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Thank you for this post! I am a senior this year and majoring in elementary SPED. Next year, at this time, I will have my own classroom and I can’t be more any more excited! I am always searching for advice that will help my first year as a teacher go as smoothly as possible and your advice was great. Every point you listed are KEY to remember when becoming a teacher. A couple of points that stuck out to me were: “Never assume a child cannot do something” and “Let the student have the power”. With the first one, I think this will be hard for me realize at first. I always want to help students and give them answer. This is something that I cannot do. I need to have faith in my students so that they can accomplish tasks on their own. With the second one, I believe that students need to have a voice and they need to make decisions on their own.
Jerry: Words for New Teachers to Live By
I recently had the opportunity to fill in for a friend at a local university. She teaches an undergraduate level introduction to special education class and asked me to deliver her lecture. The class was composed mostly of very young prospective teachers. And, on top of that, most were genera...
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