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After a 10 year hiatus, I'm back. Rested. As determined as ever.

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Georgia’s Math Teachers Need to Know the Pacing Guide is Ableist

12/24/2019 by admin 1 Comment

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 you introduce and teach the Georgia Standards of Excellence for … [Read more…]

Posted in: The Daily Teacher Grind Tagged: Coteaching, Dyscalculia, IDEA, IEP, IEP Accommodations, Math Teacher, Middle School Math, Resource Math, Special Education

Save Me A Seat: How General Education Teachers can be better allies to Special Education Teachers

11/16/2019 by admin Leave a Comment

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 #MidSchoolMath conference I attended last week, specifically, ways General Education … [Read more…]

Posted in: The Daily Teacher Grind Tagged: Co-Teaching, Content Teachers, Coteaching, Math Teachers, Middle School Math, MidSchoolMath, Resource Teacher, Special Education, Special Education Teacher

IEP Accommodations: What so many get wrong

04/07/2019 by admin Leave a Comment

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 IEPs and accommodations? LOL!” Then, I quickly exited the discussion … [Read more…]

Posted in: The Daily Teacher Grind Tagged: Accommodations, Coteaching, IEP, Inclusion, Learning Disabilities, Special Education, Special Needs

I’m a tired teacher, but I’m still here

10/28/2018 by admin Leave a Comment

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 the Universe’s largest echo chamber, anyway. Who wants to read … [Read more…]

Posted in: The Daily Teacher Grind Tagged: Coteaching, ESOL, IEP, Opportunity Gap, Public Education, Special Education, Special Education Teacher, Student Advocacy, Urban education

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