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- How students view co-teachers in inclusive classrooms
 Asking students their thoughts about how co-teaching works is one way teachers evaluate the classroom team, educator Elizabeth Stein writes in this blog post. Stein asked her seventh-grade students in general education for their opinions and found that many viewed the special-education teacher as the "helping" teacher. "It is crucial for co-teachers to develop a professional instructional relationship. The way they interact in the classroom, and the way they interact with the students, shapes the way kids in the classroom think about what inclusion means," Stein writes. MiddleWeb/Two Teachers in a Room blog
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- Skills teachers can learn from entrepreneurs
Teachers can adopt six entrepreneurial skills to become more effective, educator Katrina Stevens writes in this blog post. Among the skills are to take initiative in solving problems, develop an online professional learning community and partner with a mentor. Stevens also recommends teachers properly collect data and pilot programs, ensure a program is successful before rolling it out districtwide and commit to being lifelong learners. SmartBrief/SmartBlog on Education
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- How one teacher uses iPads with her students with autism
Technology, such as hand-held devices, help students with autism concentrate on their lessons and allow them to learn at their own pace, said special-education teacher Karina Barley in Australia. The article offers a list of iPad applications Barley uses in language arts and math with her students who have autism. "As students achieve more success, their confidence grows, and as their confidence grows, they are much more willing to attempt new challenges," said Barley, who runs Project Autism Australia. eSchool News (free registration)
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- NYC busing plan worries some parents of students with disabilities
Some parents say they fear their children who have disabilities will be neglected or bullied if New York City officials go through with a plan to allow bus companies to transport their children while transporting students who are from general-education settings. The proposal is part of the city's overhaul of its bus contracts and ongoing negotiations in the bus-driver strike. City officials said students who need specialized transportation would continue to receive the service. Daily News (New York)
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- Bill encourages off-duty police officers to become substitute teachers
Ohio state Rep. Pat Tiberi, R-Genoa Township, has introduced legislation that would exempt off-duty police officers from paying federal income taxes on money they earn when working as substitute teachers. The officers still would have to meet requirements, such as having a bachelor's degree, to become substitute teachers under the bill. Tiberi said the legislation is intended to encourage more armed police officers to work in schools, with the intention of beefing up school safety and security. The Columbus Dispatch (Ohio)
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- Ariz. theater company forms for actors with disabilities
A new nonprofit acting company in Tucson, Ariz., is recruiting actors with disabilities for theater productions, such as "Pirates of Penzance" and "Hamlet." Founded by Jeanmarie Simpson, former artistic director of the Nevada Shakespeare Co., Universal Access Productions plans an opening season this summer and is currently seeking actors and a useable theater. "While most venues do have accessible facilities for the patrons, we haven't caught up with the notion that artists also need accessible facilities," Simpson said. Arizona Daily Star (Tucson)
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New life skills curriculum from CEC available now
The new Life Centered Education (LCE) equips special-education teachers with the most comprehensive and in-depth life skills transition curriculum and assessment program for students with disabilities. And now, it's entirely online! For more information and to view a sample of the LCE Curriculum Matrix, visit our website.
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Here's your Tool of the Week
This week's tool, "Self-Advocacy: What to Do When Someone Is Bothering You," comes from "Social Skills for Students With Autism Spectrum Disorder and Other Developmental Disabilities," and provides a lesson plan that teaches students how to respond appropriately to being annoyed, pestered or intimidated by another student. Use these seven steps to guide you through teaching students self-advocacy skills. Subscribe to Tool of the Week, and you'll find a free tool in your inbox every Monday morning. Get your Tool of the Week.
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| Assistant Superintendent for Special Education Services | Greenville County Schools | Greenville, SC |
| Assistant Professor of Special Education | UW - Stevens Point | Stevens Point, WI |
| Director of Learning Support | Rockdale County Public Schools | Conyers, GA |
| $125,000 Salary for Special Education Teacher | TEP Charter School | New York, NY |
| Asst/Assoc/Full Professor of Biological, Behavioral Communication or Learning | University of Nebraska - Lincoln | Lincoln, NE |
| Assistant Director, Student Services, Academic Services | Government of Bermuda | Nationwide, Bermuda |
| Assistant Professor in Special Education | College of Education, Florida State University | US - FL - Tallahassee |
| Director of Research and Professional Development | Shafallah Center for Children with Special Needs | QAT - Nationwide |
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