Teacher's Desk.. The place where the magic starts... 

First Day of School! 179 to go..

New bee hive decor for the room.. Love to be organized and pretty. 

Summer is Over... Now the real fun begins...

The planning, cleaning, and set up are almost finished.. We are 3 days away from welcoming back our awesomes. One of the biggest issues we seem to be having right now is the level of differentiation that is still best practice. In my district it was determined years ago that it is not best practice to have general education curriculum students and alternative curriculum students in the same program. To that end, there are Core Autism Programs and Alternative Curriculum Autism programs. Unfortunately with budgets causing staffing issues placement is getting confused and IEP teams are placing core kids into alt programs ( mine for example). The level of differentiation is beyond the scope of appropriate, and most alt classes don't even have access to  the standard curriculum. So, here is to improved second tier service from admin...doing what is best for kids.. happy new year all!

A work in progress...I have a surfeit of cupboards and few bulletin board. I am trying painted bulldog clips hanging from small nails on my butcher paper covered cupboard doors to make my work display easily updated... Next week, titles. 

Using painted bulldog clips on my bulletin boards helps save my fabric or butcher paper covered cabinets and keeps students' work pristine of tape, staples, or glue. Easy to switch out and super cute! 

I DID IT! I promised myself I would make these this summer for our morning circle area.