Teaching+Cases

CASE #1 This would not be a fun situation. It creats extra work for the teacher, disrupts learning for both students along with the rest of the class that is now more concerned about the fight then science. Since one student is not allowed in the classroom and the other is not able to attend do to medical reasons. The easiest solution would be to create a wiki space that the students could log into. From this space they could recieve daily handouts, notes, video clips, anything that they would normally recieve in class. If the students do not have internet access this still will not be a problem because they can log onto it from any computer that does have access.

CASE #2 First of all does this child present any danger to the rest of the class? For example if he was off his meds could he become violent or have extreme changes in personality? Main streaming may not be the best thing for this student. However if he can not attend class for extended periods of time I would establish a parent-teacher email routine, keeping his mother or father updated on how he is doing on the days he comes to class and enabling them to get the assignments from me so that they do not need to come to the school if it was out of their way. I would also make sure that Jeff had a book at home and that they had my phone number and could call me at home for any extra assistance that i could provide for them.

CASE #3 This is not the toughest problem presented so far. The hardest part it would seem to me would be the in class instruction. Since you are not a native speaker of the Brazilian language communication between the two of you would be difficult. If you were lucky enough to have another student that could translate for you through out class as an interpreter that would be great. Then she would not miss out on class time. If that was not available then she made need extra help from the ESL class or have an interpreter provided for her. It may also be possible to find online text sources in her language that you could use for her to read. Hand outs could be it home work, quiz's, tests, or assignments could also be translated for improved understanding.

CASE #4 Gabe should not be the one held responsible for the error made by the school. If supplies that were needed and not available, then the mentor should have contacted the school or other parties sooner to make sure gabe's problem was fixed. I know where I grew up we had three high schools. If one school had a program or class that the others didnt and time allowed then you just went to that school for that class. So if Gabe's school didnt have the supplies maybe a neighboring school did. The school also should purchase the supplies needed to avoid this form incident in the future.