Tips for First Year Special Education Teachers
CONGRATULATIONS! YOU GOT A JOB! We've all been there. So excited! But also: so nervous! When I first started teaching, I had a bachelor's degree in psychology - not education. I wanted to be a school psychologist (funny how these paths have crossed!), but that didn't come to fruition. My mom was a teacher, and it had never occurred to me that I might be a teacher one day too. 😅 But finding myself out of college without a job, and finding that a local high school needed a special education teacher... The stars aligned, and 19 years later, here I am! It's funny how these things happen. Now, 2 degrees and 2 endorsements later (M.Ed. in General Special Education, Ed.S. in Educational Leadership, and endorsements in English to Speakers of Other Languages and Administration and Supervision), I would never want to do anything other than Special/Exceptional Education. It's also not lost on me that many people go into Special Education wanting to make a difference and becau...