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Category Archives: teachers
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
Posted in Brooks Publishing, Cindy Golden, organization, Special Education, Special Educator's Toolkit, teachers
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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
Posted in OMAC Book, organization, Organizing Classrooms, teachers, Upcoming Book
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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
Posted in Classroom, Gradebook, Grading System, Special Education Classroom, teachers, teaching, Technology
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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
Posted in Autism, News, recognition, special needs, teachers
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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
Posted in Administration, arithmetic, mathematics, News, Professional development, Response to Intervention, rti, teacher education, teachers, The press
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More free Funnix! It’s math this time.
From JohnL over on Teach Effectively!. The folks who brought us the give-away of Funnix Beginning Reading are doing it again! They’re giving away Funnix Beginning Math for free throughout the month of June 2011. Funnix Beginning Math is a … Continue reading
Posted in arithmetic, Arithmetic and mathematics, Direct Instruction, efficacy, mathematics, News, primary grades, teachers, teaching, Technology, The press
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B. Cook on evidence-based practices
From JohnL over on Teach Effectively!. Over on SpedPro I have a post about an up-coming Webinar on evidence-based practices presented by Bryan Cook. A product of the Council for Exceptional Children (CEC) and and CEC’s Division for Research, the … Continue reading
Posted in Administration, effectiveness, evidence, evidence-based education, News, policy, Professional development, Research, teacher education, teachers, The press
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Outlook for special ed teachers
The demand for special educators routinely exceeds supply. Prior to 2006, the National Coalition on Personnel Shortages in Special Education & Related Services reported that there were considerable shortages in the high-incidence areas of Learning Disabilities, Emotional and Behavioral Disorders, and Multicategorical Special Education. According to US government sources, this continues to be the case, [...] Continue reading
Posted in Administration, Disability, education, News, Professional development, teacher education, teachers, The press
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McNergney: Small teaching
My colleague, Robert McNergney has a post on Education News entitled “Small Ball: Small Teaching” that captures an important idea: Pay attention to the details. He based his brief essay on an enquiry from a student about whether he had read… Continue reading
Posted in achievement, Administration, effectiveness, evidence-based education, logic, Musings, News, policy, Professional development, reason, Research, teacher education, teachers, teaching, The press
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