Students are expected to interview a teacher (preschool through 12th grade) or administrator in a building
that serves preschool through 12th grade. The schoolmust be a public school. *No identifying information
about the teacher, school, or students worked with may be disclosed. Additionally, no identifying
information should be recorded on paper or presented to this class.
Students are expected to hand in:
1:A full transcription
2: Brief summary
3: Interviewer/Student reflection of the interview in conjunction
with thoughts from the course content (2-3 pages minimum)
with thoughts from the course content (2-3 pages minimum)
The interview should include the following questions. Additional questions are encouraged though should
remain relevant and professional.
-What is your current role? -Age group served? -What are the past roles you have had in the field of
education? -Have you ever taught students with disabilities? Can you describe this experience? Setting?
Pros and cons? -Without disclosing any identifying information, what kind of disabilities did the students
have? -What techniques,accommodations, modifications,and/or approached were used to integrate the
students with disabilities into the class? -What are some of your favorite/ most usefulstrategies used to
integrate students with disabilities into the classroom? -What was most difficult for the students with
disabilities? (How did they do academically? Socially? Adaptively?) -What was most difficult for you as a
teacher? -What was the experience of the other children in the class? -How do you feelabout the process
of integrating students with disabilities into classrooms? -What do you think others feelabout this process?
(the students with disabilities, teachers, parents,administration, students,etc.)
-What suggestions do you have to make the process of integrating students with disabilities better?
remain relevant and professional.
-What is your current role? -Age group served? -What are the past roles you have had in the field of
education? -Have you ever taught students with disabilities? Can you describe this experience? Setting?
Pros and cons? -Without disclosing any identifying information, what kind of disabilities did the students
have? -What techniques,accommodations, modifications,and/or approached were used to integrate the
students with disabilities into the class? -What are some of your favorite/ most usefulstrategies used to
integrate students with disabilities into the classroom? -What was most difficult for the students with
disabilities? (How did they do academically? Socially? Adaptively?) -What was most difficult for you as a
teacher? -What was the experience of the other children in the class? -How do you feelabout the process
of integrating students with disabilities into classrooms? -What do you think others feelabout this process?
(the students with disabilities, teachers, parents,administration, students,etc.)
-What suggestions do you have to make the process of integrating students with disabilities better?