Welcome Special Ed and Primary teachers! Equip yourself with teacher-tested strategies to make your teaching easier.
Below I have compiled some quick tips for teaching in person during a pandemic. Face it, the 2020-21 school year is like no other, not even back in the Winter/Spring when COVID-19 first appeared. Teaching in Person: Visuals 1. Use visuals around the class. This might include tape on the floor…
This page will help you learn how to use Boom Cards in your classroom. Below are some video tutorials to get you started. Kids think Boom Cards are games, so soon you will have them begging for you to assign more! Teachers of all ages and subjects can use Boom…
Many teachers appreciated my screen-free activities during the sudden school closures this past spring during the 2020 Coronavirus pandemic. Schools went to distance learning and using online platforms to teach students stuck at home to prevent further virus exposure. So here is a blog post with a video I made…
Listen to the free podcast episode to get ideas and tips on having terrific parent conferences in a variety of special education settings.
Hear innovative stories where special ed and general ed teacher collaborate to help students succeed in their least restrictive environments on this free podcast episode of the “Help for Special Educators” podcast.
Listen to this free podcast on how to promote student independence in class. Task analysis, bringing teaching aides on board, prompt hierarchies, independent work tasks/activities and staff checklists are discussed. The Help for Special Educators podcast is hosted by Lisa Goodell. The guest for this episode is Jenn Adams from Teach Love Autism.
Chelsea’s Mid-Year Move is Part 2 of my conversation with Chelsea Marelle. Before we get into her big move we discuss curriculum for different special ed populations, including leveled literacy interventions and interactive journals and math groups. We explain how to put up wall decor (less and higher up) that…
I had a great talk with Chelsea Marelle for today’s podcast interview about how special ed teachers can set up their classrooms to prevent common behavior problems such as impulsive behavior or refusing to work. I have broken up the interview into two parts. In Part 1, Chelsea describes how…
This is Part 2 of my conversation with Kaylene Durbin, a college student who is just starting her credential program. Today we revisit the questions she asked last time. Not only will I attempt to answer them, but I got help from other special educators online, and some have been…
I had a fantastic conversation with Kaylene Durbin, a college student who is just starting her credential program. Today we talk about her inspirational story (which credits family and a professor) and how you can get some real classroom experience before student teaching. We begin to answer questions that aspiring…
