Many people who have been at East know, or have heard, of the Peer to Peer program. In case you don’t know, Peer to Peer is a program offered, allowing students from TCAPS and students from TBAISD to mingle and create a friendship. The head of the program, and special education principal, Erin Ryan, has been directing it for three years. However, it was also offered before Mrs. Ryan came to East. For anyone who has ever been apart of the program, it is clear that the kids benefit from it in an indescribable way. “Peer to peer is an amazing way for the TBAISD kids to develop appropriate social skills, communication skills, and problem solving skills,” Ryan said. “It is also an opportunity for them to make friends that are their same age, …show more content…
“When the mentors are in the classes, they’re the shining light for the peers.” Eighth grader Olivia Strom was a part of the program in seventh grade.
“I would sometimes walk with my peer in the morning before school, and getting to watch his smile stretch from ear to ear was incredible.” The peer to peer program integrates students with special needs into our everyday functions, which makes them feel like they fit in more. People begin to recognize them more as fellow Trojans, whom they begin to look out for, and care for, while also building camaraderie.
“Most of the peers are better than the people I know in general education. They’re just as friendly, and funny, and nice as a normal person,” said Strom. “All they want is the recognition from the people they look up to.” Expectations for the mentors are set pretty high, which is understandable when considering what a top notch program it is. “We don’t want the people who will use [peer to peer] as an excuse for getting out of advisory. It has to be taken seriously by the students, because it’s something taken seriously by me,” Ryan
Lipsky highlighted the benefits for the peer tutor (pg. 6). She stated, “You probably will improve your abilities to make decisions, think through complex issues, and solve a variety of problems…your communication and leadership skills will grow, as will our feelings of accomplishments and self-confidence. This is an important factor when hiring peer educators. Oftentimes, peer educators are using this time as a refresher. For example, a peer educator may be preparing for the MCAT or the CPA exam, and using their peer tutoring sessions as a vessel to continue their preparation or enhance
PALS accommodates learners with different levels of academic ability. This strategy can be implemented for students with learning disabilities, ELLs, general education students, and high-achievers. Therefore, PALS is great for inclusion classrooms. In addition, students work with their peers, rather than constantly with the teacher. This is advantageous for several reasons. It can be more motivating for students, it promotes collaboration and interaction. In addition, if students are working with each other, the teacher’s time is freed to work with students individually and provide the necessary levels of support and feedback. Furthermore, the skills learned
Do you comprehend what “glittering generalities” is? Glittering generalities is a vague word or phrase used to evoke positive feelings rather than to convey information to others. The type of advertisement EvoShield is using is glittering generalities. It’s a black background with a yellow EvoShield logo in the middle and right under it in capital white letters it states ¨Protective Gear For Elite Performance.” EvoShield used that advertisement to convince customers that their product is the best product out and they should buy it. “Protective Gear For Elite Performance” states that EvoShield’s gear/equipment will improve performance and limit errors that you or other equipment will commit.
Through this club, I have learned many important lessons. Each student in the program comes from a different background, whether it be problems at school or at home. It has taught me that you never know what someone is going through and to not judge others. Each week getting to know my little buddy more and more was an exciting experience. Mentoring just an hour each week after school with the child, I got the opportunity to make a difference in their day by providing companionship, encouragement and guidance.
“Man masters nature not by force but by understanding. This is why science has succeeded where magic failed: because it has looked for no spell to cast over nature”. From the beginning of time man and nature has been in conflict with one another because, as a whole, there is no cooperating. Each one tirelessly wants its way. The Man is fighting for dominance and nature w never yielding its authority. In American Literature, many authors illustrate this theme in their writing. Specifically the writers Jack London in The Law Of Life, Stephen Crane The Open Boat and Mark Twain’s Huckleberry Fin. Each explores the relationship between humans and nature but with slightly different methods. Mark Twain uses nature in a realistic way, Jack London in a naturalistic way and Stephen Crane constitutes a combination of both.
Can you believe that even YOU can be arrested for throwing a snowball? “While Chicago is infamously unsympathetic to those who wish to exercise their Second Amendment rights, it appears Windy City authorities are similarly very sensitive to “weapons” of all types – even those made of snow.” On february 24, 2014 an 8th grade student in Chicago, IL was charged with a felony for throwing a snowball at a peace officer. The 8th grader should have not been charged with a felony because it is not a weapon, also the snowball hit the car.
Have you ever felt stuck? Wherever you are, it’s the absolute last place you want to be. In the book Into the Wild, Chris McCandless feels stuck just like the average everyday person may feel. Chris finds his escape plan to the situation and feels he will free himself by going off to the wild. I agree with the author that Chris McCandless wasn’t a crazy person, a sociopath, or an outcast because he got along with many people very well, but he did seem somewhat incompetent, even though he survived for quite some time.
Causton-Theoharis, J. C., & Malmgren, K. C. (2005). Increasing peer interactions for students with severe disabilities via paraprofessional training. Exceptional Children, 7(4), 431-444.
Every day, more and more attempts of banning books and taking away the rights of our First Amendment get violated. The challenging of a book is the attempt to remove or restrict materials, and the banning is the removal of these materials. I believe that books should not be banned for these reasons.
...e special students. The expected outcome of transitional programs for student with special needs is that they are able to enter into adult life beyond the doors of an academic institution. These transitional programs offer the students a future and an entrance into the real world whereby they can do things on their own. The students should be able to leave these institutions with skills that could help them earn a lining and live independently. For the student to achieve these goals, they need their parents, educators as well as themselves to work collaboratively for their better future.
In 1965, the Elementary and Secondary Education Act (ESEA) was signed by President Lyndon Baines Johnson. This law served as an opportunity to students of low-income by providing them with grants for textbooks and library books, special education centers, scholarships for university students, and grants to improve the quality of elementary and secondary education. However, in 2002, the ESEA law was reauthorized and was signed into law by President George W. Bush and renamed it: No Child Left Behind Act (“Elementary & Secondary Education Act”). The purpose of the No Child Left behind Act is to provide all students with an equal opportunity to obtain a high-quality education so that achievement gaps will no longer exist.
What makes a good person good? According to WikiHow, "We should learn to define our own morals ourselves. One of the simplest ways to do so is to love others, and treat them as you would like to be treated. Try to think of others before yourself. Even doing small things daily will greatly enrich and improve your life, and the lives of others around you." This quote shows us what we need to do in order to be what society thinks as, “good". In order to be a good person, you have to do good and moral things in your society consistently. However people might think that by doing one good thing once in a while will automatically make you a “good person”, but in reality it doesn’t.
I realize that I didn't get the real in-depth experience that was envisioned for this assignment but I did find what I saw really interesting. I know that just four short years ago they didn't have the buddy program at that school. And they still have nothing at my old Catholic high school. After learning more about the benefits of inclusion during the semester, it was encouraging to see that those benefits were being experienced by students from my hometown, if not my alma-mater. I wonder how my knowledge and perceptions of the handicapped would be different if there had been programs like that when I was in high school. At least I can rest assure that future students at SHS will not go through school as ignorant about handicapped students as I did.
One of the benefits of peer tutoring is that it increases communication and social skills. The tutee will feel more comfortable learning, listening, and interchanging knowledge with a peer. Working with peers can also feel easier because they will most likely understand the position they are in at school and home. Benjamin Stoddard, author of the article "What is Peer to Peer Tutoring?" writes that "A peer tutor can form examples and relate to a student on an entirely different level than an adult educator". Most of the time this is not because of the adult, but caused by the students' diverse ways to learn the information. Communication is a useful skill that one can benefit from for many years with working in groups, with teachers, in jobs, and in life. The article "Communication Skills" sums up that communication skills are the skills you need to achieve a goal. This article also explains ...
First let’s take a look and evaluate the classroom by observation to see what need to be improved. One idea that came to mind was some teacher were using peer tutoring as a tool to get out of instruction, thus they were not paying sufficient attention to the students as they worked. The article titled: Using Peer Tutoring to Facilitate Access discussed the findings of this teaching strategy in all levels of learning and basics subjects. This strategy has been defined as one of best ways to reach the student. In comparison to Gusky’s ideas, there is a relationship between professional development and improvement in student learning. For improved student learning peer tutoring is higher achieving students being linked with lower achieving students to promote social enhancement and academic gains. There are three different kinds of peer tutoring; cross-age, peer assisted learning strategies, and reciprocal. Each kind was broken down and explained descriptively. The one that really stood out to me was the reciprocal tutoring. This was illuminating because the students are grouped together with two or more. They have ...