Measures of Student Learning or MOSL as it is called most often, is the part of our teaching evaluations that are based on student test scores. Some school use their own testing for this, but many others use the NYS Regents exam for this. My school does the latter. While on the one hand, it …
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Collaboration Part 2
As I was sitting and planning with two of my co-teachers this past week, it struck me how easy and lived in this relationship was. We have been teaching together now for multiple semesters and have a good idea of what each other brings to the table in our respective roles. I think this is …
High School Equivalency for Students with IEPs
Please bear with me as I step on my soapbox for a minute. This article, “To get a high school equivalency diploma, NYC forces students to give up special education services” (https://chalkbeat.org/posts/ny/2019/08/21/225295/?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=cb_bureau_ny) was featured on the Chalkbeat newsletter. Essentially, students who have IEPs and are seeking an alternative path to attaining their high school diplomas …
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The Other Side of the Table (Part 1)
At this point in time, I’ve been a Special Education teacher longer than I’ve been a parent. So when my husband and I decided to have our daughters, who were premature, evaluated for early intervention, I was pretty sure I understood what would happen. What I didn’t realize was how weird it would be to …
Collaboration
This week I attended a Professional Development (PD) workshop on co-teaching. Contrary to popular belief, teachers who don’t work in the summer sometimes spend their time trying to improve their practice for the upcoming year. So with this in mind, I attended this workshop. Now…I will have to say I was disappointed. While the presenters …
Meditations on Literature and Literacy...Continued 