2/25/2021
Topic:
Students with Disabilities
Christopher Gugel
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I had a beginning band student (fifth grade) who had down syndrome. The student had difficulties progressing at the same rate as the rest of the class, and she also had difficulties with all of the multitasking that was involved in learning an instrument. I was fortunate enough to have a high school band student in my classroom during that time who was a perfect candidate to use as a mentor for my beginning band student. This was a unique opportunity to provide a leadership role for my high school student and to also provide extra musical attention to the beginner. I also structured our band schedule around being able to have individual/small group instruction once a week and then full group instruction (with the help of her mentor) the rest of the week. This proved to be highly successful, and the student ended up progressing at around the same rate as the other students. |
2/25/2021
Topic:
Tools and Strategies
Christopher Gugel
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I have used visual aids in class to help a visually impaired student. The enlarge function on a copy machine and an iPad were both used for this function. I would have music copied/enlarged or the student would take a picture of the music selection and enlarge it on the iPad. This helped the student see the music we were working on. |
2/25/2021
Topic:
Assessment of Learning
Christopher Gugel
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I had a student with down syndrome in one of my beginning band classes. I altered her playing assessment to evaluate one aspect at a time before combining everything together (example: I would evaluate her note accuracy/note recognition, then I would evaluate her rhythmic accuracy, then I would finish with her adding the two together). This allowed her to focus on one aspect at a time instead of multiple aspects. |