High school special education

Unlocking Success: The Power of the First 10 Minutes in my High School Special Education Classroom! 🌟 Dive into my blog post where I share insights, strategies, and the incredible impact those crucial first moments have on setting the tone for a positive and productive learning environment. Ready to transform your classroom? Let's make those initial minutes count! 📚✨ #SpecialEducation #ClassroomSuccess #First10Minutes #PositiveStart #HighSchoolTeaching

As a special education teacher, have you ever wondered what other teachers’ classrooms look like? Today is your chance to see special education classrooms in a variety of age levels. I have included special ed preschool classrooms, K-2 Autism classroom, and K-2 special education classrooms. If you are looking for more info on multiple disabilities classrooms, life skills classrooms, middle school special education classrooms, high school special education classrooms, and more it is all…

The first week of school in a secondary special education classroom is the time to introduce your students to a new school year and develop a rapport with your students and parents. But it’s also time to establish routines and procedures for your classroom including morning routines, IEP goal work, independent work, classroom jobs and community based instruction procedures. By establishing these routines the first week of school, you can create a better back to school experience for…

Get ahead of the game with these 5 back-to-school tips for special education high school teachers! From organization to communication, this free resource has everything you need to make the first three weeks a success. Download the first three week guide now!

Functional Centers in Self-Contained Classrooms | Noodle Nook

Job ideas for students in special education to do in the classroom and around school

If you are a life skills teacher searching for inspiration for your high school transition classroom, this is for you! Here I share how I set up my transition classroom for 9-12th grade and 12+ students including how I set up our morning meeting area, large group activities, and a sensory space. I also share how we facilitate vocational and daily living skills inside our classroom and prepare for community based instruction. Take a look at our secondary special education classroom here.

Teach reading comprehension and life skills to your students in special education using age appropriate topics!

Due to the nature of our classrooms we are bound to have a wide range of student abilities. Having such a wide range can sometimes be challe...

Thinking about life skills for special ed students is one of the most important parts of my job as a middle school special education teacher. Functional life skills activities are especially important at this age because our students are getting older and we want them to be valuable and independent members of society when they are finished with school.

As a special education teacher, we have to stay on top of SO MUCH PAPERWORK and basically be scheduling ninjas. Although it can be quite the headache, it doesn’t have to be if you set aside some time before school starts to set-up a teacher caseload binder for yourself. #teacherorganization #teacherplanner

Find engaging classroom job skills ideas with these easy to set up job prep activities for special education and students with disabilities.

Supporting kids with special needs works best when both regular education and special education staff work together. That's why it is helpful for all teachers to understand how they can modify and accommodate for students in their classrooms. For newer teachers, learning that you need to modify work

Monitoring student progress towards their IEP goals can be difficult to organize and manage! This blog post shares information about what progress monitoring is, its purpose, how often to assess students, and how to do so easily and accurately! This post is perfect for preschool, elementary, middle school, and high school special education teachers, resource teachers, and self-contained teachers!

Teaching in a secondary special education classroom is just different. Secondary special education students are not the same as elementary special education students. Their needs are different. How you teach them is different and what it’s like in a secondary special education classroom is different. So here are 10 things every middle school, high school, and transition special education teacher wishes you knew about them, teaching secondary special education students, and about their…

What are you using in your special education classroom to track IEP data? In this blog post, I will talk about how to track IEP goals with google forms. With these step by step instructions, you will learn great teacher organization tips that can help with IEP data tracking. You can watch my YouTube video here on how to create a google form, and you can read about one of my best IEP tips by including QR codes in the classroom. Use this IEP organization for the beginning of the school year.

Functional Centers in Self-Contained Classrooms | Noodle Nook

Are you tired of reinventing the wheel in your life skills classroom? Are you struggling with writing lesson plans for your secondary special education classroom? Here are 7 activities that changed the way I teach in the special education classroom. Each of these activities are designed to target specific skills with my students including life skills, social skills, social studies, functional reading, vocational skills and current events. Learn how you can use resources in your classroom…

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