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Sep 11, 2019
Improving Special Education Services for Students with Complex Needs will take place November 14-15 at the Hilton Chicago/Oak Lawn.
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spedteach
While you may have your suspicions, I advise you to keep that to yourself. Only the school psychologist or a medical doctor can diagnose a student's disability.
spedteach
While you may have your suspicions, I advise you to keep that to yourself. Only the school psychologist or a medical doctor can diagnose a student's disability.
Jul 13, 2019
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val
Thank you TeeSmith and haha for writing back. I greatly appreciate it. I will try all of your suggestions, one at a time and see what helps. I am scared of getting burnt out. My students and staff are great but it has been feeling like I am doing it all alone. I do need to find an outlet for all of it. My mother is a teacher as well and when I vent...See More
Wanderlust
Hello Val... I have been in the teaching field for 20 years, all in Special Education. I have taught an array of students. I taught Preschool Children with Disabilities & Kindergarten my first year of teaching with DoDEA in Japan.
After my first year of teaching, I moved back to the states due to personal reasons, and taught in a self...See More
After my first year of teaching, I moved back to the states due to personal reasons, and taught in a self...See More
I am a certified teacher and I would like to become a special education teacher working with students who are in self-contained classrooms. I have an EC-12 SPED certification. Are there other special education certifications I can get or other steps I can take to make myself more marketable as a self-contained special education teacher?
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It depends on what else your state may offer. Fl used to be specialized but then went to the same type blanket SPED cert.
In many states/locations, those jobs are often open and hard to fill/keep people in so I would think someone would give you a chance. Have you looked/applied for self-contained SPED jobs? Many of those students would al...See More
In many states/locations, those jobs are often open and hard to fill/keep people in so I would think someone would give you a chance. Have you looked/applied for self-contained SPED jobs? Many of those students would al...See More
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A Masters would be helpful but may not be necessary if you can get your foot in the door somewhere and just start logging successful SPED experience. What else are you certified in and have you taught it before?
Jan 24, 2019
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Jul 11, 2018
Mostly in the sped classroom, but also some general ed English. Last year, I began inclusion in the English classrooms. It went ok, except for a new teacher who started her first year in December. She has NO classroom management. She has NO routines, NO clear expectations. I just learned I will be spending half of my day with her this next year. I ...See More
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Been there. Try and meet with her prior to the school year at a planned and low key time and place.
Have some suggestions/guidelines ready to share but go out of your way to phrase everything in a way that makes it clear that you are saying this is what your students will need/would benefit from (as opposed to what she should be doing acco...See More
Have some suggestions/guidelines ready to share but go out of your way to phrase everything in a way that makes it clear that you are saying this is what your students will need/would benefit from (as opposed to what she should be doing acco...See More
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