Grading Rubric Aligned with NCATE/CEC Program Standards

Students will modify one of their online lessons in order to:

1. demonstrate the ability to select, adapt, and use instructional strategies to promote challenging learning experiences and to appropriately modify learning environments for individuals with special needs (Standard 4: Instructional Strategies) by creating 3 worksheets (graphic organizers) with a accommodations for 3 students with different special needs to guide students when using a web-based interactive activity.

2. demonstrate the ability to enhance the learning of critical thinking, problem solving, and performance skills of individuals with special needs, and increase their self-awareness, self-management, self-control, self-reliance, and self-esteem. (Standard 4: Instructional Strategies) by using interactive/visual/audio/etc. qualities of the Internet

3.  demonstrate the ability to create individualized instructional plans that emphasize explicit modeling and efficient guided practice to assure acquisition and fluency through maintenance and generalization (Standard 7: Instructional Planning) by offering appropriate options in each stage of the lesson for the 3 students with special needs

4. demonstrate the ability to conduct formal and informal assessments of behavior, learning, achievement, and environments to design learning experiences that support the growth and development of individuals with special needs (Standard 8: Assessment) by designing appropriate questions and anticipated scaffolding and by creating a quiz or quizzes.

5. demonstrate the ability to collaborate with families and other colleagues to assure non-biased, meaningful assessments and decision-making. (Standard 10: Collaboration) by developing the webpage designed for parent communication so that families will be likely to feel invited to collaborate.