Teacher Success
January 4th, 2009
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January 24th, 2009 at 5:51 pm
I have been teaching student’s with moderate to severe mental impairments for over 25 years now. I need a new vision. I need something to bring back to spark and the joy. Sometimes I feel like I’m just going through the motions now. There are so many changes in education. I seem to spend so much time on the computer and taking care of paper work, that I hardly have time to be with my students. Do you have any suggestions?
January 26th, 2009 at 4:27 pm
Paul, Rule #1. Keep the faith. You have fought the good fight. You can finish the race. I think it’s time for a rebound. At times we need to make some adjustments. Are you working in a place that you would recommend or bring your own children?
Making a small change can make a big difference. Maybe a fresh coat of paint on the walls or putting up new posters to inspire you or remind you of your mission.
Paul, I commend you and thank you for all that you have done for the “least of these”
God Bless you my friend
February 16th, 2009 at 11:50 am
I do not have that much experience in duration, but what does help me keep going on is thinking about a student’s progress although it may be minimal. Also, it might help to take some time off and pursue an add on specialty such as an Autism certificate. When I go in depth about a disability within mod/severe disabilities category, I feel excited to implement new strategies I have learned at school.
April 5th, 2009 at 3:13 pm
Sometimes when i feel like i don’t know why im working with children and that i have lost intrest in what i do. I start to think about all the many children i have encounter in the past 5 years and how i have touch the lives and they have touched mine. who i was when i started and who i am now. i think that you should take some time away from the paper work and sit back and think of all the children you have helped even if it was something little. anything makes a big difference.
August 29th, 2009 at 1:43 pm
I would like to help children with special needs, but I am a very emotional person and I would like to know if I will be able to do it?
August 30th, 2009 at 8:50 pm
Everyone has a gift to give. You may be the one who can help children with emotional needs. By recognizing similar traits in you, you may help children identify and overcome their axiety.
September 1st, 2009 at 8:40 am
If a kid has lupus will he be placed under -specialed?….Lupus is an autoimmune disease, which means that the body’s natural defense system (immune system) attacks its own tissues instead of attacking foreign substances like bacteria and viruses. This causes inflammation. Inflammation causes swelling, pain, and tissue damage throughout the body. Lupus is the common name for systemic lupus erythematosus, also called SLE.
September 3rd, 2009 at 9:39 am
Most of the students in Special Ed classes have a learning disability only. In the case where the student has a physical disability only, they will be in a General Ed class. You may want to look up a 504 plan. That is when a student has a special circumstance which gives them the temporary benefits of the Special Ed program.
September 10th, 2009 at 8:12 pm
Like all of my other educators in these field , I even sometimes get overwhelmed by teaching children, Most importantly many educators including those in the field of traditional special education, have strong feelings that children with special needs require more direct instructions than do their typical peers so as to improve deficit areas. I have often seen territorial belief that only those trained in special education have the skills and expertise to teach children with special needs. As I began to read more widely, take advantage of different kinds of training available in the field, and continue my quest for knowledge and growth, I decided to pursue additional certification in early childhood special education. I fortunately found a mentor (our class instructor, Mr. Brown along the way who is teaching us much. Even the students and the children in the class I visited in the school for projects we have to do. The more I am learning, the more I want to know and the reflective I am becoming. My education foundation is getting stronger now, I know how to reflect on and work towards change. We all learn better, more effectively when what we are learning is relevant, when we have some control and interest. I see their inclusion as a critical element in all children’s development of social competence and skills and thus essential to their optimal development and learning.
September 26th, 2009 at 1:57 am
I may not have as much experience of any of you ladies, and I commend you for it. I’m learning more and more as I read all of your posts. I hope that in my future endeavors, be it child psychology or child development, that I can take this information and strategies that I’ve acquired reading your posts into my classroom situations in the future.
Thank you, ladies. =)
October 4th, 2009 at 11:30 am
As teachers, burn-out is definitely something we face. But there is always a student who causes us to remember why we got into this profession. For me, I remember Tony, who was in my gen. ed. class. He has an RSP student and struggled to keep up. All he wanted was to enlist in the Navy. He made it, and at graduation, he and his family came to me with their arms full of gifts, and thanked me for helping Tony get through high school. I’m glad I stuck with him. Every teacher has one of those stories. Keep them in mind when burn-out strikes.
October 6th, 2009 at 8:24 am
I am also a strong believer about children who make us forget the burnouts and keep us more stronger with our work and we carry on. I know a child who is keep me in this field, he is progressing daily but still needs more guidance and motivation. Iam getting more stronger as i enrolled in the classroom and this week we wathed a movie F.A.T by Richard louv, I t touched me so much now idon’t know if i can walk away from this field ever but rather looking for more opportunities to learn more about this field.
November 2nd, 2009 at 11:25 am
everyone has their strngths and weaknesses and if a student is strong in a specific ability one needs to encourage the growth of it. One needs to with special education students be more devoted in refining the necessary skills they will need in the future. i beleive thta if a child is not able to recognize or the color names, but is very good at sorting, we should try to focus more attention and reinforce the sorting ability this child has. In hte future one may find it more useful to be able to sort things than to depict the color name. there are jobs that may be available for them with this skill, but all the testing requirements just seem to focus on the specifics and the teachers are required to teach by the book.