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Need an effective way to organize all of your students' IEP goals, progress notes, work samples and all else?! Click to learn about color coded IEP binders.

Visuals are key for students in special education, but they are also important for staff. Look around the world and you will see there are visual cues all over. Adults need visuals and cues, too! Here are 3 ways I use visuals for staff in my special education classroom. Special education teachers are BUSY!! That’s […]

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.

Paraprofessional Training in the Special Education Classroom can be tough! Learn how to make paraprofessional training simple with these tips.

Visual boundaries are a vital part of classroom setup. Let me show you how I utilize these visual boundaries in classroom!

Functional teaching ideas for multi-needs special education, with a transition / life skills focus.

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

Scheduling for special education is a DAUNTING task. Just like our kids we THRIVE on schedules (( and pretty much need them to survive)). One tip that I’m going to drive home throughout this post is that we HAVE TO be ok with CHANGE. Why? Because change is completely inevitable. It WILL happen. and […]

CONGRATS! If you are here you must be a NEW special education teacher, or a first year teacher. If you are wondering where to get started- this post is the perfect place to be! I am going to share all of the things you need to get started on the right foot with a brand […]

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