Jan 4, 2015 | Read
“ELL,” “gifted,” “linear, sequential thinker”… how can teachers begin to design lessons to support the range of labels given to our students? There is a term frequently used in Universal Design for Learning (UDL) that can help: variability. As a teacher, understanding...
Nov 19, 2014 | Read
I think all teachers have had students who led them to that “ah-ha” experience that helped them realize why they got into teaching in the first place. The students were eager, curious, funny, stubborn, persistent, or just plain nice kids. It happened for me back in...
May 19, 2014 | Read
When I was a “Self-Contained Primary Grades Special Needs Teacher” in a public elementary school many years ago, I was exhausted—but not in the same way that other young teachers are exhausted. I was exhausted the way marketing and sales professionals are exhausted....
Apr 18, 2014 | Read
I realized long ago that student outcomes depend a lot on feeling valued and supported as learners. As principal, it has always been very important to me that our school feel welcoming to families and community members. This starts from the moment people walk into...
Mar 19, 2014 | Read
Fifteen years ago, of all school districts in Wisconsin, the Stoughton Area School District (SASD) had the third highest percentage of students identified with disabilities in the state. Including our 3 to5-year-old population in that calculation, over 19% of our...
