If you are a Math Teacher in the state of Georgia, chances are, you fall into one of the following categories: (1) Your district (or charter school) strictly adheres to the state’s pacing guide; or, (2) Your district (or charter school) gives you the flexibility to choose how…
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Save Me A Seat: How General Education Teachers can be better allies to Special Education Teachers
It’s Saturday evening. I have to finish two IEPs and begin writing two others. There’s also a mountain of paperwork that I need to complete because clearly, Special Education Teachers don’t already have enough to do. But, here I am…still turning over thoughts from the…
IEP Accommodations: What so many get wrong
Special Education and IEP accommodations for students with disabilities are a recurring topic in several online teacher groups. Most recently, a teacher posted a list of ‘problems’ plaguing classroom teachers, with one being ‘too many IEPs and accommodations’. My response was short and simple: “Too many…
I’m a tired teacher, but I’m still here
Here I am, again. Trying to convince myself to keep a blog alive. To my credit, I have written a few things on Medium, but even those posts have become sparse. Most of the time I feel as though I’m shouting the same stuff into…