Vacation started for me yesterday around 2:30 P.M. EST. Those who are not or have not been a teacher, really don’t understand the need and the value of the teaching profession’s many “vacations”. To be honest I didn’t either; before I before I became a teacher…mostly I was jealous of the the number of days… [Read more…]
January 23, 2010
This is a picture of how I usually feel by the end of a week at school! I want to do something a bit different in my blog for the next few weeks to see how it works. I looked back and re-read some of my more recent posts, it seems that sometimes I focus… [Read more…]
January 23, 2010
I have been following the debate on teacher Merit Pay issue for a few years now. Which means I have followed it as a teacher and as a non-teacher. So this morning I did what most everyone does sooner or later I Googled it (yes – I know there are other search engines) and came… [Read more…]
January 23, 2010
My 5 most popular posts this week: 1. DO SPECIAL EDUCATION STUDENTS REALLY NEED TO HAVE GRADES? 2. WEBSPIRATION – MIND MAPPING TOOL 3. OMNIFOCUS – IS TAMING MY PRODUCTIVITY PROBLEM 4. OMNIFOCUS AS A LESSON PLANNER 5. STEPS IN THE IEP PROCESS – HOW MANY? My post on Webspiration had been in the top… [Read more…]
January 23, 2010
This was a week that was, we had three Mondays this week. The real Monday was MLK Day, which made Tuesday this week’s Monday, then we had a snow day on Wednesday which made Thursday another Monday. Stop and think how each of us react and moan or groan about having to be at work… [Read more…]
January 21, 2010
While I was out snow blowing today I had time to think about lots of things while walking behind that dreaded beast. Today I thought about why do we grade Special Education students who are in a Resource Room and are being provided “Specialized Instruction” in a subject directly in accordance with their IEP. We… [Read more…]
January 16, 2010
I have had my Mac almost 3 weeks now and the more I use it the more I like it. One of the things that I like a lot is a program called OmniFocus. It is personal productivity software that I found on my MLTI Mac and it intrigued me, when I first saw it… [Read more…]
January 16, 2010
Thursday was an long and interesting (not in a good way) day. We had a bomb threat in the bathroom across the hall from my room. The evacuation of the building to the gym went very smoothly and the students were extremely well behaved! I was impressed with how quickly the evacuation of the building… [Read more…]
January 13, 2010
I have been meaning to do this for quite a long time, write down the steps involved in a creating an Individual Education Plan. A lot of people don’t realize how involved the process actually is and just assume that the meeting is the only thing that happens of note. The meeting is usually lasts… [Read more…]
January 3, 2010
I have been attempting to do school work and classroom planning to get a good handle on the direction that my class needs to go, this whole vacation. Instead most of my vacation I have found myself going down too many “rabbit holes”. These simple side jaunts down paths that are really interesting to me,… [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 13, 2010
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