(upbeat music) - Let's talk about modeling for a moment. And this one, sometimes it gets the short shrift because we think, oh, I do that, I'm already modeling. But there's a lot we can think about in terms of this strategy. Not only K-12 permutations of this, but really thinking about the things that we do for kids with disabilities, can really work well for so many other students.
So just a reminder that you can model, you know, across the curriculum and, you know, in many, many moments across the school day, you can model, you know, for asking students to perform a task. And this is especially powerful if you have a co-teacher, a paraprofessional in the classroom. So think about modeling, think about modeling when you're introducing something new, or something that seems potentially challenging for some or all. You could model how to give and get feedback.
You could model how to just greet a peer appropriately. How to give a compliment, right? Things that you would think, "Oh, most students I'll explain it, they'll know how to do that," but they might not know how to do that, right. So think about any of those kinds of moments where a model is better than just a simple reminder.
You can model with video. So think about using video modeling, we use this a lot for students with disabilities. We might show them a video model of how to go through a locker sequence. We might show a video model to help kids learn how to you know, go through the cafeteria line and then sit down, find a table, and so on.
We might model for them how to do things like, you know, choose something to play with at the playground, piece of equipment to play on, or find a friend. But there's so many other things you can do with video modeling, especially when you think about these academic and standards-based contexts. You can teach students how to, you know, handle certain kinds of lab equipment. You can teach students how to cook an omelet in a foods class.
You can teach students in marketing or business class how to conduct a proper job interview. You can use video modeling to have students learn about peer editing, and giving feedback to your peers. You can use, you know, this to help kids learn how to serve a volleyball, you know, two different ways in physical education, or adjust the weights when you're working in the weight room. So think about some of the things that students with and without disabilities might need a little bit of help with, and then think that might be worthy of a video modeling kind of example.
The other thing I wanna mention about modeling, because it's so powerful, is really tap into the classroom experience. If you've got some students that really have a certain skill down, let other kids know about it. So let's just say you teach kindergartners, and your kids are practicing tying shoes. And so you might just have some pictures up in the area where kids get dressed, of kids who know how to tie their shoes, and would be willing to help other kids.
If you have students who, you know, think about again, older students, in secondary, and you've identified some students that are either really skilled in a concept, or that are, again, going back to that foods class example, students that are kind of, you know, almost master chefs. It's like, if you need help with some of these basic skills, here are three students that will help you. I was in a sewing class, and the teacher, it wasn't quite that formal, but she was always reminding students that there were two students in that classroom that were really incredible. She called them fashion designers, that they were already selling some clothes, and kind of remarkable.
And she was reminding students that those individuals would come over and model some things for them, and help them through. And so it, you know, modeling doesn't have to come from the teacher. Something really important to establish.
