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Self-Care for Teachers

November 25, 2019 by pathway2success Leave a Comment

Strategies for self-care for teachers and other educators. Teaching is tough! It’s important to put mental, physical, and emotional health first. From connecting with uplifting colleagues to planning positive activities to look forward to, there are simple self-care strategies all teachers can put into place today.

Filed Under: Teaching, Tips for Teachers Tagged With: self care

Teaching Kindness with a Free Activity

November 11, 2019 by pathway2success 4 Comments

Kindness is an important social skill the plays a huge role in creating a positive learning environment for all. When we have kinder students, kids are better able to work together, share, express differing opinions in respectful ways, and help each other when someone is in need. To help teach and encourage kindness I’m sharing […]

Filed Under: Managing Challenging Behaviors, Social Emotional Learning, Special Education, Teaching

12 Games to Practice Self-Control

November 3, 2019 by pathway2success 5 Comments

12 interactive and fun games to teach self-control and build self-regulation skills for kids and teens. Strong skills for self-control are the foundation for success in and outside of the classroom.

Filed Under: Classroom Management, Executive Functioning Skills, Managing Challenging Behaviors, Social Emotional Learning, Special Education, Teaching, Tips for Teachers Tagged With: adhd, classroom management, executive functioning skills, self control, study skills

15+ Executive Functioning Strategies Every Teacher Can Use

October 13, 2019 by pathway2success 2 Comments

Many kids and young adults struggle with executive functioning challenges. Some are easy to spot, such as when a student can’t focus on a lesson or comes to class without their entire binder. Other EF challenges are less obvious, though. A learner might take two times as long on homework because they don’t understand strategies […]

Filed Under: Back to School, Classroom Management, Executive Functioning Skills, Social Emotional Learning, Special Education, Study Skills, Teaching, Tips for Teachers

100+ Read Alouds to Teach Social Emotional Learning Skills

August 24, 2019 by pathway2success 4 Comments

Social emotional learning skills are important. Every educator wants their learners to understand their own strengths and challenges, effectively cope with stress, persevere through challenges, have empathy for others, develop lasting friendships, and make positive decisions. These are really just a few examples of what skills social emotional learning can cover. There are numerous benefits […]

Filed Under: Social Emotional Learning, Special Education, Teaching Tagged With: empathy, sel, social emotional learning, social skills, special education, teaching, teaching ideas

Tips for Teaching Study Skills

July 22, 2019 by pathway2success 1 Comment

Good study habits and techniques are critical to help students learn more efficiently, feel more academically confident, persevere through challenges, and ultimately do their best. Sometimes, it’s easy to assume that learners already have these skills intact. The truth is that they sometimes don’t; many learners might not actually know how to study for tests […]

Filed Under: Classroom Management, Executive Functioning Skills, Special Education, Study Skills, Teaching

Top Websites Every Special Educator Should Know

July 7, 2019 by pathway2success 2 Comments

Special educators need a pretty large toolbox of strategies and resources to support our learners. So often, our students can have significantly diverse needs and levels. On any given day, special education teachers might need to take student reading data, modify a math assessment, teach science with hands-on experiments, collaborate with regular educators, meet with […]

Filed Under: Back to School, Special Education, Teaching, Tips for Teachers

12 Basic Social Skills Kids Need

May 1, 2019 by pathway2success 5 Comments

Social skills are a critical element to helping kids succeed socially, emotionally, personally, and even academically. These are the skills are the behaviors that help kids join in conversations, collaborate with peers, develop lasting friendships, self-advocate when they need help, and so much more. It would be ideal if all learners walked into classrooms equipped […]

Filed Under: Autism, Classroom Management, Managing Challenging Behaviors, Social Emotional Learning, Social Skills, Special Education, Teaching, Tips for Teachers Tagged With: social emotional learning, social skills

10 Ways to Appreciate Paraeducators

March 17, 2019 by pathway2success 2 Comments

One of my strongest principles and beliefs is to support, cherish, and value the paraeducators we work with.Β After spending 10 years in a middle school special education classroom, it’s easy to say that paras are the foundation to our entire education system. Without them, kids in classrooms would struggle to understand key content, groups in […]

Filed Under: Special Education, Teaching, Tips for Teachers

12 Reasons Why Special Educators are Really Superheroes

March 3, 2019 by pathway2success 2 Comments

12 Reasons Why Special Educators are Really Superheroes! Special education teachers do it all from teaching lessons, leading small groups, running IEP meetings, contacting parents, providing modifications at the last minute, and more. #specialeducation #pathway2success

As special educators, we might not be able to read minds or fly, but we certainly are superheroes in action. Whether we are teaching a lesson or running an IEP meeting, special education teachers go above and beyond to help those in need and do what is right. Here are 12 reasons why special educators […]

Filed Under: Back to School, Special Education, Teaching

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Acting calm is a powerful de-escalation tool. We h Acting calm is a powerful de-escalation tool. We have to model the behaviors we want students to use and follow.
Executive functioning skills are a work in progres Executive functioning skills are a work in progress. I think this is such an important point to make, especially for kids and teens who struggle. We all start at different places. And sometimes our strategies look different too. What's great is that we can all work on strategies to be better planners, organizers, and time managers.⁣
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Let's normalize that we are each a work in progress. And that progress looks different for every person too.
Conferencing with students. I know this can take u Conferencing with students. I know this can take up a lot of time depending on the number of kids you have, but I wanted to talk about it as a SEL strategy.⁣
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In my classroom, I set up mini binders for each of my students.  In that binder was a page for each of their goals. For example, we might track grades or homework completion. It could be anything though.⁣
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I would meet once a week with each student to review their progress on those goals. How is it going? What strategies are you using? What's working for you? What's not working? What could you do better next week?⁣
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This doesn't need to take a ton of time per student. Just a few minutes. We would check in, make a plan for next week, and file it away.⁣
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What I realized is that a lot of kids are not as self-aware as we'd like to think they are. Many learners NEED these check ins to understand how they're doing and what they need to do to reach that goal.⁣
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Again, I know that this could be more challenging for classroom teachers with 20+ students, but if you can't do it with every child, consider making it an intervention for the few who are struggling.
It is SPRING! 😍 A few calming spring activities It is SPRING! 😍 A few calming spring activities to try.
Lots of times, kids who are struggling to complete Lots of times, kids who are struggling to complete the work often have reasons behind their challenges. We might not always see those challenges at first, but they're there.
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