In yesterday’s edition (2/18/10) of our local newspaper “The Morning Sentinel” was an article with the headline “Tweaking high school’s template – Maine adopts voluntary program that customizes students’ progress” by Abigail Curtis from the Bangor Daily News, it got my attention because it was on the front page, it was about education and for… [Read more…]
January 24, 2010
RANT ALERT – I will probably get myself in trouble but here goes… With all due respect to: the President of the United States and his staff the Congress and their staffs the State Governors and their staffs (Maine for me) the State Boards of Education (Maine for me) the Teacher preparatory programs at the… [Read more…]
November 17, 2009
I am breaking my own rules on using the SPED acronym, but it just goes with my views on Special Education paperwork. Necessary to use or do, but not anything I really like. Last night I did a post on my belief that Special Educators = Paralegals due to the amount of paperwork work that… [Read more…]
November 15, 2009
I know that many people think they know what Special Education is…but what does the law actually say it is? I tried to find the federal definition and after about 15 minutes of bouncing in the Dept of Ed.gov site, I got tired of looking there. I now remember why so many people get so… [Read more…]
This blog focuses on teaching from a Special Education Teacher's perspective. I plan to provide my observations and/or insights into Special Education, English Language Arts, the help students receive in my Resource Room, pedagogical ideas and integrating technology/Web2.0 tools into the classroom.
My views have been molded by my experiences as a parent of a Special Education Student, a retired Coastie, teaching in a Special Purpose Private School and a Public School system.
February 19, 2010
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