Having a student business has SO MANY benefits. Depending on what your product is, you have the opportunity to practice independence, money math, cooking, responsibility, and so much more! For classrooms that do not have to focus on academics as much, this is the perfect place to start! You can ... READ the POST
Preparing Special Education Students For Graduation
Are you teaching high school or adult-aged students in special education? As you know, there is a huge focus on functional academics, life skills, and vocational skills as students near exiting the public school system. It is our jobs as secondary teachers to help prepare them to become as ... READ the POST
Vocational IEP Goal Ideas
There are endless number of life skills IEP goals out there, it's just a matter of finding what your student and their family want to focus on. It's all about getting to know your student, their future goals, and collaborating with parents/caregivers on what areas they find important. Some ... READ the POST
Holiday Crafts for Older Students in Special Education
As special education students get older, it gets harder to find age-appropriate crafts that are also easy enough for students to do as independently as possible. I found myself doing a lot of prepping for crafts, which is not what we want out of a craft that students will be sending home to ... READ the POST
Recycle Restaurant Menus & Travel Brochures With Cut & Paste Activities
One of my favorite things to do is find ways to recycle environmental print items for educational life skills use in the classroom! On a teacher's budget, we are always striving to find ways to save money, yet provide the best education for our students. I found a way to use to-go ... READ the POST
Free Career Assessments for Job & Transition Planning
As a special education teacher, assessments can help extract powerful information that helps us plan our curriculum as well as plan for our students' futures. Student preferences as well as parent/caregiver input are also extremely important when planning for a student's future, especially the ... READ the POST
