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The next of my to-be-abandoned blogs
When you enter TFA, you start talking about the Big Goal. This is some quantitative measure which, if achieved, should ostensibly mean that your students are on a Transformational Path. I taught for one year prior to joining TFA. I absorbed my school’s low ranking, determined this year to pull us out of the doldrums. …
read more »Whether or not you teach Special Education, you will have to teach students who get special education services. While SpEd teachers and case managers can be of great services in navigating the how-to’s of accommodations, the best person to talk to is the Licensed Specialist in School Psychology, heretofore known as the LSSP(1). I’m not…
read more »At some point very soon, you will be saddled with the burden of becoming a highly effective teacher. I call this a burden because you will need to develop a patina of highly effective behaviors and techniques to which you are very likely not accustomed and this is, straight up, hard. These behaviors do not…
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