GREGORY TETRO

I was an electrician for over 20 years before deciding to teach for a few years to give back to the trade. That was 17 years ago. I laugh when I think back to when I was spitting out everything I know hoping most of it sticks. It took me a few years to find the special balance to showing what you know and showing how I got there. I love watching students thrive from what they learned. I feel that I got people jobs that they turned into careers. Teaching takes a special skill you don't learn in a… >>>

The more members you have the more opinions you have. You need a clear outline on what needs to be discussed and stay on topic.

We are doing trades so an internship is really lab help.They must be licensed in the trade and the lesson planning is what needs to be learned.

The main issue with time mangement is life. The key to it all is Plan B. If there is a problem at work go to work and fix it. Don't keep worrying about it while you are trying to complete something the is also important. I run on checklists and notes.

Rubrics are judgments by a teacher. What one teacher finds the most important may be a minor component to another. Is it better to do it right or do it neeat? Will a teacher give or take points on how a student came up with the right answer?  Rubrics are not something you can just throw together.

A ruberic is a new name for a long standing practice. Tests, quizzes, homework, labs and practical finals always had different weights. When you add up all labs and give an average you have gained nothing. You have to isolate and review each grade to learn the weakest parts of a students. Now a computer does what people did. All with less contact with the students.

Color is a big part of wiring electrical circuits and doing telephone and resistors. Some items have no work arounds. What is not an issue for some disabilities is an issue for another. 

The teacher more than likely will have more of a learning curve than the student. A student has been using assistive technology. In some cases using it for 13 years. The teacher may have never been aware of this technology. A teacher who can hear a lecture, read notes and review all types of learning formats has to understand how much harder a disable person needs to work to take on a course. That leads to how to best pace a course. This is why students with disabilities have extra teachers specializing in teaching in several areas. 

Everyone deserves an education. The key is what is the disbility and are you prepared for what you may encounter. It takes a special teacher to help an adult. 

Teaching students with disabilities is a specialized position. No average teacher should try to teach all disabities without special training. Even identifying the disability is not for an average teacher. The teacher can do more harm than good.