#50 Tips for Having a Successful School Year with Dawn Ellis

Having today's guest on today’s show is so exciting for me because I have a brand new online friend! Dawn Ellis is the face behind the brand Cultivating Exceptional Minds and we have so much in common. From podcasting to TPT to Sped to Teachers of the Year Finalists, Dawn and I connected instantly and made plans to continue our virtual friendship.

Dawn has been teaching for over 12 years in elementary and preschool special education and has an Educational Specialist degree in Special Education. She has worked with inclusion, resource, severe/profound and autism units throughout the years. She has been a state finalist for Teacher of the Year, as well as other awards within the district. 

One of her most noted accomplishments is starting a school garden that was accessible and maintained by our students in the self-contained special education classroom. When not teaching, she too is a podcaster. She has a podcast specifically designed for special education teachers, Be The Exception, to gain weekly tips to use in their classrooms. She also maintains a blog, TPT store, and a social media presence as Cultivating Exceptional Minds where she creates and shares time saving strategies resources and even stickers for special education teachers. 

Today, Dawn shares with you the tips she has as a veteran special educator for getting a brand new school year started off on the right foot.

Dawn shares:

• Where should a special education teacher start
• How to set up your classroom or space
•  How to communicate the information from the IEP to general education teachers
• What veteran teachers do at the beginning of a school year to get organized for the data collection process
• Ways to prepare your paraprofessionals for the beginning of a school year
• And more!

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Connect with Dawn:
https://www.instagram.com/cultivatingexceptionalminds

https://www.facebook.com/cultivatingexceptionalminds/

http://cultivatingexceptionalminds.com/

https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Store/Cultivating-Exceptional-Minds

https://betheexception.libsyn.com/

https://etsy.me/2ZVvayT 

Look what she has for us!!

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