How to Stay Caught Up with Curriculum by Rebecca Alber, touches on ways teachers can cover the goals and objectives that a teacher must meet in their classroom throughout the year. One suggestion is to "dig up" information rather than cover it. This strategy can be a little time consuming if the teacher does not have a clear picture of the direction they want to go in to reach the final outcome.
Throughout this article I couldn't help but think of my special education classroom. In my special education resource room, as a teacher I am being pushed to maintain a grade level standards based program. I am trying to stick with the curriculum at grade level and cover all of the standards that the general education classrooms cover, only presenting the material in different ways. At times I am finding myself struggling with this concept. I have students who have specific learning disabilities all of which are different, in content areas or ways to present the material.
How do I continue to move forward in the gen. ed. curriculum when I have 4th grade students reading at a beginning 1st grade level? If my students were able to keep the same pace as the gen. ed, wouldn't they remain in the gen. ed classroom?
I have had to come to terms in teaching that I can cover some of the gen. ed. curriculum, but have to pick and choose what that will be. Many of my students learn at a slower pace than their gen. ed. peers, so I, as the teacher, have to understand that certain topics and concepts have to be presented over a longer period of time in order for student mastery.
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