Category Archives: teachers

New Book is here!

From Cindy over on Special Needs Resource Magazine. Amazon has the new book published by our editor, Dr. Cindy Golden.  It’s at a pre-sale price and should be in warehouses this week. Overwhelmed special educators: Reduce your stress and support … Continue reading

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Free Funnix returns!

From JohnL over on Teach Effectively!. Loyal readers of TE will recall that the folks at Royal Limited Partnership gave away copies of the Funnix Beginning Reading program in 2011. Welp, it’s going to happen again! Yes indeedy! Quoting from … Continue reading

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Free gift from Education Consumers Foundation!

From JohnL over on Teach Effectively!. Isn’t it unusual to get something for free that is actually worth a lot? The good folks over at Education Consumers Foundation (ECF) are giving away a small book that is quite valuable, and … Continue reading

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It’s the teaching that matters

From JohnL over on Teach Effectively!. Does all the verbiage about the ills of education make you wonder about the reasoning skills of educational reformers? Well, it does make me have questions. I practice resisting the urge to walk away … Continue reading

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SONS Student Organizational Notebook System

From Cindy over on Special Needs Resource Magazine. One of our newest sponsors is the SONS organizational system.  We wanted to introduce the system offered by SONS and a little bit about how it can impact the learning and organizational … Continue reading

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Special Educators Toolkit: Interview with the Author

From Cindy over on Special Needs Resource Magazine. The Special Educator’s Toolkit will be ready in a few weeks.  Recently our editor, Dr. Cindy Golden, was interviewed about the book.  Here is the link to that interview and for other … Continue reading

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Coming Soon!

From Cindy over on Special Needs Resource Magazine. COMING SOON! The Special Educator’s Toolkit Everything You Need to Organize, Manage, and Monitor Your Classroom By Cindy Golden Foreword by Juane Heflin, Ph.D. Overwhelmed special educators: Reduce your stress and support … Continue reading

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FREE Online Grading System!

From Cindy over on Special Needs Resource Magazine. Now this is too good to be true!  But it really is.  It’s Free…..it’s for teachers…..and it helps you organize your classroom!  Love it. The system is called Engrade.  This grading system … Continue reading

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Teacher Nationally Recognized

From jaime over on Bignity. Michelle Wagner, who teaches at Marca Schools’ Marie English Early Childhood Center, received the Carol Gray Award in recognition of achievement in providing an outstanding contribution to the life of a child with a disorder. … Continue reading

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Teach Effectively! 2011-06-06 06:36:03

From JohnL over on Teach Effectively!. The folks at the IRIS Center announced the availability of a new entry in their series of modules promoting contemporary professional development in special education. This one addresses response to instruction (or intervention) in … Continue reading

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