Professional Documents
Culture Documents
Danielle Saltrick
SERP 597e
1/29/18
Personal Learning
than others. For Special Education teachers, the areas to focus on when figuring out one’s
perspectives are an individual’s learning. This can be the source of many different perspectives
such as the Special Education teacher, general education, psychologist, speech therapist, and
parents. The goal of all these people is to focus on the individual’s learning. Within their
learning, is the style to which they learn. As the all-famous saying, “Every student can learn, just
not on the same day or in the same way.” This saying can help people understand that one form
of teaching may not be the best or most effective for one student. This can include the
perspective of the student as well because from their perspective, information may be going over
their head because of the way it is being taught. Each student will have a different learning style,
and it is up to the teachers to determine what style that is based on their perspective of the
individual learning and their learning styles. Another perspective I have to take on is the
knowledge of disabilities of the students I work with. When determining the best option and
services for that student, it is important to determine what areas they struggle in and how I can
adapt to that. This can include the changing or adapting of curriculum for the student or
Being in the special education classroom as a student teacher, I have an insight to the
legal guidelines and the student’s IEPs. When determining if a student qualifies for services, we
ask the perspectives of the teachers and parents and other professional in the school to
understand their views on the particular student in their academic or social and emotional
abilities. In my placement, I co-teach with my mentor teacher the lessons for that week.
Occasionally we have a one-on-one teaching with students who need additional services. We
determine what the best form of teaching style works for that particular student. I would like to
think that my part is successful in the co-teaching, but I can understand if there are a few times
where I would mess up the lesson because I am unsure of the learning styles of all of the students
I am teaching. I also believe that an extra set of eyes to determine another view on a student or
motivational and reward system for the students when learning. As this can be an important part
for student and their success in the classroom. If they feel motivated in the classroom, then they
are likely to produced better work. Reward systems can include raffle tickets, or daily stars if
Interpersonal Communication
Reflect on the ways that your cultural background affects your non-verbal communication
practices. You may fill in this form and write more in paragraph format.
my head to show I understand. There are a few times I would reveal a quizzical
expression on my face and she would understand this as me not understanding what she
just said. I learned these forms of communication by how I grew up and who I grew up
with. I never had a lesson in how to respond or listen to others, it was always something
you pick up. As for distance, it has become a habit for me to walk around the classroom
just to make sure the students are paying attention and are on the right work.
Why and how do frames of reference or perspectives play a role in interpersonal communications
in professional settings?
- By determining a perspective on a situation or a student, I can better understand how to
evolve my ways to teach. If a situation occurs where a student has an outburst in class,
the perspective of a general education teacher may be that the student is purposely trying
to disrupt the class and his/her teaching. If a Special Education teacher were to observe
this, their perspective might be that something had caused this outburst and try to
determine what triggered it. This can happen during a TAT meeting when all teachers
and school professionals come together to give input on their perspective of a particular
student that they feel concerns about because of their observations of the student in the
classroom and in social settings. TAT meetings happen frequently and set up mostly by
the general education teacher.