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Multicultural Classroom #3
Toward a Multicultural Classroom #3 Savannah Blackford Los Angeles Pacific University EDUC 505: Diversity & Inclusive Schooling
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Towards a Multicultural Classroom #3 Collaboration is a huge part of working in a school setting. Teachers will have students from all walks of life, all different backgrounds, and all different needs within their classroom. It is important that
the teachers collaborate with numerous different individuals in order to help their students excel inside and outside of the classroom. These collaborations can be with the school counselors, other teachers, special education case managers, and even the students’ families. Within the 4
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grade class profile, there were a number of students who have various learning challenges. For this paper, we are going to focus on the students who have identified and unidentified learning challenges. Learning Challenged Students After reviewing the 4
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grade class profile, I noticed there were seven students who were identified to have learning challenges. The students who were identified are: Nadal, Jacobs, Jorge, George, Cindy, Savannah, and Nicole. While most of these students are already receiving specialized services, it is good to collaborate with the special education case managers and see what their stance is on these students’ receiving services. According to Banks (2016), “Students with special assistance to ensure that they maximize their potential should receive additional learning opportunities (usually involving greater expenditures) if their education is to be equitable” (p. 307). Collaboration within special education includes “a team that promotes educational success for students with functional needs that may include: general education teachers, special education teachers, paraprofessionals, school administrators, speech therapists, occupational therapists, and/or family members to the students” (Wilson College, 2023, p .1). Collaboration
Since we have already identified the group and the students we need for collaboration, we need
to figure out how we are going to make the collaboration work. By allowing student extra learning opportunities, perhaps one on one with an educational staff member, they will get that extra help they
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need as identified. These extra learning opportunities can be in the form of a pull-out or push-in service so the students can still feel a part of the instruction; just getting a little bit of extra help on the assignments. According to Mursky (2011), “Pull-out/push-in groups are small group strategies. In pull-
out groups students usually leave the regular classroom to work with other students of similar ability or interest. Traditionally, a gifted specialist or other resource teacher provides the instruction. The same concept of grouping students with similar strengths holds true for push-in groups, however, in this case the specialist or support teacher is in the classroom with the regular education teacher” (p.1). This is what collaboration would look like in my classroom. I believe that the choice between pull out or push in
services would depend on what the student was comfortable with. This would be depend on what the staff member carrying out these services suggests. Although have students in my class would require extra help from other staff, it will not affect my lesson planning in drastic ways. Keeping in mind that I am creating an all inclusive classroom setting, the lessons will already be planned with these special services acknowledged. When planning my lessons, I will be sure to create it where if a student receives the pull out or push in services, they are able to take the assignments with them.
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References Banks, J. A. (2016).
Cultural diversity and education: Foundations, curriculum, and teaching.
(6th ed.). Routledge
Mursky , C. (2011). Pull-out/pull-in what it is: Benefits: Examples. https://dpi.wi.gov/sites/default/files/imce/cal/pdf/pull-out-pull-in.pdf Wilson College. (2023). Wilson College Online Blog
. What Are the Benefits of Collaboration in Special Education? | Wilson College. https://online.wilson.edu/resources/collaboration-in-
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