When it comes to writing instructional goals for students, there are a few things that teachers need to keep in mind. instructional goals should be clear, concise, and achievable. They should also be aligned with the curriculum and assessment requirements. When writing instructional goals, teachers need to think about what they want their students to be able to do by the end of the instructional period. To write effective goals, teachers need to keep the following in mind: -Goals should be specific -Goals should be measurable -Goals should be achievable -Goals should be relevant to the students -Goals should be aligned with the curriculum Bloom’s Taxonomy* is an excellent framework for creating and maintaining good instructional objectives and goals. The...
Assuming you would like an introduction to writing Individualized Education Program (IEP) goals for speech therapy: The Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA) is a federal law that governs the provision of special education services in the United States. Part of the IDEA requires that each student who receives special education services has an Individualized Education Program (IEP). The IEP is a document that is developed by a team of educators, parents, and other professionals that outlines the student’s strengths, weaknesses, and goals for the upcoming year. One of the most important parts of the IEP is the student’s goals. The goals should be specific, measurable, attainable, relevant, and time-bound. Speech-language goals should be based on the student’s current level...
When writing IEP goals for reading and decoding, it is important to consider the student’s current level of functioning and what they hope to achieve. The goals should be specific, measurable, and achievable. Some possible goals for reading and decoding could include: -increasing reading fluency by X number of words per minute -decoding words accurately at X% rate -reading grade-level texts with X% comprehension Each goal should be tailored to the individual student’s needs and abilities. With proper planning and instruction, all students can make progress in reading and decoding. In my case, I have several IEP goals for reading. Your child’s reading level should be measured annually. A number of standardized tests and informal assessments are commonly used to...
By Deborah Zelinsky, O.D., Founder of the Mind-Eye Institute Remez Sasson, author and creator of www.successconsciousness.com, defines visualization as “the ability to create mental images,” integrated with other sensory sensations like sounds, smells, and tastes. Visualization “means using your imagination.” This visual skill takes place internally on what Mind-Eye practitioners term a “mental desktop”, one aspect of visual processing. Visual processing – namely, the processing and interpretation of many diverse kinds of sensory signals from the surrounding environment – makes each of us who we are. Visual processing combines incoming sensory information with previously stored experiences. That combination then attaches with emotion to enable other processes to occur – like communication, comprehension, self-expression, decision-making, organization of time and thoughts, and...
There’s been a lot of chatter, in recent days, about the fate of a certain platform that deals mostly in text posts no longer than 280 characters. With a chaos agent now at the helm of Twitter, many people are understandably fretting about whether it could possibly control a rising tide of abuse, hate speech, pornography, spam, and other junk. But in a sense, these worries miss the point: In 2022, Twitter is small fry.A far grander and more terrifying saga is unfolding on the endless video feeds that have become the dominant mode of social media today, drawing not millions but billions of monthly users on TikTok, Instagram, Facebook, and YouTube. The Era of Video has definitively and irreversibly...
