10 Lessons for Every Educator According to Buddy the Elf
1. Education is about each child’s journey. Kids will take you on a long adventure, through the seven layers of the candy cane forest and through …
I AM BACK!!!!
My friends,
I have just a few updates for you today. I feel like I have been talking way too much about myself this year, so I will keep it short and simple.
An Update from Patrick
My friends,
It has been a long and exhausting journey through six intense rounds of chemotherapy, but I am officially done for now. I am presently recovering at home, anxiously anticipating a scan in the middle of August that will show the results of my treatment. My oncologist believes …
An Update From Patrick
Hello my friends,
I come to you tonight in good spirits and high hopes as I recover from another round of treatment. As many of you are aware by now, earlier this year I was unexpectedly diagnosed with Non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma. Since then I have been doing everything in my …
An Update on Patrick’s Health
Dear friends,
On January 31 I was diagnosed with cancer. Specifically, I have Primary Mediastinal Large Diffuse B-Cell Non-Hogkin Lymphoma, stage 2. As a father of three young children and as a husband to an amazing wife, nothing has been more frightening than to learn about this illness in …
Patrick’s Big News!!!
Finally, it is here! The big news that I am absolutely thrilled to be sharing with you. No more holding back! The first news is that I actually have quite a bit of news to be sharing with you. It is not just one announcement, but actually four updates …
Five Rules of Five for Educators to Live By
Lets keep it simple today. Improving classroom climate and your own effectiveness as an educator does not need to be exceedingly complex. Here are five rules for all educators to live by to improve your day to day performance.
Strategies for Promoting Independence for Students Who Have a 1:1 Paraeducator in General Education
If we are not deliberate with how we support students in special education, in trying to help them we unknowingly could be hurting their future. For students who spend most of their day in the general education classroom with a 1:1 paraeducator, there can be a large tendency to …
Targeting Independence: A Shift in Mindsets for Students Who Have 1:1 Paraeducators in General Education
Promoting independence for students with disabilities does involve a number of specific strategies, but it starts with having the right mindset. As it has been said before, culture eats strategies everyday. If school staff wish to empower their special learners in being more independent, each team member first must be bought in. …
Targeting Independence: Why We Must Take the Conversation of Using a 1:1 Paraeducator Seriously
Today I am going to throw a bunch of research at you, but it is research that is worth keeping an eye on. It surrounds the hot topic of using a higher level of support in a 1:1 paraeducator for a student in special education. While providing a paraeducator to support a …