and student teaching or Practicum (for graduate students), students will enter work that will demonstrate their achievement of competencies as they continue to engage with their e-Portfolio. The EDU 203 course equips students with skills of effective technology usage and exposes student to numerous resources in their discipline area. They also learn how to use commercial materials such as grade eBooks and how to design their own using Excel and Access. Student learn how to analyze manage, collect and analyze data and make adjustments to instructions based on results. They also continue this experience through various courses in the curriculum. They learn how to develop charts and graphs and to interpret and articulate their meanings in the modification of instructional plans and processes.

We clearly identify some elements of the principles of universal design that are currently being demonstrated in our program. However, we have not completed our efforts to formally engage our student in preparation for utilizing the principles of universal design. The Unit recently established a partnership with Discovery Education and will provide professional development for faculty, staff, students, graduates, and public school personnel in the use of technology to deliver common core content and for assessment. The most recent event was held in February 2012 entitled "Literacy Assessment".

Provide the following information about your teacher preparation program. Please note that choosing 'yes' indicates that your teacher preparation program would be able to provide evidence upon request.

Does your program prepare general education teachers to:

Provide a description of the evidence your program uses to show that it prepares general education teachers to teach students with disabilities effectively, including training related to participation as a member of individualized education program teams, as defined in section 614(d)(1)(B) of the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act, and to effectively teach students who are limited English proficient. Include planning activities and a timeline if any of the three elements listed above are not currently in place.

All students at Kentucky State University must successfully complete the EDU 310 Introduction to Exceptional Education course at the undergraduate level. These students in addition to being taught about the various categories of Special Education are engaged in learning experiences (i.e. mock IEP development, use of video tapes, case studies). Student are also required to work with students with disabilities through the Early Field Placements as well.