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In a perfect world, general ed and special ed teachers would have all of the time in the world to collaborate together. These 5 tips make it happen.

Are you a first year teacher looking to set up your special education classroom? Or are you a veteran teacher looking for new classroom organization ideas? Here are my top 17 special education teacher must haves for your classroom. These Amazon must haves include supplies for prepping special education resources, resources for setting up adapted books, everything you need to create visuals and for ideas for classroom management. Grab these supplies on Amazon and start organizing this year.

I have been getting a lot of questions about tips for first year teachers so I figured I would write a blog post about it. Now that you...

Special Education teachers are the masters of data collection! At times, collecting data can be overwhelming, especially when you sometimes have to outsource the collecting to other teachers, specialists, or teaching assistants. Tracking accommodations is necessary to make sure an IEP is being followed and can be helpful in determining which accommodations should be added to or removed from the IEP. Believe it or not, collecting data on accommodations and modifications does not have to…

I never would have thought I would be tracking data digitally, I am really not that savvy when it comes to tech, however, when someone pointed out how easy it was, I had to try it. You guys, its sooo much easier than my typical paper and pencil tracking system. I had data sheets EVERYWHERE!! […]

Essentials of a Special Education Resource Room: After I accepted my new position as a K-3 Special Education Resource Teacher, I quickly got to work in planning out my new classroom. I considered student need, layout, materials, and decor to prepare my room. I'm thrilled to share these 3 essential components of my new classroom with you!

Read on as I guide you, the new special education teacher, through steps to take this summer to feel confident and ready before the first day of school.

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.

For special education teachers progress monitoring can be overwhelming, but it doesn't have to be! Goal graphs make assessing students easier!

Let’s talk data! I’ve been using data sheets for years and years now. The one our district provided left much to be desired so I made my own: I made this Data Sheet in Google Slides and everything on it is editable! This means that if you need to track different kinds of data, you ... Read More about Data Sheets for the Primary Teacher