There are a few things that you can do t start off the year strong. Putting some time in up front will definitely help to make life easier down the line. But, you don’t have to do EVERYTHING if you are just starting off in your first or second year in the classroom. I’m sure everyone has their list of…
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One of my favorite activities as a school consultant is setting up classrooms. Sometimes I set up new classrooms that didn’t exist. Sometimes we reset classrooms that are having difficulty. We have a training model we refer to as the Demonstration Classroom. In the demo class, we go in, set up a classroom to meet the individual needs of the…
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If you are a long time reader, you know I hate downtime. Students who are not engaged are more likely to have challenging behaviors and get off task. And once that happens it’s really hard to get back on track.So, I try to do everything I can to keep students engaged throughout every minute of the day. Our students are…
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Are you a special educator looking for reliable professional development designed specifically for your teaching?Are you looking for a group of special educators who get it? Do you sometimes feel like you teach on an island and the people in your building don’t understand?Then the Special Educator Academy is for you!Let’s face it, being a special educator can be really…
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If you are a special education teacher, or an administrator who supervises and supports special education, how do you feel about lesson plans? I posed this question in a recent conversation with four friends who are special education teachers. Interestingly, there were some definite opinions about the question of whether lesson plans were needed in the special ed. classroom. Two…
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