Some good sites to add to "our" site.

Rockey:

I have some good sites to add to your site.

Busy Teachers Cafe: Reading Fluency.


Teacher Created: Cool projects, free worksheets.


LD Resources: Compiled links to other stuff.


Reading Rockets: Lots of good articles to share with parents


The Reflective Teacher: This isprobably my favorite teacher blog.


Radical Teacher: An academic journal that takes a very radical perspecitve on the world & education.


I love blogs. There is something very...democratic about them.

Anne

Thanks Anne!!! But remember this isn't my site it's open to all Special Eudcation Teachers, so it's our site!!! Democracy Rules!!!

Rockey

Great Web Sites for Special Education Teachers!

There is so much stuff on the web that is a waste of time. Here are a few good websites for special education teachers:

First on my list:

Learning Disabilities On Line: The World's Leading Authority on Learning Disabilities and ADHD (That's what it said on their website. Let me know if you find a challenger):

LD OnLine


The Resource Room: A Free-spirited Structured Multisensory Learning:

Resource Room: Middle, Secondary and adult learners with Learning disabilities


The NEA Teacher Tool Kit: Tools for Classroom Organization, IEP Development and Much More:

NEA Teacher Toolkit

Good stuff! Know any other resources? Let's hear about them!

Remember this website is about dialogue! Please post questions, information and ideas.

Rockey

Planning and Assessment

One of the challenges I am finding is striking a balance between what my students need in their classes and working to help them in the areas their IEP's say they need.

I am planning this year to assess my students to get a baseline on their reading and math skills as they walk in the door. I found that being able to address difficulties with reading and support students in their classes with vocabulary, pre-reading and reading help that fouced on their class work went a long way with certain students.

My classwork at Mercy and personal reading this summer is very focused on assessment. I am also researching the idea of developing "learning compacts" with some of the history and english teachers I am working with.

The Resource Room at HS T&P September 2005

The Resource Room Teacher

Welcome! My name is William Neff, my friends call me "Rockey" and I am a New York City Teaching Fellow at Mercy College. I teach Secondary Special Education at the the High School for Teaching and The Professions (HST&P) on the Walton High School Campus in the Bronx. My students are mostly 9th Graders.

I am starting this blog in hopes of developing a resource and dialogue for all NYC Board of Education Teachers who provide Special Education Teacher Supported Services (aka SETTS, aka Resource Room).

As those of us who teach "SETTS" or "Resource Room" know there is no set curriculum for this service, the class itself varies from school to school and teacher to teacher. I like teaching SETTS because the groups are small (no more than eight students to one teacher) and you can really focus on the interests and needs of your students.

Having completed my first year as a teacher I know I made a million mistakes working with my kids but also had a fair amount of success as well. In the end teaching this class was a very gratifying experience and I am looking forward to getting better at it. Which is were this blog comes in. I am hoping to develop an online "Resource Room for the Resource Room Teacher".

I would like to see others share their ideas, philosophies, suggestions, lesson plans, tips, and information. If this blog does what I hope it will do it could be a resource for all Special Education Teachers where one does not exist.

You can post your comments directly to the site or email me at Resourceroomteacher@gmail.com

I look forward to hearing from you!

Rockey