Personal Philosophy Paper Special Education

Description of the type of students I desire to teach at this point in training (age/level, disability) and rationale for choosing this population.

Response omitted the rationale and/or description. (0 - 1 point available)

Response included required description but provided a weak or inadequate rationale. (2- 3 points available)

Response provided required description and a well-reasoned rationale. (4 points available)

Description of 2 proven effective instructional strategies that will be used with these students. Make sure to:

· fully describe each strategy and provide an example of classroom use of the strategy

· describe how each strategy addresses a specific need of the chosen population

· provide scientific evidence of each strategy’s effectiveness with the target population

· provide proper APA citation for each strategy

Response omitted more than two of the following: a complete description, classroom usage, how the strategy supports the population’s needs, scientific support, and appropriate APA citations (0 - 9 points available)

Response omitted no more than two of the following: a complete description, classroom usage, how the strategy supports the population’s needs, scientific support, and appropriate APA citations (10 - 11 points available)

Response met all descriptive and citation requirements. (12 points available )

Description of 2 extended professional teaching skills that you desire to develop/refine and a plan(s) of action that describes how you will obtain the specified professional teaching skills.

Response described professional skills that were not beyond licensure and/or did not provide a reasonable plan for acquisition. (0 - 1 point available)

Response described one professional skill beyond licensure and provided a reasonable plan for acquisition. (2 - 3 points available)

Response described two professional skills beyond licensure and provided a reasonable plan for their acquisition. (4 points available)

Statement of personal philosophy of general or special education.

Statement was not thoughtful and/or did not provide a reflection on the instruction of students with diverse needs (0 - 1 point available)

Statement was provided but neglected to include reflections on the instruction of students with diverse needs (2- 3 points available)

Statement was thoughtful and included reflections on the instruction of students with diverse needs (4 points available )

References on reference page are formatted in APA style according to Publication Manual of the American Psychological Association (6th edition only).

In-text reference citations are formatted in APA style according to Publication Manual of the American Psychological Association (6th edition only).

References on reference page and in-text citations evidenced more than 2 errors in APA 6th edition style. (0 - 5 points available)

References on reference page and in-text citations evidenced 1-2 errors in APA 6th edition style. (6 – 7 points available)

References on reference page and in-text citations conform to APA 6th edition style. (8 points available)

Response is well written (e.g., academic tone, proper grammar, spelling, punctuation, and conforms to formatting and source requirements).

Response evidenced more than 2 errors in writing competence. ( 0- 5 points available)

Response evidenced 1 -2 errors in writing competence. (6- 7 points available)

Response met all writing competence requirements. (8 points available)

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