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Your presentation was an interesting topic and was easy to follow along.  I hope that this is a topic that only has better results in the future.

Takeaways:
1.  Right away learning that "40,000 teachers are not certified to teach special education" stuck out to me.  Also, not being taught by qualified people really complicates every students learning experience.

2.  I like the idea of ESSA but not all students learn that same way and that is why we need properly trained special education teachers.

One wonder:

You mentioned that special education teachers spend five hours a week on paperwork and forms which takes away from lesson planning and communication with parents and other staff. I wonder if some special education teachers have some helpful ideas to help balance all of this time?

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I liked your presentation, it was very easy to read and well presented

1). I like the fact that you mentioned the the unqualified teachers and the high turnover rate. I feel that in education that is something that is faced with in general.
2.) With the amount of laws and paperwork more funding should be available to the special educators.

I wonder if they will ever find a balance between the funding and the burn out rate and attempting to decrease it.

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Nice presentation! It flowed very well with the concept. I liked how you went into great detail.

Takeaway: You are correct about special education teaches have a lot of work. The paperwork alone is overwhelming.
One Wonder: I wonder with the Trump Administration, taking away the benefits for educator such as professional dev. but expect teachers to keep up with their licensure requirements but not help pay for it is expecting a lot.

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Overall Quality:
I really enjoyed reading through your presentation. It had a lot of good information and as people said before there is a nice flow and well organized.

Two Takeaways:
1.) I feel that it is very important that we have qualifed teachers working with our students.
2.)It is crazy to me on the amount of testing and paperwork that Special education teachers  have to do. The fact that they spend five hours per week completing forms and doing which is the same amount of time that doing lessons plans and

One Wonder:
I wonder what plan do they plan on putting in order to support teachers on becomeing special education teachers. Also how can lighten up the amount of paperwork and yet combine best pratice inorder to support are students.

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Cristina, great job with your presentation. You were brief and to the point. I thought it was through and well constructed.

You raised a great point with the lack of qualified special education teachers. I absolutely think this is an issue with education in general. There is a shortage of qualified, young teachers. In my opinion there are areas in general education, such as science and math, that are not on par with other countries educational systems in the world. Many of times, these countries offer higher benefits, more pay and job security. This makes working in education more appealing. I wonder if this model could be applied more in this country. It would certainly increase interest of students graduating from college, maybe deterring them from pursuing private sector jobs that are more lucrative and pursuing jobs within education. This is a tough idea with limited funding.

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Overall quality: I like the flow of the slides. They are precise and to the point, making the presentation easy to read. I also like the duct tape theme.

Two takeaways: 1) Being a special education teacher sounds like a difficult job. The additional paperwork is surely an extra burden. Every student is on an IEP, which teachers take an active role in developing. They also need to individualize instruction to follow the IEP. 2) There is a changing structure within the school systems to accommodate for the increase in students diagnosed with Autism.

One wonder: I wonder what would be the most efficient way to assist teacher in becoming certified in special education and in decreasing burnout.

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Your presentation had a very easy flow to it...very readable and not oversaturated with text and works cited. I like it.

Takeaways
1. I never realized that more people leave the field each year than enter it, but I'm not surprised.
2.I think funding is necessary but I don't know if it is compelling enough to make people stick with the work...it's a personality thing, not a professional thing...just my opinion.

I will wonder if there is a way to find and attract people with the right personality into the field...I'm sure that there is and I may find it.

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Special Education Funding and Teacher Preparedness