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Assignment 2: behavior

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Assignment 2: Behavior

• Write the rules for your particular classroom for Level 1:
  • Level 1: Behaviors that are Unacceptable
  ( These usually include hitting, spitting, or disrupting other students from work by physically blocking their path tolearning or making them feel unsafe emotionally and therefore too frightened to learn .)
• Write the rules for your particular classroom for Level 2:
  • Level 2: Behaviors that are Inappropriate
  ( These usually include talking out of turn, interrupting the teacher, lateness to class)
• Keep your rules to a minimum - perhaps 4 to 5 for each level.

Assignment 3: connecting learning to a need

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Assignment 3: Connecting Learning to a Need

• How is the information in this module connected to a need in your community? Talk about that connection in 2-3 paragraphs.
• What is your community and country's views or policies regarding special education?
• What thoughts come to mind as it relates to a possible project regarding special education in your community?
• What resources do you have to start this project (in terms of people, volunteers, meeting places, money, supplies, local and/or nationalgovernment support, etc.)
• What resources do you need?
• Send your work in steps 1-5 to your learning circle. Share feedback from your cohort. What new ideas are sparked for you in talking to yourcohort? Describe them here.

When you're done with this assignment and your mentor says you're "Ready," continue onto Part Three of this course: Designing andImplementing Your Service Project.

Overview

The heart of any village, town, or city is the center where learning takes place. A place where people from the community can cometogether to talk, to meet, to discuss, to learn, to connect with each other, and - in the case of computer availability - to connect with the world.

Teachers Without Borders supports the development and growth of Community Teaching and Learning Centers (CTLC) around theworld. In this module, you will be introduced to some of the basic elements of a Teachers Without Borders CTLC with an eye towards possibly starting one inyour own community.

What are ctlcs?

Teachers Without Borders Community Teaching and Learning Centers (CTLCs) are local, practical education centers. CTLCsare designed to be embraced by and emerge from the community itself. A typical CTLC has both on-line (with computers) and/or off-line (withoutcomputers) rooms. Locals staff them and support the machinery. Training comes from the community, in coordination with NGOs and appropriatetechnology, including distance learning. The most successful CTLCs connect with others nearby and to the spokes of a larger wheel of informationservices.