NPR recently released an article questioning if childhood trauma should be considered a public health crisis. Based off my life experiences and work with children, my answer is absolutely yes. Trauma a public health crisis. It is our achievement gap, our opportunity gap, the challenging behaviors we see in our schools, it's the 2.3[...]
When I realized 3 of my 2nd graders had sight word IEP goals, I slightly died inside. Sight words? But... they are SO boring to teach. I wasn't thrilled to say the least. I'm one of those teachers who has to have fun teaching in order to teach well. I refuse to talk for long periods of times and I try to get kids up and moving as muc[...]
I'm finally finishing up answering everyone's thoughtful special education questions! This was sooo much fun. I seriously love talking teaching and education. If you ever have a question or just want to chat... Please, please, please reach out :) In the meantime, here is the final set of q + a's from my sped series! read more[...]
There are many things I wish I would have known for my second year teaching. I know, I know, it says first year special education teachers, but almost all my lessons were learned my second year. My first year teaching didn't feel like a first year. I had interned and completed my student teaching at the school before starting my fi[...]
The theme for this q + a focuses on what of the keys to student success: collaboration. read more[...]
c/o: Be Nice. Be Kind shirt by Taylor Mill Clothing Company This community continues to help ground me in my love and passion for teaching. I received over 40 thoughtful questions that are inspiring me to reflect on my practice and collaborate with colleagues. If I shared all 40 answers in a blog post... it would be about 114 pages of[...]