Teacher Talk: Introduction

Hello ladies! I am so excited for this link up. One, because it's my very first one (I hope I do this right!). Two, I am getting connect with other teachers!

My name is Scotti, yes that is my real name. I am 28 and a newlywed. My awesome husband (I love saying that!) is a firefighter/paramedic, who will soon be leaving for the fire academy within the next few months. 

I teach special education at the high school level. My class is self-contained, community based class or CBC for short. All my kiddos are significantly cognitive delayed, which means that their disability effects much of their independent thinking or adaptive skills. I have nine awesome kids with rulings ranging from autism to Down syndrome. 

My school has three CBC classes, which is some what unusual but for the size of our school (almost 1700 students) it evens out. My class is the middle class and we are on a kindergarten to second grade level. Academically, I teach them everything. We go to a general education PE class which is awesome and we go to a regular lunch. 

I could give a long drawn out reason why I chose teaching and why I chose special education. The answer is pretty simple. This is where The Lord called me. Honestly, I didn't pick SPED, it picked me. I believe in my heart I am doing what The Lord put me on this earth to do and some days are much tougher than others. Even through ALL the paper work, meetings, conferences and trainings my heart is always full.


PS--Sorry for the lack of pictures, I promise to do better next time! :)

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Hey everyone! I hope everything is going great your way. I can not believe it is August! August means two things: my birthday and school/work is starting back. Twenty thirteen brought me to the ripe old age of 28. Twenty-seven was the best year of my life and I can't wait to see what this new age has in store Adrian and I. 

Last week, my husband finally talked me into going to look at new vehicle for him. And we came came with this... 

I will admit, I was iffy on getting anything new, because his truck was only 2 years old. I am the kind of girl that keeps a car until the wheels falls off. Then I would I buy new wheels. When I traded my maxima in it a 192,000 miles on it! In the end, I am in love with the jeep. Especially with the top off. The forecast for the week looked rainy but we got to take the top off on my birthday and cruise for my birthday. 

After my birthday, I tried to catch up on my house work before going back to work. Well, Monday rolled around and I still had laundry to do but work was calling my name. This time of year I am itching to get into my room and make things new. 

The picture above is when I first started working in my room. I was beginning to get overwhelmed because the table needed to be fixed, I hadn't made my copies for take home folders, and I still needed to type up all the important first days of school. One my goals for this year was to be more organized. Organization has always been of weakness of mine. But this year I will be organized! I worked my little tail off today getting papers together, lesson plans and.my favorite part, getting my classroom ready. Here is my favorite part of the day. 

There is more on down the board but its not quite ready yet! We have one more day of meetings & working in our rooms. I still get the same butterflies the night before school starts as I did when I was little. I can't wait to see my kids and meet the new ones!