Interview With Teachers

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Much like parents, teachers are expected to provide a wide range of support to students on a daily basis. Therefore, it is important for teachers to include emotional and social support to every student especially those who are dealing with a disability. This week I had the opportunity to interview a teacher at the site for which I intern and she discussed with me the many ways in which teachers provide support to their students that are in need of certain accommodations. She mentioned that as a regular biology teacher she is often thinking about ideas and concepts to change or alter her teaching methods. When I asked about certain accommodations she said that they can be as simple as making sure a student sits upfront for visual or hearing reasons and that in some instances this is how she sometimes modifies her curriculum when needed. Also in many aspects she has allowed students to receive extra time for assignments, adjusting the amount of schoolwork and adding extra support if needed.
The only challenges that she did expressed was the lack of support as well as the lack of collaborative efforts with other teachers, counselors and administrators. She also mentioned that this
By having a good rapport with other teachers and parents all teachers are aware of what is going on in other classes as well as home. For example, there may be a student who is giving a presentation in a special education class and this might affect how that student performs in his regular class and because they may be battling something as simple as anxiety due to pronunciations fears not to mention giving the presentation as a whole. He or she may or may not be as productive in your class. Therefore, as a teacher of any class it is important to be aware and prepared for any and all circumstances that may keep a student from being

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