1. The Things No One but Specials Teachers Know About Specials Classes
Issues Surrounding a Specials Teacher’s Effectiveness

2. Specials Classes Art Gym Music
STEM – Science Technology Engineering and Math
Promethean Planet - Extra science class with focus on Promethean Smart Boards from grant money.
Foreign Language

4. Albion Community School

5. MIDI Lab Musical Instrument Digital Interface

8. Student Work Station

9. What do Specials Teachers know?

11. Domains of Issue
Schedule
Number of Students
Curriculum Standards

12. School Calendar = No School = Half Day = Activity Day Sep 1 2 3 4 5 89 10 11 12 15 16 17 18 19 22 23 24 25 26 29 30
Oct 6 7 13 14 20 21 27 28 31
Nov
= No School
= Half Day
= Activity Day

13. Schedule Half days Holidays Activity Days Scheduling process
Scheduling changes
Pull-outs
No-shows
Skipping

14. Difference in Number of Class Times
Sixth Grade
Fifth Grade
Fourth Grade
Third Grade
Second Grade
First Grade
Kindergarten

15. Unequal Learning Experience

16. Number of Students 500+ students a week Range of ages and grades
Kindergarten to Eighth Grade
5-14 years old
Cognitively Impaired
Emotionally Impaired
ADD/ADHD
Bad day

17. Number of Students Lesson variations 500+ students a week
Range of skills
Beginner to Intermediate
Children’s Music Journey V. 1, 2, and 3
Piano Suite
Lesson variations
Similar content
Many different approaches

18. Kindergarten and First Grade

19. Second and Third Grade
Ta Ta Ti Ti Ta

20. Fourth Grade

21. Number of Students 500+ students a week Assessment Report Cards
Computer Progress
Summative
Formative

22. Unfair Student Assessment

23. Curriculum Standards (MDE) Michigan Department of Education
Michigan Merit Curriculum
(NCCAS) National Coalition of Core Arts Standards
National Core Arts Standards
(NAfME) National Association for Music Education
National Standards for Music Education

24. Curriculum Standards Misunderstanding of what is being taught
Misunderstanding of what is being evaluated

25. Curriculum Standards Huge emphasis on science
Core science, Promethean Planet, and STEM
Third Wheel other specials
Attempt to integrate cross-curricular
More science

26. Unfair Teacher Evaluation

27. Take Away Communicate with staff Schedule classes together
Next steps to fix issues
What is gained?
Communicate with staff
Schedule classes together
Create instructional assessment to gather while teaching
Communicate with administration
Discuss evaluation expectation
Equal number of classes
Fair learning experience
Fairly, frequently, and accurately assess students
Accurate teacher evaluation
Evaluation of content relevant to subject matter

28. Thank You Steve Hartman – Mentor Teacher
Albion Community School Students and Staff
Claire Mitchell – Field Supervisor
Suellyn Henke – Seminar Professor
Fritz Shurmur Center for Teacher Development
Nonye Alozie JasonMoritz
Karen Hoaglin Kyle Shanton Mary Weicht Guy Cox
Fellow Student Teachers