet.com/kadibaily2/93m6jkibzr0yjyx2/wish/2541504325