About 60-70% of my job is paperwork and meetings. I am fortunate that my district gives us 6 "IEP days" to do paperwork, but that is not even...
Have you thought about putting in any info about your current aide position? What types of teaching-related responsibilities do you have there?...
Hello, Working with students with Emotional Disabilities is by far my weakest area. I have an almost 8 year old boy that was diagnosed ED before...
Another fair and balanced! :rolleyes:
My husband and I went on an Alaskan cruise for our honeymoon a couple of years ago in July. It was AWESOME! We took a Norweigan Cruise Line trip...
I have 26 on my caseload currently, but I am providing services to 28. Numbers mean nothing unless you look at the level of services you are...
I love Touchmath too! It is awesome!
Do you have a mentor at the school that you could talk with? Do you have a sped department head? Or another administrator you feel you could...
No tenure here in Arizona! :down:
I totally agree. When I worked with high schoolers, it took me a semester of bonding with them until they respected me and would take ANY guidance.
teacheratheart, Maybe part of it is an Arizona thing? I did not have to deal with a lot of this type of thing in the other 2 states I worked in....
I don't have a parapro, and sometimes I need the SLP to come to the meeting if she is servicing that student. She has about the same schedule as...
Contracted hours are 8:30-3:30pm for me, the same as reg ed teachers. BUT, IEPs/METs/BIPs are regularly scheduled for 8:00am or 3:30pm. So that's...
Wow, no one at my school would do that. Our principal is not a tyrant, but that would upset her. And if she went over by a couple of minutes, it...
I have just come home from an 11 hour day, and am feeling like I am being taken advantage of as a sped teacher. Today, we had an initial...
update If anyone's interested in an update on this child...... Yesterday the IEP team (incl. me of course)met and decided that since nothing has...
Oh yeah :) It is an awesome movie if you have a few hours to enjoy it. So much better than 99% of today's movies. I also love James Dean in...
Thanks for the website. Looks very useful! Yes, I believe that the med change HAS to have something to do with this shocking change in behavior....
I have a student who is Hearing Impaired and just identified as Autistic as well. In the last month, he has spun completely out of control. In his...
ysat, are you in a public school? do you belong to a union?
