Middle school special education

Thinking about life skills for special ed students is one of the most important parts of my job as a middle school special education teacher. Functional life skills activities are especially important at this age because our students are getting older and we want them to be valuable and independent members of society when they are finished with school.

Teaching in a secondary special education classroom is just different. Secondary special education students are not the same as elementary special education students. Their needs are different. How you teach them is different and what it’s like in a secondary special education classroom is different. So here are 10 things every middle school, high school, and transition special education teacher wishes you knew about them, teaching secondary special education students, and about their…

Unlocking Success: The Power of the First 10 Minutes in my High School Special Education Classroom! 🌟 Dive into my blog post where I share insights, strategies, and the incredible impact those crucial first moments have on setting the tone for a positive and productive learning environment. Ready to transform your classroom? Let's make those initial minutes count! 📚✨ #SpecialEducation #ClassroomSuccess #First10Minutes #PositiveStart #HighSchoolTeaching

Read on as I guide you, the new special education teacher, through steps to take this summer to feel confident and ready before the first day of school.

Supporting kids with special needs works best when both regular education and special education staff work together. That's why it is helpful for all teachers to understand how they can modify and accommodate for students in their classrooms. For newer teachers, learning that you need to modify work

Middle school with 2 teachers in one room can be tough for a special education classroom....this schedule shows how we did it.

Due to the nature of our classrooms we are bound to have a wide range of student abilities. Having such a wide range can sometimes be challenging when it comes to planning lessons, centers and activities. Not only is the wide range a challenge but, most of our students are also no where near grade level. While most of my students are at a preschool-1st grade level, I teach 4th and 5th grade. Let's face it, no matter what their cognitive level is, it is important to have age appropriate…

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…

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

Monitoring student progress towards their IEP goals can be difficult to organize and manage! This blog post shares information about what progress monitoring is, its purpose, how often to assess students, and how to do so easily and accurately! This post is perfect for preschool, elementary, middle school, and high school special education teachers, resource teachers, and self-contained teachers!