Special education teacher

Being a new special education teacher can be overwhelming and stressful. Check out The FIRST thing to do as a new special ed teacher.

Special education teachers and regular education teachers can use these websites to help students on all levels! Great for intervention supports, behavior plans, understanding disabilities, progress monitoring, developing lesson plans, and more. #pathway2success #specialeducation

If you are a special education teacher, then you know that IEP goals play an important role in our job. Today, I want to share how to set up IEP goal bins to make your life easier as a special ed teacher. Data tracking for special education students is easy once you prep your goal bins. Each special ed student gets a container, a label with their name, and materials for each objective. Read more about what is inside and how to keep them organized in your special ed classroom.

Data collection is essential for special education teachers. When building IEP goals, it is important to have data collection for special education students. I’m sharing my best teacher tips that are must haves for data collection. IEP goal bins, color coded folders, clipboards, and sticker dots help me stay organized. Data collection sheets help track the information. Timers, stopwatches, and highlighters are just some of the teacher school supplies to have. Learn more today!

It’s such a pleasure to have Angi Pearce back on these pages to share her experiences and passion for teaching students with AAC needs. Angi is a teacher at Kowhai Special School in Hastings,…

Setting up an IEP work bin system can feel overwhelming! Here are some easy ways to do it so that your students can quickly work on goals!

If you are a new teacher thinking about teaching special education or just have ever found yourself wondering "what does a special education teacher do all day?" this blog post is for you. It will give you a glimpse of a special education teacher's day from data collection, writing IEPs, working on IEP goals, collaborating with general education teachers, parent communication, to holding IEP meetings and so much more.

I have 12 tips for the first year teacher because starting your first year as a special education teacher is so incredibly nerve-wracking!

Are you a special education teacher interested in learning more about the prompt hierarchy? Today I am sharing everything you need to know about prompting which is usually associated with ABA or intensive teaching settings. However, prompts can be useful in any setting where we want to guide a special education student to an errorless response and promote independence! Learn more about special education visuals and how to fade your prompts.

IEP goals should be specific enough to be implemented by anyone who reads them.