S:1 Habits #18 - Specialized Connection in Middle School - Mandy Deason and Kristen Cawthorne

Teacher Tunnel Podcast

We have a first for the show. Not one but two guests are on today, and they are teachers I work with every day. Mandy Deason has been teaching for twelve years and previously graduated from Northern Michigan University with a degree in Elementary Education & Special Education, and is pursuing a Master’s degree in Education Leadership from Southern Nazarene University. She is also our Site Teacher of the Year for Mayfield Middle School. Kristen Cawthorne is in her fourth year as a teacher and previously graduated from Michigan State University and received her degree in Elementary Education and Special Education with an emphasis in Learning Disabilities plus she received her Master’s degree in Special Education with an emphasis in Autism Spectrum Disorders. You couldn’t have more sweet, caring, and knowledgeable advocates for their students. Show Notes

• “Wonder Years”
• Special Education statistic and their reactions
• What they hoped people knew about Special Education
• Co-Teaching
• Mandy shares a bad experience in the classroom and what she learned from it.
• My failure in the co-teaching environment

• What should the co-teaching environment look like?
• Some advice to a co-teacher relationship
• Professional Learning Communities
• Co-Teaching PD (Bureau of Education and Research) Co-Teaching that Works
• Models of Co-Teaching
• Calling mom
• What successful looks like to them
• Best purchase under $100
• Tim McGraw & Faith Hill
• The Lion King - OKC Broadway
• Showbie (Paperless Classroom)

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