Daytona Beach, FL - With the help of a more than $14,000 grant, Daytona State College (DSC) is partnering with the University of Central Florida (UCF) to come up with new strategies for teaching and learning in inclusive classrooms, where students with and without disabilities learn together.
Thanks to the grant from the Florida Department of Education's CEEDAR (Collaboration for Effective Educator Development, Accountability, and Reform), DSC will help develop and test universal, multi-modality practices that future teachers in the college’s Bachelor of Science in Education programs can incorporate into their syllabi and classroom environment.
The project will focus primarily on developing best practices for future K-5 teachers and will be introduced to College of Education students enrolled in reading courses and internships, according to DSC. One strategy for the inclusive classroom plan is to break students into small groups so teaching can be tailored to the way each student learns best, a strategy known as differentiated instruction.
DSC says that five of their faculty members will participate in the project, which will last about a year. Those professors are Dr. Joy Lewis, Dr. Margie Hensler, Dr. Ana Blaine, Dr. Donald May, and Dr. Maryann Gromoll (project director).
“We are honored that UCF has chosen to work with us to be among the first institutions to serve as a model for these preferred strategies,” Gromoll says. She explains that the project can serve as a model for educators across Florida.
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