Meghan Watson

mama | love dogs w/ black spots | supervisor of students w/ diverse abilities 🚀💛💙 | m. ed.

[Emily Paschall @EmilyAPaschall]

Say it louder. 🗣️

[Emily Paschall @EmilyAPaschall]

➡️PSA #1: “SPED kids” are “Gen. Ed kids” first. Just because a student has an IEP does not mean we stop problem solving on how to reach them in Tier 1 and 2 first. The end goal is for the student to no longer need special education services. The only way this happens is when the student receives solid Tier 1, Tier 2 and Tier 3 instruction every single day.

➡️PSA #2: Kids who have an IEP are not “SPED Kids.” They are students who have a disability. How we describe our students matters.

[Martin Odima Jr. @MartinOdimaJr]

A child can perceive when they are not accepted by their teacher, even if they are not told directly.

[andrea @teachbk]

Differentiation is designing instruction with students in mind, and a remedy for the ineffective one-size-fits-all model.
It's not impossible. It's not unrealistic. It's what we are supposed to do as teachers.

Everything on the left-hand column is considered good practice.

[Dr. Catlin Tucker @Catlin_Tucker]

3 Pillars of High-quality Blended Learning

👉🏻 https://t.co/6h32044B6T

#EdChat #EduTwitter #BlendChat #StudentLed #UKEdChat #EdChatEU #AussieEd

[Meghan Watson @mswatson_sped]

@the_lasso_way @TeachMrReed Where is that where it was used in teacher evals?? That’s so wrong.

[Meghan Watson @mswatson_sped]

A book about her “awesome”ness. Huge shoutout to Mrs. Heinzer for a wonderful and safe school year 🐅🧡🐾 #teacherappreciation #howlandtigers

[Meghan Watson @mswatson_sped]

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[Dr. Julie Gurner @drgurner]

The amount people care about the judgments of others is always astonishing.

People aren't going to like you
Some will make fun of you
Some will criticize you, it's all fine.

....Let them be, and keep doing you.

Eventually...you prove yourself out.
They stay the same.

[edutopia @edutopia]

#BrainBreaks aren’t just for young students! Try one of these activities to help teens relax, refocus, or re-energize. 🙌

[Martin Odima Jr. @MartinOdimaJr]

Being a special education teacher really means being a jack of all trades, master of none.

[Dwayne Reed @TeachMrReed]

Kids need consequences from people who love them, before they end up with consequences from people who don’t.

[Jason Kennedy | Stop Teaching & Design Learning! @letsquitteachin]

The ONLY instructional strategy with a NEGATIVE effect size: Lecturing. -0.26 or 1/2 a year's loss

Why? It's passive.

There's no room for engagement or interaction necessary for deep understanding & skill development.

Just a lot of one person talking.

[Lindsay Kemeny @LindsayKemeny]

John Hattie explains the difference between a teacher with high expectations and one with low expectations. @cll_teach #plaintalk2024

[Lee Ann Jung, PhD @leeannjung]

🎯 The primary purpose of classroom assessment to inform our instruction, not to determine a grade. Learning in no way depends on grades. #LeadInclusion #EdLeaders #Teachers #UDL #SBLchat #TG2Chat #TeacherTwitter

[Lee Ann Jung, PhD @leeannjung]

👥 Tier 3 intervention is not #specialeducation. Tier 3 solely implies intensive support. Not every #student who requires intensive support has an #IEP. Not all students with an IEP need intensive support. #LeadInclusion #EdLeaders #Teachers #UDL #TeacherTwitter

[edutopia @edutopia]

What happens when you restructure study hall as "What I Need" time? At this middle school, over 90% of students reported achieving an academic or personal goal, and 97% felt relieved of school-related stress.

🥇Now that’s a WIN:
https://t.co/cHJledKFST

[TCEA @TCEA]

⭐👉How LEARNING Happens👈⭐

https://t.co/K5J8yUpetH via @MissH_biology
#learning #education #educoach

[Meghan Watson @mswatson_sped]

Awesome PD provided by two outstanding school psychs on ETR compliance at WGH! @TrumbullESC @CECMembership @OHEducation @psychuout2012 ❤️💙💛💙
#etrcompliance