I too went from teaching to psych. I often describe my graduate scho experience as "the worst three years of my life," not because I hated the...
What "formal training" is really trying to address is an understanding of basic psychometric properties that are needed for testing. I think as a...
And sometimes it IS under our control. The trick is knowing the difference. We do what we can.
Yes, they do. That's what started this whole conversation, the OP was being trained to administer academic assessments.
When I used to be a teacher, I always felt that when a class bombed a test/quiz, that was MY failure, not theirs. Clearly, I did not teach it...
The consultant is wrong. From the Pearson website: Tests can be bought, and administered by an individual with "Formal, supervised mental...
Achievement tests don't require an advanced degree in the area of testing. They just require a background or training in testing and assessment....
SPED teachers do the academic testing and benchmarks, and the Psychs do all the cognitive and psychological testing. Where I work, we always want...
I needed a job and SPED was hiring. I expected to stay a year or two while working my way through school. I ended up staying in SPED for 22 years...
12 years. 10 years to get an AA, and two years to finish my upper division coursework. I worked an average of 60 hours a week while going through...
I've never heard of an education therapist. Can you give more background in what services they provide, or websites that would help understand...
I don't know if there is a shortage, but things are definitely getting better. I work in a small rural district in So Cal, and I'm pretty sure a...
I used to live in a national forest area. I left my house one time to walk to the store, when I came back, I noticed some of my neighbors/friends...
I don't recite the pledge. I stopped when I was in the fifth grade, and have never really done it again except to teach youngsters while at work....
My sister makes derogatory comments about public schools all the time. Every time there's an article about a teacher doing bad things, she always...
My personal opinion is that the principal is punishing the student due to actions caused by his disability. I am sure if someone searches long...
Like others have mentioned, for many of these kids, the free breakfast is the only breakfast they have. It may not be the healthiest breakfast at...
Academically, I was more than ready for college. I did pretty crappy in high school due to family issues (I was homeless for a while in high...
If he has an IQ of 42, how much of this lesson is he actually going to learn? With so much time passing between the incident and the punishment,...
And there are many families who are not living that way. I work in a lower income area now, and some of the stories that I hear are just...
