Grambling State University Standard 1 Compendium 1

RA.1.1 Candidates Skills

Program

MED Curriculum and Instruction (Reading)

How skills are addressed … (Course Assignment or Tasks)

In ED 581: Literacy Leadership Seminar: Task on Historical Context for Teaching Reading Portfolio, the candidates collaborate with others and examine best practices for developing literacy communities in an effective collaborative atmosphere. Candidates conduct a comparison and contrast of approaches/trends for teaching reading across time periods. They Interview parents, grandparents, or other older persons about how he or she learned to read. In addition, they survey teachers, administrators, and other members of the school community to assess current practices, strengths, and weaknesses in literacy instruction. Based on survey results, they design a literacy program and make suggestions to improve the school campus reading programs.

MED Special Education

SPED 543, SPED 542, SPED 576 or SPED 542, the observation requires candidates to verify that they have had a chance to be a part of a program discussion with stakeholders such as IEP or ITP. For the SPED 543 Key Assessment, candidates are required to not only develop behavioral intervention plan for a student, but also research school and community resources to support P-12 students’ emotional and social needs. For SPED 576, candidates are required to develop a co-teaching lesson plan with a general education teacher or paraprofessional and then implement it in the classroom.