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Unlocking Understanding About Giftedness, David Wolff

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The goal of undergraduate teacher preparation programs is to prepare future teachers to work with all learners. Gifted and talented learners are likely found in every classroom regardless of where they reside, however, according to Rinn et al. (2022), Kansas, Missouri, Oklahoma, Colorado, and Nebraska do not require undergraduate teacher candidates to take university coursework on gifted education. The goal of this presentation is to provide a general overview of gifted education specific to Kansas. This presentation aims to address myths and misconceptions about gifted education and gifted learners, characteristics of gifted learners, a basic overview of a general identification …

Student With Twice-Exceptionalities Iep Meeting Assignment Description, David Wolff

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General education teachers should remember that all students are general education students, first. We need to be prepared to work with students of all abilities in our classrooms. As general education teachers, we have an active role on a child’s IEP team and an active role during the IEP meeting. This assignment asked preservice teachers to develop a script of what they would say at an IEP meeting of one character from four different novels that would be considered a child with twice-exceptionalities.

Creating A Gifted-Friendly Classroom, David Wolff

Open Educational Resources - Teaching and Learning

The goal of undergraduate teacher preparation programs is to equip future teachers to work with all learners. Gifted and talented learners are likely found in every classroom regardless of where they reside. According to Rinn et al. (2022), Kansas, Missouri, Oklahoma, Colorado, and Nebraska do not require undergraduate teacher candidates to take university coursework on gifted education. The goal of this presentation is to provide a general overview of gifted education specific to Kansas. This presentation aims to address myths and misconceptions about gifted education and gifted learners, characteristics of gifted learners, a basic overview of a general identification process, …

A Comparative Study Of Occupational Stress Experienced By Special Education Teachers, Charles E. Buscher

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This study was conducted to determine whether or not special needs instructors in public schools and penal institutions had common stressors which contribute to job dissatisfaction and burn out.

Special needs educators in three public schools and three correctional facilities were administered a Likert-type Teacher Attitude Survey. Two hundred and three survey forms were sent out with one-hundred and thirty four being completed and returned.

The survey contained fifty questions dealing with five areas of concern which include; (1) Staff Relationships, (2) Discipline, Safety and Security, (3) Teacher work load, (4) Administration, and (5) Salaries, Contracts and Fringe Benefits.

Responses …