PPT Slide
Interview with Special Ed. Teacher
Resource Room - K through 6
‘Tell me how you adapt and modify your classroom for students with mild to
“The most important thing I do as a special education teacher is teach these student
on their level - and expect them to advance! Most of the kids I get are used to
just sliding by and doing nothing. They don’t know how to set personal goals for
themselves and they’re satisfied with doing nothing!
I immediately identify what each student CAN do, and we go from their. I keep
daily progress charts on each and every student, and we work from one day to the
next. They have to know that I KNOW where they are and where I expect them to
When I have a student that doesn’t seem to “get it”, I try to identify WHY he isn’t
getting and I try to develop a strategy that will allow him/her to experience success.
I have to believe in these kids, and most importantly - they have to believe in