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Recruiting New Teachers: A Project To Promote Teaching Careers, Robert L. Morgan, Darcie L. Peterson, E. Horrocks
Recruiting New Teachers: A Project To Promote Teaching Careers, Robert L. Morgan, Darcie L. Peterson, E. Horrocks
Special Education and Rehabilitation Counseling Faculty Publications
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Exploring The Roles Of The Paraeducator In Instruction, Robert L. Morgan
Exploring The Roles Of The Paraeducator In Instruction, Robert L. Morgan
Special Education and Rehabilitation Counseling Faculty Publications
With effective training and supervision, paraeducators become valuable team members who actively participate in monitoring and delivering instruction to learners in classrooms. First, this chapter examines the paraeducator's roles in instruction; second, it describes methods the paraeducator can use to deliver effective instruction; third, it warns of excessive prompting, or "taking over"; and fourth, it considers the paraeducator's role in lesson plans, instructional settings, management, groupings, and assessment of learning style.
Self-Determined Employment Preference For Youth In Transition From School To Work In Rural Areas, Robert L. Morgan, R. B. Morgan
Self-Determined Employment Preference For Youth In Transition From School To Work In Rural Areas, Robert L. Morgan, R. B. Morgan
Special Education and Rehabilitation Counseling Faculty Publications
Self-determination, or the ability to identify and achieve goals based on a foundation of knowing and valuing oneself, is both a legal right and a responsibility of an individual. Self-determined employment is consistent with contemporary practice, outcome-based research, and the reauthorization of the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act of 2004. In this article, we describe three challenges facing youth with disabilities in rural areas related to determining their own employment, including (a) extensive or chronic poverty in some rural areas as a factor limiting selection of preferred employment, (b) intensive competition for limited jobs available, and (c) the potential for …