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Special education classrooms need decor and organization tweaks to fit the program needs. Read the tips on how to make the best decor choices for your sped classroom.

Are you setting up a resource special education classroom this year? Here are my favorite tips and tricks to help you set up your special education classroom for success this back to school season. These tips include ideas for how to organize your classroom, how to create a schedule for your students, how to encourage collaboration, progress monitoring tips, and resources to help you have a successful school year in your resource special education classroom.

Essentials of a Special Education Resource Room: After I accepted my new position as a K-3 Special Education Resource Teacher, I quickly got to work in planning out my new classroom. I considered student need, layout, materials, and decor to prepare my room. I'm thrilled to share these 3 essential components of my new classroom with you!

Today's Setup: The Small Group Area The Small Group Area may be one of the easiest places to get setup. In my room this consists of a kidney shaped tables and chairs. Told you it was easy! Okay, okay…I know what you are thinking! It really isn’t that simple—well it sort of is—but I know you didn’t come here just to read get a table and chairs! Honestly, yes the majority of my small group teaching is done at the kidney table. Last year, I didn’t get the kidney table until the end of the year…

Use students' IEPs to set up and plan centers in your special education classroom. Centers will run well & be highly effective.

Fluid learning and free movement are key ideas in this curriculum ideology. A great way to cultivate this educational environment is through the utilization of centers. Centers lend themselves to students self-pacing and learning based on interests. It is important to set center up so that they help students achieve their personal learning goals. This resource is a great way to ensure that maximum effectiveness is reached.

Tour my Orton-Gillingham based classroom and small group reading area. Sneak peek into my small group lessons and classroom organization.

What are you using in your special education classroom to track IEP data? In this blog post, I will talk about how to track IEP goals with google forms. With these step by step instructions, you will learn great teacher organization tips that can help with IEP data tracking. You can watch my YouTube video here on how to create a google form, and you can read about one of my best IEP tips by including QR codes in the classroom. Use this IEP organization for the beginning of the school year.

Color-coding provides students with a visual support and keeps teachers organized as well. Any excuse to add color into my classroom is a win in my book!

You landed the job and you're a brand new teacher! Check out these tips for first year special education teachers in this blog post!

Being a special educator is an amazing title that comes with lots of prep work and responsibility! There are just some resources that a special educator really needs to have in their classroom to help keep them organized, data-driven, and their students on track. Whether you are prepping your classr

Laying out the classroom design in special education can be tough. I've rounded up posts and goals of setting up the physical space.

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As a special education teacher, have you ever wondered what other teachers’ classrooms look like? Today is your chance to see special education classrooms in a variety of age levels. I have included special ed preschool classrooms, K-2 Autism classroom, and K-2 special education classrooms. If you are looking for more info on multiple disabilities classrooms, life skills classrooms, middle school special education classrooms, high school special education classrooms, and more it is all…

The classroom decor choices you make significantly impact classroom management. Click to read the dos & don'ts of decor in special education.

What if addressing challenging behavior in your classroom could be as simple as making changes to your room design? Here are some simple tricks that can help you prevent or address behaviors with their warning signs and solutions. #roomdesign #specialeducation

Although I hate admitting it, I'm not an innately organized teacher. However, in my 4 years as a special educator, I have definitely learned some trick ...

Are you a new special education teacher and feeling a little overwhelmed with your first year of teaching? Check out this blog post to help you feel organized with everything you need to plan in your self contained classroom. Visual schedules, IEP organization, classroom setup, independent work and curriculum are all important to prepare before the school year starts. These new special education teacher tips will help you feel successful in your special education classroom.

Hello, hello! If you follow my other social media accounts, you may already know I'm participating in my school district's May Photo Cha...

I have been getting a lot of questions about tips for first year teachers so I figured I would write a blog post about it. Now that you...