Teacher Tips & Tricks

Beating the Sunday Scaries: It’s Time to Take Back Your Weekends!

With the start of the school year comes the return of the Sunday Scaries – that feeling in the pit of your stomach caused by the stress of a looming Monday morning and busy work week. Most teachers are too familiar with this feeling. These anxious feelings are only made worse by the fact that […]

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Easy Breezy IEPs: A Beginner’s Guide to Organizing & Leading IEP Meetings – Part 1

As a new special education teacher, IEP meetings, short for Individual Education Plans, can be the most stressful, scary, and overwhelming thing! I remember spending hours slaving over my first IEP and hardly being able to sleep the night before due to nerves! Over the years, I’ve learned that taking some time to prepare ahead

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5 Effortless Activities for the First Week of School

With all of my local stores putting up their back-to-school displays, it’s hard to shake the feeling that the new school year is just around the corner. Whether that makes you want to happy dance or gives you the heebie-jeebies, there is no avoiding the back-to-school season! Even though I’m going into my seventh year

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