Today, Susan & Melanie come to you fresh from Summer 2022. (Yes, we’re still catching up on previously recorded episodes and we’re THRILLED that you’re sticking with us :))

How do school employees recharge over the summertime? We reached out and now we share YOUR stories here! 

And of course, “our” movie references :-p

Shout out to Driftwood Mercantile for assisting us in our summertime recharge silliness! (The home of Mr. Driftwood!)

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Today, Susan & Melanie come to you fresh from late-May 2022. (Yes, we’re still catching up on previously recorded episodes and we’re THRILLED that you’re sticking with us :))

-caseloads

-know your contract!

-career goals

-shout out to Angela Jeter

-the substitute life

-teachers and family planning

-teachers need to do what’s best for them

(and yes, you did hear a crow cawing!)

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Today, Susan & Melanie come to you fresh from mid 2022. (Yes, we’re still catching up on previously recorded episodes and we’re THRILLED that you’re sticking with us :))

-Sound quality issues have been fixed!

-Movie references (of course!)

-Life imitates work

-substitute teacher life

-classroom management via student leadership

-special guest Jennifer! (momentarily)

-teacher burn out

-seeing the fruits of our labor

-instilling compassion

-EMAIL US TO VENT YOUR STORIES!

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Today, Susan & Melanie come to you fresh from January of 2022. (Yes, we’re still catching up on previously recorded episodes and we’re THRILLED that you’re sticking with us :))

-Sound quality issues have been fixed!

-Movie references (of course!)

-The challenge of creating a student-centered classroom

-Relearning how to deal with a class full of students, as opposed to 1-on-1 work

-Teacher retention

-Teacher self-care

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Today, Susan & Melanie come to you fresh from late post-thanksgiving 2021! LOL yes, this is an older recording, (we finally made it back to the original episodes that were NOT lost in the flash drive fumble) but still with a focus on all your SPED needs. (At this point, when we recorded this, Melanie was still teaching in the DHH Ed world)

-Susan & Melanie’s career shift

-The stress of taking a leave of absence from teaching

-keeping your teaching certification up to date

-the stress of being a care giver and having a full time teaching job

-the variety of certification requirements for substitutes and teachers

-should teachers use their first or last names?

-trying to be involved with extra curricular activities as a SPED teacher

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Today, Susan & Melanie come to you fresh from early 2021! LOL yes, this is an older recording, (we finally made it back to the original episodes that were NOT lost in the flash drive fumble) but still with a focus on all your SPED needs. (At this point, when we recorded this, Melanie was still teaching in the DHH Ed world)

-do teacher’s eyes age faster than non-teacher’s eyes?

-positive stories of students advocating for themselves after they leave our care

-masks & virtual learning

-reminiscing about positive teacher engagement

-age pride

-Student Stories! What happens to those kiddos after they leave your care?

-emotions when watching tv/film with a disability focused character or story

-and, of course, Bad Teacher references

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Today, Susan & Melanie discuss

-the craftiness of teachers (particularly elementary teachers)

-the desire to upcycle everything and anything as a positive influence on the future generations

-Susan’s encounter with her adolescent crush, Corey Feldman

-advice about avoiding burn out (inevitable!); and the importance of vacation times

-year-round school vs. the typical american school year model (email us your opinions on this!)

-and of course, a Bad Teacher reference

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Today, Susan & Melanie discuss “Multi CAT” certifications (ironically, Susan also has multiple cats)

-Different states around the US having different certification requirements for different specialties.

-Shout outs to our favorite movies, of course, with a bit of begging for sponsorship from our favorite ‘bad teacher’.

-Various states have various rules when it comes to what is needed to become a substitute teacher.

-Acronym Corner today is: 504 (Are numbers acronyms? Still, we feel it’s important to discuss this so soon after discussing IEP.)

-Our final story that Susan shares involves some body excretions, so if you’re not into hearing about poo, feel free to skip ahead and join us again next week! (you may hear Mel’s dog in the back, barking her compassion for Susan’s experience!)

Thanks for sticking with us through this first season of sound mishaps! We’re learning on the job (similar to teaching!) and are working to make sure that for our next season we’ll have all the kinks worked out.

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On this episode of SpEd Rehab you can expect to hear Susan and Melanie discuss the Acronym "IEP", book banning, how thankful we are for substitutes, if teachers' outside-of-school life should be judged, and of course some references to our favorite movies.

*Note: we use the word prostitute in a discussion and we realize we should have used the words 'sex worker'. 

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Movie opinions, Acronym Corner (ASD), Snot, teaching in Japan, Change Your Own Diaper!

We discuss encouraging independence, and communicating honestly with your child's teacher about toileting skills.

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