Hello everyone! I have spent the last 10 years teaching special education (self-contained, multi-needs) in both the elementary and now high school setting. I absolutely love what I do, but am realizing that there is not a whole lot of life skills curriculum to meet the needs of my learners. I end of making a lot of my own materials based on what they need and their ability levels each year. I am happy to share what I have with the rest of you!
I am a very hands-on teacher who pushes my students to be the best they can be. I promote independence and focus primarily on functional life skills. I am very organized in what I do and flexible in making changes as they occur. Working with students with special needs, it is hard to have a set curriculum to follow each year. My students are all so different in their abilities each year, that I find myself making a lot of supplements to further assist in their learning. I love my students and work hard to get them involved in the school community and functional members of society.
I was chosen to present on differentiated instruction in front of my peers last year. I was also chosen to present on data collection with the cooperative that I worked for before starting at the high school.
I grew up and went to high school in a suburb outside of Chicago. I got my undergrad degree in history and secondary education at Lake Forest College in Lake Forest, Il. I went on to get my masters as a Learning Behavior Specialist (LBS1) from Northern Illinois University.
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7th, 8th, 9th, 10th, 11th, 12th, Higher Education, Not Grade Specific
Specialty, Math, Applied Math, Graphing, Numbers, Order of Operations, Social Studies, World History, Special Education, Health, Life Skills, Family Consumer Sciences, Word Problems, For All Subjects, Vocational Education, Early Intervention