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Service Learning Project: Accommodations and Modifications
Ana M. Guajardo
University of Texas at Brownsville
Dr. H. Ward
Sped 6310
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TABLE OF CONTENTS
SERVICE LEARNING PROJECT OVERVIEW/RATIONAL PG3-4
SERVICE LEARNING PROJECT OVERVIEW PG 4-5
NEEDS ASSESSMENT SURVEY PG 5-8
CO-PLANNING FLYER PG 9
CO-PLANNING SING-IN SHEET PG 10
CO-PLANNING POWERPOINT PG 11-13
ACCOMMODATION & MODIFICATION HANDOUT PG 14
STAAR A ACCOMMODATION GUIDELINES PG 15
EVALUATION SURVEY PG 16
EVALUATION SERVICE RESULTS PG 17-18
REFLECTION PG 19-20
Service Learning Project Overview/Rational
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After being given the assignment of the service learning project I spoke with my principal
Mrs. S. Houghtaling over the assigned project after clarifications of the assignment she
approved. I develop a survey to see where my colleagues stand in regards to special education
and IEP’s. The dean at our campus advised me to pass out my survey through survey monkey
because it would be confidential and we would have a greater outcome from the staff. Two days
later I was called into the office and asked that the issues I address with my project be the
implementation of modifications and accommodations in the classroom. One of the main
concerns that my principle had was that she felt many of the teachers did not know the difference
between both accommodations and modifications and to reinstate to our teachers that it is a state
law that accommodations and modifications are to be implemented in the classrooms with
fidelity.
When creating my needs assessment survey I kept in mind what I wanted to find out the
staff knew. Along with my administration the survey created consisted of eight questions that
addressed IDEA, IEP’s, accommodations and modifications, implementations of modifications
and accommodations, and if additional support on how to tend to the issues was needed. The
response for support in the areas of accommodations and modification was high and it was
reassured that this would be the targeted topic of the staffing presentation. When gathering the
information for the presentation I looked into the TEA website for the majority of the
information because it is a reliable source to pull the information from. The rest of the
information gathered was from previous special education staff development raining that I have
attended thought out the year within my school district. A flyer was created and was passed out
to the staff as well as displayed in the conference room, teachers lounge and front office. Along
with the flyer the gathered information was put on a PowerPoint that was presented and
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explained to the staff in detail with further explanations and examples. The focused of my
presentation was to encourage teachers to provide the accommodations and modification for their
students in accordance to their IEPs. Reminding the staff that it is the law to provide our students
with accommodations and modifications and giving tips and pointers on how they can apply
different accommodations and modifications in their classroom with little no time invested. To
end the presentation I was allowed to pass out a small evaluation that I created along with my
dean of instruction. The results were put on a chart for further evaluation of the outcome of the
presentation.
Service Learning Project Overview
While conducting my service learning project, I was able to obtain a better understanding
of what is required to prepare and conduct professional development training. I was required to
create and send out a needs assessment survey with the approval and support of my
administrators. The survey was passed out to the teacher at the campus I currently work in
through Survey Monkey an online survey website commonly used at our campus. This allowed
for my colleagues to feel the security of answering freely, since all of the collected responses
were anonymous. The turn out what not as I expected given that there are 55 teachers on this
campus. I only had a total of 39 responses for the needs assessment survey. In a future I feel that
it would be best if a few more reminders are sent out to encourage the entire staff to participate
in any other surveys.
With the responses that were collected from the needs assessment survey, which
approximated to 85%, I was gather most of the information from the TEA website and the
remaining information form was obtained from Brownsville ISD special education staff
development that I have attended. The course the presentation took was to address concerns that
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my principal had with teachers having a difficult time distinguishing between accommodations
and modifications and the needs assessment survey results.
Needs Assessment Survey
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Co-Planning Flyer
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Co-Planning Sign-In Sheet
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Co-Planning PowerPoint
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Accommodation & Modification Handout
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STAAR-A Accommodations Guideline
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Evaluation Surve
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Evaluation Survey Results
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Reflection
The complete service learning project was a very different learning experience for me as
well as my colleagues. The beginning of the project allowed me to see all of the necessary parts
to creating professional development training for an audience. I had attended many training
where I assume the people in charge had to go a collect data and organize information to present,
but now that it was me doing the entire behind the scene work I get to really see all of the hard
work and effort that is needed to conduct a decent training. I worked along my principal, dean of
instruction, special education teachers and general education teachers as a team to successfully
complete this project. This project gave me the tools to interact with everyone and get myself out
of the bubble I was in and really portray myself as a well rounded teacher. I was able to show my
teamwork ethics and give my principal an insight of my leadership skills. In a near future I
would like to be a special education supervisor and this experience has given me the exposure to
what it is working with a great majority of teachers at one time. I was required to be
knowledgeable of the topics that I was covering and felt that I was prepared for ant questions that
might arise after the presentation. I only had general questions asked and a few very one to one
questions on specific questions, but I felt ready to share the wealth of knowledge that I acquired
and was able to offer my help for any future concerns or comments that might need clarification.
SPED 6310 has been a great learning experience. The course has allowed me to grow as a
professional and as an advocate for students with disabilities. I must express that the best part of
this entire experience was being able to tell certain teachers that accommodation and
modification implementation is not just because we the special education teachers want to give
them work, that they are there to help the student succeed academically and have the proof in
hand that it is a state and federal that can result in serious repositions when not implemented. I
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feel like I had a positive outcome with the project and it has opened the door to possibly doing
more professional development training on other special education topics on campus.