Susan ‘s Articles for
Education
Susan ‘s Articles for
Education
The Resurgence of Tracking and Homogenous Grouping
One of the things I discuss when working with schools and districts to affect lasting change through inclusive teaching practices is the pitfalls of tracking and the value of grouping students...
Your Co-teaching Approach
Make Conscious Choices about How you Co-teach Co-teaching works best when educators make conscious choices about how to implement the co-teaching model. Each approach has benefits and challenges...
How to Make Speech To Text Work for Special Needs
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Data Driven Tools that Work
No More Square Pegs in Round Holes Data Driven Tools that Work While presenting "What to Look for in an Inclusive, Differentiated Classroom" at InclusionWorks 2013 in Austin, TX last week, I had...
Memory Strategies for Students in the RTI Process
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One Mother’s Experience with an ADHD Child
Until I was a parent with a child diagnosed with ADHD who scored very high on “impulsivity,” I’d hear these statements about ADHD and think they made sense. There is a pervading rightness to all...
KUNG FU PARABLE (Or what’s going on with those at-risk kids? They just don’t try! They just don’t study!)
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Honesty, Cooperation and Consensus in my Martial Arts Class
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Discover What One Ingenious Teacher Did With His Interactive White Board!
As I travel around the country, I see more and more classrooms with Interactive White Boards installed. I also meet increasing numbers of teachers with little or no idea how to use these...
Tragedy and Reflection: Let Us Stop Blaming
After the events in Connecticut of early December, one of my Facebook friends, and former seminar attendee, Jennifer Campbell, wrote this article and shared it with me. I felt compelled to post...
Using Visual Clues to Cue Students
I was recently working in classrooms at Lebanon Middle School and had the opportunity to sit down with Katherine Donovan, who explained how she had adapted my Behavior Management Cue Card to...
Responding To Today’s Shooting in Newtown, CT
I've spent much of today, as I'm sure some of you have, heartbroken by the news of the school shooting in CT. I am reminded that young children who have no concept of how "far away" another...