Special education

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

Being a new special education teacher can be overwhelming and stressful. Check out The FIRST thing to do as a new special ed teacher.

If there is one I have learned in my years of working with paraprofessionals, it is that paras are teachers too. My paraprofessional is my right hand and my left hand. She is the glue that keeps us together. I realize that sometimes it is our first instinct to give them passive work because their

If you are a special education teacher, then you know that IEP goals play an important role in our job. Today, I want to share how to set up IEP goal bins to make your life easier as a special ed teacher. Data tracking for special education students is easy once you prep your goal bins. Each special ed student gets a container, a label with their name, and materials for each objective. Read more about what is inside and how to keep them organized in your special ed classroom.

As special education teachers, we often focus on what we should do or say at an IEP meeting, but there are some things you should NEVER say at an IEP meeting. Here you will find phrases you should never say to special education parents or the IEP team at an IEP meeting. By avoiding these phrases, you make parents and students feel more comfortable and help your IEP meeting run smoothly. Learn these phrases here.

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Are you a first year teacher looking to set up your special education classroom? Or are you a veteran teacher looking for new classroom organization ideas? Here are my top 17 special education teacher must haves for your classroom. These Amazon must haves include supplies for prepping special education resources, resources for setting up adapted books, everything you need to create visuals and for ideas for classroom management. Grab these supplies on Amazon and start organizing this year.

College. There are the courses that prepare you for the "textbook stuff", but nothing in the world prepares you for teaching quite like actually teaching does. Learn the special ed secrets, that things you don't learn in college, only at Mrs. D's Corner.

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

Having a paraprofessional in your special education classroom can be a complete game changer! Parapros help with data collection, IEP goal work, centers, behavior interventions and so much more. But what happens when you have a paraprofessional in your classroom that isn’t doing their job? How should you handle this tricky situation in your special education classroom? If you are a special education teacher struggling with the para in your classroom, here are 5 tips to help you know what to…