Roles and responsibility of Education assistant
Short answer please by explaining what is something wrong or correct in following scenario. Total 80pts
1) A psychologist reports that a student has difficulty recalling information that is presented in visual form only. Upon receiving such a report, the student’s teacher modifies her style of instruction to ensure that all information is presented in more than one modality.
2) An educational assistant reports that a student is having difficulty understanding classroom assignments. Drawing on the assistant’s observations, the teacher carries out appropriate tests, diagnoses the problem and designs activities and exercises to meet the child’s learning needs.
3) An educational assistant works with an individual student on a modified program of studies. The student’s parents want frequent progress reports. The assistant reports her observations of the student’s behavior to the teacher who, in turn, interprets those behaviors and reports to the parents.
4) A parent phones an educational assistant at home, in the evening and on weekends, to seek information about his child’s behavior and program and to give instructions on how the child is to be handled. Although the educational assistant accepts the calls, she resents the hours of unpaid time she spends on the telephone and feels that she is becoming an intermediary between the parent and the teacher.
5) The speech therapist has told me that requiring a child to participate in oral reading activities is counterproductive. I do not agree. She has taken her complaint to the principal. What support can I expect from the administration?
6) One of our educational assistants tolerates unacceptable language and behavior from a student. Although the teacher has directed the assistant to enforce a higher standard of conduct, so far she has not done so.
7) A teacher designed a phonics program to help meet the learning needs of a particular student. An educational assistant working one on one with the student believes that the program is inappropriate for the student and has said so to the student’s parents. Can anything be done?
8) An educational assistant reports to a teacher that, for three days, a student has not completed his homework assignments and does not understand the unit. The assistant has created a fill-in the- blanks exercise from the text and allows the student to work on it rather than the assignment during class time. The student went right to work and seems happy.
9) Although graduates of a college educational assistant program are available for work, a school district decides to hire, instead, a parent to serve as an educational assistant. The parent is the mother of three troubled students who attend the school. The relationship between her and the supervising teacher becomes strained. Without discussing her concerns with the teacher, the educational assistant goes directly to the principal.
10) One student in a large class requires a heavily modified program. The teacher prepares a program for the student and then instructs her assistant to work with the student in a quiet area beneath the stairs. The assistant and the student spend much of the day in that area without interruption or supervision.
11) Students at a junior high school are enrolled in a number of Career and Technology Studies (CTS) options that are under the direction of members of the public. The school principal is nominally the supervisor for the programs but is not on site and, in fact, often has conflicting duties.
12) A physical therapist reports that a student is unable to raise his arm above his head without hurting himself. The teacher asks the therapist to suggest activities that the student can carry out safely. Using the therapist’s advice, the student’s physical education teacher modifies the unit on basketball to incorporate drills and exercises that the student can perform safely and that meet the objectives of the curriculum.
Roles and responsibility of Education assistant
Short answer please by explaining what is something wrong or correct in following scenario. Total 80pts
1) A psychologist reports that a student has difficulty recalling information that is presented in visual form only. Upon receiving such a report, the student’s teacher modifies her style of instruction to ensure that all information is presented in more than one modality.
2) An educational assistant reports that a student is having difficulty understanding classroom assignments. Drawing on the assistant’s observations, the teacher carries out appropriate tests, diagnoses the problem and designs activities and exercises to meet the child’s learning needs.
3) An educational assistant works with an individual student on a modified program of studies. The student’s parents want frequent progress reports. The assistant reports her observations of the student’s behavior to the teacher who, in turn, interprets those behaviors and reports to the parents.
4) A parent phones an educational assistant at home, in the evening and on weekends, to seek information about his child’s behavior and program and to give instructions on how the child is to be handled. Although the educational assistant accepts the calls, she resents the hours of unpaid time she spends on the telephone and feels that she is becoming an intermediary between the parent and the teacher.
5) The speech therapist has told me that requiring a child to participate in oral reading activities is counterproductive. I do not agree. She has taken her complaint to the principal. What support can I expect from the administration?
6) One of our educational assistants tolerates unacceptable language and behavior from a student. Although the teacher has directed the assistant to enforce a higher standard of conduct, so far she has not done so.
7) A teacher designed a phonics program to help meet the learning needs of a particular student. An educational assistant working one on one with the student believes that the program is inappropriate for the student and has said so to the student’s parents. Can anything be done?
8) An educational assistant reports to a teacher that, for three days, a student has not completed his homework assignments and does not understand the unit. The assistant has created a fill-in the- blanks exercise from the text and allows the student to work on it rather than the assignment during class time. The student went right to work and seems happy.
9) Although graduates of a college educational assistant program are available for work, a school district decides to hire, instead, a parent to serve as an educational assistant. The parent is the mother of three troubled students who attend the school. The relationship between her and the supervising teacher becomes strained. Without discussing her concerns with the teacher, the educational assistant goes directly to the principal.
10) One student in a large class requires a heavily modified program. The teacher prepares a program for the student and then instructs her assistant to work with the student in a quiet area beneath the stairs. The assistant and the student spend much of the day in that area without interruption or supervision.
11) Students at a junior high school are enrolled in a number of Career and Technology Studies (CTS) options that are under the direction of members of the public. The school principal is nominally the supervisor for the programs but is not on site and, in fact, often has conflicting duties.
12) A physical therapist reports that a student is unable to raise his arm above his head without hurting himself. The teacher asks the therapist to suggest activities that the student can carry out safely. Using the therapist’s advice, the student’s physical education teacher modifies the unit on basketball to incorporate drills and exercises that the student can perform safely and that meet the objectives of the curriculum.