"In thinking about my past week teaching what is one thing I would do differently, and why?"
This past week of teaching was especially rough as I have 21 students now, as opposed to the 12 that I used to have. One student in particular is quite disruptive due to her emotionally disturbed behavior and outbursts. Dealing with her behavior problems take away from the instruction for the class. I spent way too much time attempting to deal with this student's disruptive behavior and I should have just written her up in the beginning of class, had her removed and given my other students the time that they needed. It can be somewhat difficult dealing with 100% special needs students because you cannot utilize the same behavior strategies as in general education because everything has to be based off of their IEP and BIP. So in all, I just wish that I had dealt with the distractions much better so that the remainder of the students could get as much instruction as possible.
I know the feeling all to well of wishing I had handled a situation better than I had. I can also relate to you trying to follow the IEP's. Although my students are not 100% IEP/504, I still have quite a bit of them that are. I working on the way I react to behavioral issues without denying the rest of the class the time they deserve. The best advice I can give you is to take it one day at a time. We have a habit of beating ourselves up more than we should, but we are human as well. Just look forward to making the next day better than the one prior.
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