Special Education Teachers

So our school does a teacher parade at the beginning of summer (ours is next week) and I was thinking of taking my little kids and having them walk in the parade with me. However I just found out that...

Are there any SLP's on here that have ever transitioned to private practice? Or are there any that have done private speech sessions on the side? What are the biggest pros and cons and are you more sa...

Besides district trainings, PD days, collab days, etc. what are some things you do to prepare yourself for the upcoming school year? I know our break just began and I'm trying to focus on relaxing but...

We had our end of year PD. Typically, these meetings bore me and don’t touch on things that are super applicable. But we had some presenters from our district come to teach us about different AI techn...

10 year RSP teacher. I was reassigned to teach a mild mod 3-5 SDC class next school year. My first job after student teaching was RSP 10 years ago. Never had my own class. I would push in and do pull ...

Summer cleaning my classroom was made 10x harder this year because apparently our school is getting new carpet over the summer. I had to box up sooo much stuff and take it home with me! I don't think ...

Is there anyone in the bowl that works at a school specifically for special ed students with disabilities? I have a cousin that is thinking about making the jump to be a teacher at a school near us. S...

I volunteered to work a couple professional development days this week. Typically they're just 7 hour days where we go to trainings and collaborate on some projects. Is anyone else doing something sim...

How to get a teacher license in Texas when you already have a Mississippi teacher license?

Last day of school today! For some reason we made the kids come for just over an hour this morning. We formed a clap-out tunnel for them at the main entrance and they're gone! This school year has bee...

In our profession, and with teaching in general, do you think there should be more pay incentives offered to those who are bilingual? Because of my Spanish I have been able to help with speech cases a...

Looking for an easy to use program or app to make social stories for my students. Any suggestions? At this point I am willing to buy a subscription to something because I need it to be easy to use and...

Well, the kids are officially going crazy! Yesterday, some kids brought popcorn into the library and then decided it would be fun to smash the popcorn into thousands of pieces scattered everywhere. It...

Happy last week of school from here in Utah! It is cold and wet here today and I have a million things to do before Friday but I am holding out hope that I'll get it all done before Friday and then ho...

Friday Funny. I am really nerdy about all things speech and so I will share any and all articulation jokes! I'm sure most of you have seen or heard about this one but I came across it again recently a...

Have you ever had something happen to help you realize just how far you've come? I have been looking into part time jobs for the summer, you know the ones that only pay like $13/hr or whatever. When I...

What’s the worst thing that can happen to you the week before school gets out? I’ll go first. Our sped director emailed us yesterday and told us that our school has to conduct a data review, eligibili...

I got invited to a student's IEP graduation ceremony. It's my first year teaching, and I'm already tearing up just thinking about it. Does anyone else get attached to their students and find those mil...

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