My math tutor told me I was stupid. I’m not kidding. It was 8th grade and was still struggling with multiplication and division and he told me I was stupid. So how did I go from “stupid” to a passionate high school math teacher? I built my own math confidence over the years and I’m excited to share the tips with you here.
While I hope you never experience an emergency absence, I hope this list helps you prepare for the worst. Most importantly, you need to remind yourself that the classroom will continue to run without you. As much as you would want to be there, your students will be safe and okay without you.
Adapting curriculum is an ongoing dynamic process that modifies and adapts the program of studies to meet the learning requirements of a student with special needs. It enables the teaching team to welcome learners of all abilities and ensures that every student is challenged to learn.
As a secondary special education teacher, I work with teenage students in the areas of english, math, and life skills. The high school setting provides me with a unique opportunity to help these kids. Essentially, transition into adults throughout their stay with me. I place a major emphasis of my instruction on functional life skills that my students will need in the real world.
Typically in homeroom, we go over the schedule, calendar and weather. We also take attendance together! We check in with every student about how they’re doing and how their night was.
A Sensory Space is exactly what you would think. It is a therapeutic space with equipment or resources. These resources provide our students with special needs the appropriate kind of sensory input. It is a calming space when our students get overwhelmed. In addition, sensory room ideas include a corner in the room or a separate room depending on what you have available. You can have a few sensory items or you can have high tech sensory items.
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