Special education teacher

Special educators need a pretty large toolbox of strategies and resources to support our learners. So often, our students can have significantly diverse needs and levels. On any given day, special education teachers might need to take student reading data, modify a math assessment, teach science wit

Goals, Grades, and Special Education I was in a heated IEP meeting one time, and a teacher angrily blurted out, 'What do you want from me? Do you want me to just give him all As?!?!?' 'No,' the mom said quietly. 'I want him to be able to do the work he is capable of,

Are you a new special education teacher feeling extremely overwhelmed? This blog post is for you! I am sharing my top 5 classroom hacks every new special education teacher needs. In this post I share how to set up your classroom routines and procedures. It is important to make a classroom schedule as well as an IEP calendar. You will also want to establish a progress monitoring data system and a communication system with parents to keep them informed. Head over to the blog to learn more.

As a special education teacher, we have to stay on top of SO MUCH PAPERWORK and basically be scheduling ninjas. Although it can be quite the headache, it doesn’t have to be if you set aside some time before school starts to set-up a teacher caseload binder for yourself. #teacherorganization #teacherplanner

Grab this special education IEP checklist for teachers to track each student's supports. Easily record accommodations, modifications, interventions, and supports for IEPs, 504s, and special education on this FREE checklist. Perfect for special education and general education teachers of all grade levels.

An IEP binder for teachers is the key to tidying up your daily caseload, organizing special ed info, and focusing more on your students than the paperwork.

Balancing it all as a first year special education teacher is tough. Check out these tips for first year special education teachers to get you started this fall. #specialeducation #weteachsped #iteachsped #backtoschool #firstyearteacher #autismclassroom

There is something about the structure and routine of Michaela's Especially Education task boxes students are drawn to. They take immense pride in showing off their finished work, keeping all the materials together, and putting the tasks away into their rightful places.

Today I want to share with you about my “color-coding” classroom organizational system. Although it sounds silly, assigning my students a color at the beginning of the school year is my go-to for organization. It has saved my sanity. With 3 instructional assistants, a lead teacher, and a student teacher, keeping data and student […]

Special Education teachers are the masters of data collection! At times, collecting data can be overwhelming, especially when you sometimes have to outsource the collecting to other teachers, specialists, or teaching assistants. Tracking accommodations is necessary to make sure an IEP is being followed and can be helpful in determining which accommodations should be added to or removed from the IEP. Believe it or not, collecting data on accommodations and modifications does not have to…