What is the school or classroom composition of students with disabilities and students who are English Language Learners?

1.Describe the classroom or school by addressing each of the following. Each question should be its own paragraph:

a. What is the geographic location, community and school population, socioeconomic profile, and race/ethnicity make-up of the classroom or school?

b. What is the school or classroom composition of students with disabilities and students who are English Language Learners?

c. Is adequate instructional technology available to meet the needs of a diverse population of learners? Explain your response.

d. Are adequate curriculum materials and supplies available to meet the needs of a

diverse population of learners? Explain your response.

e. What curriculum policies or requirements must be addressed? For example, do you use a district or school curriculum guide; do you use state curriculum frameworks?

f. What is the extent of parent/family involvement in the classroom or school?

g. What community resources are available to support teaching and learning?

Address each of the following in its own paragraph:
a. How do the contextual characteristics of the community, school or classroom, and

students discussed in #1 above positively impact student learning? Discuss three (3) characteristics that have a positive impact; provide a rationale for each.

b. From your response in 2a. above, select one (1) of the contextual characteristics that positively impacts student learning. What programs, learning activities, policies, teacher support activities, etc., would you implement to further strengthen the contextual characteristic so that student learning will continue to be positively impacted?

c. How do the contextual characteristics of the community, school or classroom, and students discussed in #1 above negatively impact student learning? Discuss three (3) characteristics that have a negative impact; provide a rationale for each.

d. From your response in 2c above, select one (1) of the contextual characteristics that negatively impacts student learning. What programs, learning activities, policies, teacher support activities, etc., would you implement to address the contextual characteristic so that student learning outcomes may be improved?

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