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Are there any comments you wish to add to close this interview?

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Are there any comments you wish to add to close this interview?

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- Make sure to ask yourself why you are going into teaching and make sure it is for the right reasons.
- teaching special needs is not much different than regular ed since everyone needs different things to help them learn better.

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 If you could choose another career field, would you? Please explain your answer in detail.

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 If you could choose another career field, would you? Please explain your answer in detail.

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No, She stared in another career field ( medical lab tech) and was unhappy. Always knew she wanted to help and feels like she is helping her community now.

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What changes, if any, would you make to the educational system with regard to special needs children? Consider such aspects as inclusion, funding, state assessments, etc…

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What changes, if any, would you make to the educational system with regard to special needs children? Consider such aspects as inclusion, funding, state assessments, etc…

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- In general needs more support in the area of mental health.

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What advice can you give me for teaching children with special needs in the regular education classroom?

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What advice can you give me for teaching children with special needs in the regular education classroom?

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- Remember to always speak kindly to the student because you never know what their morning was like before school and make sure you try to make them feel like they will have a good day.
-Make connections even if it is making boundaries and being strict

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How does teaching children with special needs differ from teaching other children? What are some challenges you face in teaching special needs children? What are some rewards in teaching special needs children?

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How does teaching children with special needs differ from teaching other children? What are some challenges you face in teaching special needs children? What are some rewards in teaching special needs children?

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- Parent involvement and support are one of the challenges.
- Students not receiving the councling needed.
- A reward is seeing the kid's graduate and ah-ha moments and having kids be excited about school rather than dread.

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 How have your ideas toward teaching changed with each passing year of experience? Can you recall your ideas about teaching when you were a teacher education student like me? What were they? What are they now?

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 How have your ideas toward teaching changed with each passing year of experience? Can you recall your ideas about teaching when you were a teacher education student like me? What were they? What are they now?

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Her ideas change everyday since everyday is a new experience. With professional development she knows her ideas need to evolve and change within the needs of current and future students.
Since she started in the school system as a paraptro and the fact she did not go into the teaching field until 2007 she feels like her ideas might differ greatly since she already had so much experience.
She feels she has the mentality that she constantly wants to learn what is new in the teaching world and wants to learn from others so she can expand her teaching.

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What made you choose the teaching profession and, in particular, teaching special needs children?

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What made you choose the teaching profession and, in particular, teaching special needs children?

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- She started as a teacher in a daycare for the three year old room and when she became unhappy with the facility she found a job as a parapro for the middle school special education department and found mentors in two teachers that inspired her to go back to school and get her teaching degree.

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How long have you been teaching special needs children? 

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How long have you been teaching special needs children? 

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-Teach 9 years
- With special education 15 years.