I remember my first year teaching and working with another special education teacher, she was helping me work on creating my schedule. She told me Fridays are always blocked off for progress monitoring. Not knowing any different, I followed her advice. It took me...
How do we move our IEP teams from data collection for compliance purposes (progress reports) to using data to drive instruction? Data-based instruction (DBI) is an educational approach that utilizes student data to inform and guide instructional decisions. It involves...
Concerns about staffing shortages are nothing new in education, especially in special education. What is new is the lack of creative solutions. Special education administrators and staff are creative, but after twenty years of addressing shortages we have been forced...
I remember the spring day that the Endrew Decision was released like it was yesterday. This was a BIG deal in the world of special education and many special education directors spent the day refreshing their computer screens waiting on the decision. I know I was....
“Before you are a leader, success is all about growing yourself. When you become a leader, success is all about growing others” (Welch, 2021). This quote from Jack Welch, the former GE chairman and CEO, exemplifies leadership. To be honest, my first couple years of...
