Courses and Guest Lectures

SPED 63950 Curriculum and Intervention in Early Childhood Services

Syllabus Assignments Weekly Participation Rubric Assignment 4 Rubric Model Assignment Rubric

Reflection: "When designing the assignments and rubrics for this course, I tried to incorporate all elements of each assignment description into its rubric. Further, I wanted the rubrics to be highly objective so that there would be no question between instructor and students about what score each assignment received. One problem I discovered with this method of evaluation is that it resulted in two students earning the same score because they technically included all of the assignment elements and met the objective standards of quality, but there were clear differences in the quality of thinking and writing in the two assignments. The differences were significant enough that I felt the students should not have received similar grades, but my rubric left me with no room for professional judgment. This brought me back to my original goal in creating the rubric - to create an objective rather than subjective rating scale. Upon reflection it is clear that I need to include some room for 'professional judgment' in the grading process so that the intangible components of quality can be accounted for in the final score. In planning for Practical Applications assignments, I will take into consideration my experiences from last semester and try to create rubrics that have both objective and subjective components."

SPED 63953 Practical Applications: Birth to Five (Co-teaching Spring 2011)

Syllabus

SPED 2300 Introduction to Exceptionalities

Guest lecture presented on Universal Design for Learning (UDL) in this face-to-face, undergraduate survey course.

UDL Handout (The content delivered in this lecture was similar to the information presented in the UDL lecture and additional handout that are available in Curriculum course above.)

ECED 30142 Partnership and Guidance in Preschool

Guest lecture presented on Response to Intervention in this face-to-face, upper-level undergraduate, course for Early Childhood Education licensure.

RTI Presentation Reflection

SPED 63950 Curriculum and Intervention in Early Childhood Services

Guest lecture presented on the Assessment Element of a Curriculum Framework in this online, asynchronous, master's level course. The course management system used was wikispaces.

Assessment Presentation Assessment Discussion Prompts Reflection

SPED 63992 Advanced Practicum in Early Childhood Intervention

Guest lecture presented on Lesson Planning in a face-to-face session of this hybrid, master's level course.

Lesson Planning Presentation Video of Presentation Expert Critique Reflection

SPED 83991 Introduction to Academia in Special Education

Guest lecture presented on Time Management and Organization for doctoral students in this hybrid class. Ms. Hubbell, the course instructor, and about half of the class were face-to-face for the presentation, while the remainder of the students attended class via synchronous video conferencing.

Handout