I’ve been a special education teacher for seven years. My first three years were spent working in a Title 1 school with some of the most economically disadvantaged children in our area. I call those my "Trial By Fire" years. Almost every child on my caseload had a heartbreaking story attached to their IEP. I cried a lot those years. I quit going to church because it was too hard for me to sit in the sanctuary full of upper middle class people that had no clue of the horrors I was seeing. That
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Kenneally EDUC - 178 March 2‚ 2014 Why I Want to be a Special Education Teacher I have wanted to be a teacher for as long as I can remember. I would set up my living room as a classroom and play for school for hours and hours. My mother was wonderful enough to let me leave my classroom set up for days. I adore children and could not think of a better way of working with children than to teach. To be a teacher means to touch lives. As a teacher‚ you have the ability to educate and mold children
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EDU 221: Introduction to Education Thursday: 4:20-7:00 p.m. Fall 2010 Instructor: Professor Dick Percy Philosophy of Introduction to Education Passion and compassion - two words with very different meanings‚ but for me‚ one is the driving force behind my determination to teach. It’s been a long and winding road for me to reach this point of my life‚ and for me to discover my true destiny to be a teacher. It is now that I realize that my compassion for children is what will strengthen my teaching
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Why is a special education teacher a good resource to help deal with student behavior problems? A special education teacher is a good resource to general education teachers when they are dealing with students exhibiting behavior problems because they specialize in working with individuals with disabilities. Some special education teachers will work with individuals with specific types of disabilities while others may work with a range of disability types. Since these teachers are more knowledgeable
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by general education teachers is the acquisition of certain knowledge and understanding about the needs of different learners‚ teaching techniques and curriculum strategies‚ and other components that prepare the special education students as well as the general education students to excel. This challenge can be alleviated by ensuring that general education teachers receive scheduled group sessions that allow them to share experiences‚ ask advice of experienced special education teachers or specialists
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What It Takes To Be A Special Education Teacher It takes extraordinary and dedicated individuals to work in special education. The main goal of special educator is to have a positive impact and to make a difference in the lives of children with disabilities. Successful teachers not only need a high level of knowledge and skill‚ but most importantly have the desire and determination to persevere in a challenging position. A committed educational team with a common goal for a child will have greatest
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What do you want to be when you grow up? What are your plans for your future? Have you thought about college? Have you thought about a career choice? These are questions we are bombarded with on a daily basis by our parents. We shrug them off‚ telling them that we have another three years to think about college‚ careers‚ or our future. We don’t know what we want to be when we grow up‚ because we don’t even know who we are yet. Yet in a blink of an eye‚ we’re seniors and now the decisions we tried
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Do you have goals you want to achieve or accomplish? Everybody has goals they want to accomplish whether they are short or long term goals. For me‚ goals are very important because they can shape us or make us successful people. My goals are to graduate high school‚ work as a registered nurse‚ and lastly travel around the world. These are just a few of my major goals I want to accomplish. When I accomplish these goals I know I will become a successful person. The first goal I want to achieve or
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1. Discuss the anatomy of the middle mediastinum? middle mediastinum‚ which consists of the pericardium and heart. 2. Describe the pericardium and mention its nerve supply? Taha lecture slides 3 and 5 3. What are the structures that can be affected by cardiomegaly? the lungs and heart are occupy the mediastinum delicately. And the lung is a passive pressure sensitive organ. So the increase in heart size (usually in LV) will variably effect the lung function which will be compressed
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Determination has enable me to become better in life every day. The obstacles that I have faced have made me realize that I want to seek a change and betterment in the future. I have made myself aware that education is extremely valuable because it leads us to obtain knowledge of the world that surrounds us and helps us learn about life. I am committed to achieve my goals by persistently working hard academically and being community active at Knapp Medical Center and in extracurricular activities
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