Resource room setup

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!

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.

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…

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!

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.

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

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

My classroom is fast-paced and moves quickly. If I don’t have things ready prior, we won’t get them done in the moment. IEP data was becoming increasingly harder for me to collect. I ne…

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.

If your classroom is anything like mine, we live and breathe by a schedule. That is not to say that we always stay exactly on schedule, but we always have one. Correction: We always have more tha…

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

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.

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...

Get inspired to upgrade your teacher desk by checking out these beautifully decorated teacher desk images!

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

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If you are a life skills teacher searching for inspiration for your high school transition classroom, this is for you! Here I share how I set up my transition classroom for 9-12th grade and 12+ students including how I set up our morning meeting area, large group activities, and a sensory space. I also share how we facilitate vocational and daily living skills inside our classroom and prepare for community based instruction. Take a look at our secondary special education classroom here.

Special education prep work is daunting! Time spent laminating, velcroing, and organizing materials takes up way too much personal time for special education teachers, self-contained teachers, speech therapists, homeschool moms, parents, autism parents, preschool teachers. Reclaim your time and energy and alleviate stress with these 9 SPED prep hacks to help you streamline your prep and prioritize your to-do list.