For this project, you will be interviewing a special education teacher (or other professional that works with people w/disabilities) AND a student with a disability who receives special education services. You will complete one interview using the provided you with template with some interview questions, you are expected to add your own questions to each interview.
During the interview, you will be responsible for recording notes. After each interview, you will reflect on the experienceThis criterion is linked to a Learning Outcome. Things to include in the reflection are (a) a general description of observations made during the interview, (b) a description of questions you added to the interview guide, (c) what you enjoyed about the interview, (d) what you learned from this interview, and (e) how you will use what you learned in the future.
You will be responsible for (a) finding a special education teacher (or other professional that works with people w/disabilities) AND student with a disability to interview, (b) scheduling the interviews, (c) communicating with your instructor about scheduled interviews, (d) conducting the interviews, (e) recording notes during the interview, and (f) submitting reflections and notes for each interview. You will also need to get and submit consent if the student is under 18 years. A sample consent form you can use is provided in the materials below.
Materials
The interview protocol provides you with a brief template. You are expected to add additional questions the template. Considering everything you’ve been exposed to so far in this course and others, what do you want to know from a special education teacher and from a student receiving services? Select one of the following templates:
Interview Protocol (Teachers) (DOCX)Download Interview Protocol (Teachers) (DOCX)
Interview Protocol (Students) (DOCX)Download Interview Protocol (Students) (DOCX)
Consent form for students under age 18 or who are over 18 and have a guardian (DOCX)Download Consent form for students under age 18 or who are over 18 and have a guardian (DOCX)
Replace the instructor information on the consent form with your instructor’s information
What to Submit
Reflection from teacher interview (or other professional that works with people w/disabilities) AND student interview
Notes from both interviews. Contact information (e.g., email) for either the teacher or student should be on the notes.
