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Professional Development for New Special Ed Teachers

Professional development as a self-contained teacher can be hard to come by. Finding PD that applies to us doesn’t come around often. That is where Simple Self-Contained Setup 101® comes in! Finally, professional development for new special ed teachers!

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Setup your classroom before you even walk through the door!

What is Simple Self-Contained Setup 101®?

Simple Self-Contained Setup 101® gives you everything you need before you even step foot into your classroom. This professional development course walks you through everything from the physical layout of your classroom to curriculum and more. You can enroll in Simple Self-Contained Setup 101 ® here!

Simple Self-Contained Setup 101® course materials
Learn the skills you need for a successful year module by module within the course!

What makes this Professional Development different?

As self-contained special ed teachers, we sit through a lot of PD that has nothing to do with our classrooms. We’ve all been there, sitting in a professional development session asking ourselves why we are even there. PD specific to our classroom doesn’t come around often, so we have to find our own PD.. Simple Self-Contained Setup 101® is an entire professional development course geared specifically toward self-contained teachers. You won’t feel like you’re wasting time because it is meaningful to you, your classroom, and your students. You don’t have to feel like you’re on an island anymore.

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Simple Self-Contained Setup 101® is the roadmap to stress free classroom setup!

What is covered in the course?

Long story short, Simple Self-Contained Setup 101® has everything you need to get your classroom up and running before you even walk through the door. It gives you the roadmap to stress free classroom setup. Within the course, you’ll learn about:

  • The various types of schedules and how to plan what schedules fit the needs of your students
  • Creating a positive team mindset and framework
  • Classroom layout design and classroom setup philosophy
  • Planning curriculum to meet the needs of your students and address gaps in your instruction
  • How to prep for changes that will come throughout the school year
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Gain access to a community of other self-contained teachers through the course!

Why should I choose this Professional Development?

In addition to the course itself, you get access to a community of other self-contained teachers in the course as well as Alyssa and her team. In many schools, there is only one self-contained teacher. That can be a very isolating feeling to be the only teacher in your school with a classroom like yours. Teachers need community. They need the opportunity to collaborate. Simple Self-Contained Setup 101® give you the community and collaboration you need during the course and beyond.

Professional development is so important to our growth as self-contained teachers. Instead of wasting your time and expertise on PD that doesn’t apply to you, join Simple Self-Contained Setup 101®. Gain skills and knowledge you need to run a successful self-contained special education classroom. Join the waitlist today! Need more information? Check out my blog post where I recap my experience with Simple Self-Contained Setup 101®!

Learn more about Simple Self-Contained Setup 101®: the bingeable online course made specifically for self-contained special educators! Reduce overwhelm and anxiety during back-to-school season with the proven methods I teach you in this course! Click here to learn more and join the waitlist now!

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