This project is part of the Black History Month celebration because it supports a Black teacher or a school where the majority of the students are Black.
My Students
I work in a classroom that serves students of diverse backgrounds and varying disabilities in a small group setting. This will be my second year in a lead teacher role. I am excited to see what's to come. The program serves students in kindergarten-2nd grade with a variety of special needs in a school that has a high population of economically disadvantaged families.
I love the students I serve and their families and could not imagine my life without either of them.
My students have various academic, social, and cognitive delays but communicate and interact well with same-aged peers in our school. They have diverse cultural, academic, behavioral, and sensory needs that can be met by having access to materials and supplies that feed these needs but also teach them how these differences make the world better. These materials are often expensive and challenging for us to come by due to limited funding.
My students are quirky and fun. They love learning new things and are intrigued by everything. My goal is to create an organized, inclusive, comfortable, visually stimulating, sensory-friendly, flexible learning environment to facilitate learning for each of them.
My Project
Without the proper supplies and materials at home, teaching literacy in a virtual setting has been extremely difficult. These composition books will help keep all the writing organized in one space, the learning kits will give each student access to the supplies needed to write at home, and the more advanced writers can use the paragraph helper to create writing that is meaningful. All these items will make it easy for me to keep track of student’s progress over time, particularly as we transition back and forth between home and school during this truly unprecedented time.
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