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
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
posted by Got Any Gum? at
3:14 PM
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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.
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Got Any Gum?, at 1:36 PM
Rocky, this is great. Here is a website for my geometry students:
http://www.regentsprep.org/Regents/math/geometry/math-GEOMETRY.htm
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bruce2, at 12:23 PM
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