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How To Start A Lunch Bunch

Is Your School In Need Of A Lunch Bunch? Most schools, if not all, would benefit from having a lunch bunch. A lunch bunch is a place for students who have difficulty making friends to eat and play games in a more structured setting than the playground. The goal of a lunch bunch is to facilitate friendships between students. Being able to mix students with Autism, special needs, and typically developing students can be really fun. Some students with Autism and special needs have very ... continue reading...

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4 Tips to Make Pumping at School Easier

My pumping and breastfeeding journey is something I am really proud of. It was a hard and beautiful 15 months of my life. I started a new job when I found out I was pregnant and only 6 weeks of maternity leave. Notably, I remember feeling so overwhelmed looking at the pump and packing everything in my bag. Tears were shed in my car as a pulled up to my school parking lot. Subsequently, while still bleeding and sore, and lugging my breast pump bag/cooler, workbag, and lunchbox, I trudged into ... continue reading...

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Tips and Tricks: Working with Support Staff

Let's chat about working with support staff. In my first year teaching, I had a SERIOUS case of imposter syndrome. How could I, a fresh out of grad school 23 year old, tell a woman who has been working at this school way longer than me what to do? So that year, I didn't interact much with my support staff. I put my head down and tried to plow through. I never really got to know this woman who was in my classroom for 10 whole months. This was the wrong way to work with support ... continue reading...

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Middle School Remote Learning Setup for Special Education

2020 is a year like no other. We are all doing our best to adapt to this new normalcy - wearing a mask, working remotely, doing school remotely... For our students with special needs, remote learning poses more challenges than the regular education population. Being a special education teacher, we cannot help but want to help make this time easier for parents and students with special needs. When we know what we want to accomplish for each day, it makes our jobs this much easier! Below you will ... continue reading...

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Whole Group Schedule

Scheduling for your substantially separate class can be tough! In order to have a fully structured classroom you must have individual schedules AND a whole group schedule to keep everyone on track. What's the difference between individual and whole group? My individual schedules can look a variety of ways. Wall schedules, binder schedules, desk schedules, dry erase boards- those are all about what that students needs. A whole group schedule is for everyone- including the ... continue reading...

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How to Train Paraprofessionals with No Time to do it

I'm sure everyone tells you how important it is to train your paraprofessionals. If they don't know how your classroom runs, have each students behavior plan memorized, and know their duties how can they be successful right? Well, having time to train paraprofessionals is often considered a luxury. We don't have prep time, they don't have any extra paid minutes in the day, and we often get new people throughout the year thrown into the mix. How can we combat this? We couldn't run our ... continue reading...