You may be stressing out too soon. When I was a para I was very careful to not overstep my boundaries and I always kept in mind that the teacher...
I will certainly look into that--it sounds great. I can access the standards on our state's DESE but as you know, slogging thru those when you're...
You are so right about great stories with science. Carl Sagan certainly wrote well about it and I love Bill Bryson's Short History of Nearly...
Yes and science is the one I'm struggling with the most. I did get a physical science book and taught about the scientific method today and how...
Yes I like this too and I've used any kind of manipulative--really anything you have on hand like silly putty or play-dough. In fact since I have...
Thank you Louise, I am going to do just that--talk to the principal that is, or the sped coordinator. Maybe by the second or third week of school...
Oh yes and I'm a bit overwhelmed by the idea of hitting as many standards as possible. I know gen-ed teachers spend quite a lot of time figuring...
I don't know yet as I'm just getting started. I'm pretty sure I'll be dividing them into groups and I have 2 tables in my room. Any advice...
Sorry, it's high school and yes I have to do that. I'm the only sped teacher in the HS. They change but stay the same if you know what I...
A couple of things I've done in the past: I had a girl who had a huge writing assignment to complete and you could tell that it was looking like...
I just got hired into a small rural district and started with 17 kids on the caseload and now as of today have 22. :eek: I'm a first year though I...
OP, one thing to keep in mind is that some profs are just crazy, or at the very least, unclear about their expectations. Hope it works out for you.
I'm in the same boat and I have ordered these 2 books: The IEP from A to Z: How to Create Meaningful and Measurable Goals and Objectives and The...
Glad i read your post b/c I have somewhat of the same question, though at the other end. I just got hired to teach in a high school resource room...
I can't help you with the caseload, which sounds ridiculously heavy, but I do have one little suggestion and that is to see what you can do with...
TeacherGroupie that is a fantastic resource and I've been reading on it a little at a time so I can absorb it. Here is a problem I had today...
Thanks TG, I'll look for that. I hate that I painted a portrait of people who are deliberately not compliant, though we have a couple who just...
I think we're in over our heads. We are at a large high school with 81 students in our program and by the WIDA scale, 7 are entering and 6 are...
Some things I've noticed are that if the child is outgoing, she is much more likely to pick up a new language than a student who doesn't talk or...
I'm having the same problem Lindsey and teaching jobs are scarce in this city right now. I'm thinking about getting out of schools altogether if...
