Assignment 1

Part I

Review the synopsis and recommendations you developed in RED 554 with the classroom teacher and university instructor, determining that your recommendations are still feasible for this student and this classroom (IRA/ILA 3.3) 5 points

Part II

Conduct six (6) focused sessions with this student utilizing the strategies you developed for him/her. Each session should last 45 – 60 minutes.Each session should be documented on a Tutoring Session Record Form. Information on this form should include goals, activities, observations during the lesson, and reflections about what occurred. A blank form and a model of the tutoring session are in Appendix B. Completed forms should be submitted to the instructor after each session with the tutee. You must also (1) submit a video or use another form of technology in which you are teaching one lesson to the student, OR you must submit a copy of the classroom teachers or another educators observation of one of your sessions. See Appendix C for the form to use. (IRA/ILA Standard 4.2) 30 points

Part III

Give a detailed account of the intervention including research that supports what you did. Offer suggestions for future assistance. Discuss these with the classroom teacher and others such as the reading specialist, your instructor, and/or with your classroom colleagues in a chat. The dates for your chat will be given to you by your instructor. Submit either a video (or other form of technology in which you recorded one lesson) or your cooperating teachers observation form (Appendix C) to your instructor (ILA/IRA Standard 3.4) 10 points C