As a public
elementary special education teacher in New York City, the last eight years (but really since No Child Left Behind in 2001) of test based accountability have been much like living under a gotcha regime.
While early childhood and elementary teachers must know the reading science to prevent reading difficulties, special education teachers, and
especially elementary special education teachers, must know how to support students who have already fallen behind and struggle with reading and literacy skills.
I am
an elementary special education teacher.
Linda,
an elementary special education teacher, told us how she used VoiceThread to work with students who she thought lacked motivation:
Natasha Bodden is
an elementary special education teacher at X062 — P.S. 62 Inocensio Casanova School in the Bronx neighborhood of New York.
Prior to her role as Assessment Manager, Megan served as an English Language Arts Assessment Specialist and
an elementary Special Education teacher.
Additionally,
the elementary special education teacher will:
Maryland should require a rigorous reading assessment tool to ensure that
its elementary special education teacher candidates are adequately prepared in the science of reading instruction before entering the classroom.
Prior to AIR, Mrs. Foley worked as
an elementary special education teacher in the District of Columbia.
Shelly is
an elementary Special Education Teacher in the Home School Program (HSP) at FH Miller Jr PS.
She has been a classroom teacher of preschool and kindergarten,
an elementary special education teacher, an instructional coach and is now an elementary school principal in Maricopa Unified School District.
By guestblogger Matthew Schatz,
an elementary special education teacher in New York City.
About Blog I am
an elementary special education teacher with a passion for teaching students with autism!