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IEP Writing 101

  • Post author:Jared Tschohl
  • Post published:July 10, 2019
  • Post category:Inclusion
  • Post comments:1 Comment

Just to give a little background on myself. I am a graduate of James Madison University (JMU; and former student of Dr. Jen Newton)! I remember after my first day…

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The Real World

  • Post author:Jen
  • Post published:March 30, 2019
  • Post category:Building Community/Teaching
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What is this "real world" you speak of? Who defines it? Is it the same "real world" for everyone? I was recently in conversation with colleagues about class attendance.  Now,…

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I’m Here To Learn

  • Post author:Bev Chatfield
  • Post published:August 6, 2018
  • Post category:First Year Teaching/Teaching/Uncategorized
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A little about me in the month before my first year begins To be perfectly honest, I’m nervous about my first year of teaching. I’ve spent the summer reviewing learning…

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Recess Is A Right

  • Post author:Jen
  • Post published:July 9, 2018
  • Post category:Building Community/Inclusion/Teaching
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I posted a picture on our social media of a tweet from the 2006 MN Teacher of the Year Dr. Lee-Ann Stephens that read:  Advice to a new elementary school…

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We Need To Talk About Punishment

  • Post author:Jen
  • Post published:June 13, 2018
  • Post category:Building Community/Inclusion/Teaching
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Recently, after working with teachers on shifting our approach from punishing to teaching, a teacher in attendance emailed me saying, "At first, I wasn't sure I was going to "buy…

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Embracing Failure

  • Post author:Jen
  • Post published:May 15, 2018
  • Post category:Building Community/Teaching
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I am a big fan of mistake making.  Well, not the making of the mistakes part so much but of the learning from mistakes, expecting mistakes, embracing mistakes.  What if…

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When Social Media & Professionalism Mash Up

  • Post author:Jen
  • Post published:March 5, 2018
  • Post category:Building Community/Inclusion
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Scrolling through social media, as I often mindlessly do, I am repeatedly reminded of the powerful educators with whom I am in community. It is not my community. It is…

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What Does It Mean To Be Kindergarten Ready?

  • Post author:Tracy McElhattan, Ph.D.
  • Post published:February 23, 2018
  • Post category:Teaching
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When it comes to young children going to school, we talk a lot about “readiness.” But what does that even mean? I’ll just get down to it. Very broadly speaking,…

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What Has Changed Since We Were Kids

  • Post author:Jen
  • Post published:February 18, 2018
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I am finding myself rageful lately.  The politics in this country no longer reflect dialogue I'm even remotely familiar with and each day we experience a new tragedy or outrage…

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Every Classroom, Every Day: Rethinking Inclusion

  • Post author:Abby Beals
  • Post published:February 12, 2018
  • Post category:Inclusion/Teaching
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 What is Special Education? When I began my undergraduate studies in Elementary and Special Education, I hoped to gain a deeper understanding of how to support students with Individualized Education…

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