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Take a peek inside 9 unique special education classroom setups! Learn how each teacher sets up her classroom!

Special Education teachers are the masters of data collection! At times, collecting data can be overwhelming, especially when you sometimes have to outsource the collecting to other teachers, specialists, or teaching assistants. Tracking accommodations is necessary to make sure an IEP is being followed and can be helpful in determining which accommodations should be added to or removed from the IEP. Believe it or not, collecting data on accommodations and modifications does not have to…

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Looking for tips on resource room set-up? Read more to learn what I have planned for creating a comfortable learning space for my students.

Are you setting up your classroom for the beginning of the school year? You won’t want to miss this blog post, that includes my life of Amazon must haves for teachers that you can use in your self contained classroom. All of these classroom resources are items that I use in my own special education classroom, like task boxes, washi tape, paper cutter, fidget toys, dry erase pockets, laminators and so much more. Check out all of my special education classroom must have here.

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 challenging when it comes to planning lessons, centers and activities. Not only is the wide range a challenge but, most of our students are also no where near grade level. While most of my students are at a preschool-1st grade level, I teach 4th and 5th grade. Let's face it, no matter what their cognitive level is, it is important to have age appropriate…

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Like most special educators, I teach several different skills in math a day. In our math rotations, I am able to see each students 1:1 for about 10 minutes to teach them new skills, and then they rotate through the other centers to practice that skill and previously mastered skills. This is the first year

You landed the job and you're a brand new teacher! Check out these tips for first year special education teachers in this blog post!

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