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Teacher Wishlist Unfulfilled: Let’s remember our 2020 commitments to equity

08/03/2021 by admin Leave a Comment

March 13, 2020 I’ve written about that date before. It was the last day we had in-person school before Covid-19 rushed us into virtual learning environments. During that time, we also witnessed massive protests across the country in response to the extrajudicial murder of another Black person. Then came the promises to do better in … [Read more…]

Posted in: The Daily Teacher Grind Tagged: Covid-19 School Closures, DEI, Disabled students, Diversity, Equity, Inclusion, Learning Disabilities, Special Education, Special Needs, Virtual Learning

Virtual Learning Cannot Serve The Needs of Students with IEPs

03/23/2020 by admin 4 Comments

Our country’s Education system is failing our students with disabilities. We are going to continue to fail them because their needs cannot be adequately met through a computer. That is not an indictment; it is my professional opinion. As I watched my twitter feed during the past 10 days, I can say with 100% confidence: … [Read more…]

Posted in: Special Education Tagged: 504 Plan, Covid-19 School Closures, FAPE, Free Appropriate Public Education, IDEA, IEP, IEP Accommodations, Least Restrictive Environment, LRE, Special Education, Student Supports, Virtual Learning

Popular Math Apps in the Resource Classroom: Why I Chose Not To Use Them

01/19/2020 by admin 1 Comment

For the last 8 months, my IG and Twitter posts have focused on two main goals; find: (a) Dyscalculia and Dyslexia training; and (b) Math Apps and/or curriculum designed with my students’ needs in mind. Both proved to be challenging and time-consuming endeavors, eventually I found one. Dyscalculia is the Learning Disability you’ve probably never … [Read more…]

Posted in: The Daily Teacher Grind Tagged: Calcularis, Dybuster, Dyscalculia, Learning Disabilities, Math, Math Anxiety, Math Apps, Math Learning Disabilities, Math Teacher, Middle School Math, neuroscientists, Resource Math, Response to Intervention, RTI, Special Education, Special Education Teacher

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

Slow Down! Child Learning Zone

08/18/2019 by admin Leave a Comment

I spent part of my Saturday evening working on the Math lesson plan for my 6th grade class. Yes, yes…I know I said I wouldn’t do any work on the weekends, but school life happens! These past 2 weeks have zoomed by and, although I have accomplished a lot, I still need to use some … [Read more…]

Posted in: The Daily Teacher Grind Tagged: IEP, Learning Disabilities, Math Learning Disabilities, Math lesson plans, Math pacing guide, Middle School Math, Middle school teacher, Resource Math, Special Education, Special Education Teacher

In Defense of Summer Work Packets

06/18/2019 by admin Leave a Comment

I wanted to write this post during the last week of school, but I’ll be completely honest: I was too tired. Once school officially ended, I kept telling myself “Tomorrow”. Again: I didn’t get around to it. Then, last week, one of those #edugurus tweeted that summer work packets were a waste of time. Needless … [Read more…]

Posted in: The Daily Teacher Grind Tagged: Black students, ELL, ESOL, Hispanic students, Latino students, Learning Disabilities, Special Education, Special Needs, summer vacation, Title I, Urban education

In Response to the Effect of School Segregation on the Proportion of Black Students in Special Education

05/29/2019 by admin 1 Comment

Shortly after I returned home from school, I noticed that my good friend @ShanaVWhite tagged me in a post shared by @PedroANoguera. Upon opening the tweet, I immediately got a sinking feeling in my stomach. I thought: Not this again? By ‘this’ I mean the idea of whether Black students (capital ‘B’), namely boys, are … [Read more…]

Posted in: The Daily Teacher Grind Tagged: Black students, Black students with Special Needs, Hispanic students, segregated schools, Special Education, Urban schools

State-by-State Special Education Contact List

05/08/2019 by admin Leave a Comment

What kind of Special Education Teacher would I be if I did not have the patience of someone striving Job lie Job?? When I say my patience has been tested with getting this list completed and ‘live’, please believe me! I tried sharing it first on my blog as a PDF (not in a post) … [Read more…]

Posted in: Parent Resources Tagged: Advocacy Resources, Autism, IDEA, IEP, IEP Meeting, Learning Disabilities, Mild Intellectual Disabillity, Special Education, Special Needs, Special Needs Parents, State Advocacy Resources, State Special Education Directors

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
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