by Heather Hoeft, B.S., M.Ed., LBS1 | Feb 28, 2024 | Academics, Adapted Books, Basic Skills, Classroom Instruction, Data, Interventions, Language Arts, Work Tasks |
Differentiation in a general education classroom does take a lot of planning and prep, but don’t panic! Once we differentiate and create materials and resources, we save them for when another learner can benefit from using the same materials, even in school years in...
by Heather Hoeft, B.S., M.Ed., LBS1 | Dec 27, 2023 | Academics, Basic Skills, Classroom Instruction, Data, Interventions |
As a special educator, IEPs are something that we have frequent contact with. Whether we are writing an IEP after an initial evaluation, re-evaluation, annual review, domain, updating goals and benchmarks, or reviewing accommodations and modifications, IEPs are legal...
by Heather Hoeft, B.S., M.Ed., LBS1 | Nov 22, 2023 | Behavior, Data, FEATURED POSTS, Interventions, Schedules, Visuals |
Off a learner is off task, they can be demonstrating that behavior in many different ways. Off-task behavior can have the function of access, escape, attention, or a sensory need. Just like any other behavior, we start with our ABC data and meet as a team to analyze...
by Heather Hoeft, B.S., M.Ed., LBS1 | Nov 8, 2023 | Academics, Basic Skills, Classroom Instruction, Data, Interventions, Language Arts, Math |
I have had the wonderful opportunity to teach, train, and work with many wonderful general education and special education professionals within my career. One area of focus has constantly been modifying and working with learners who benefit from discrete trial....
by Heather Hoeft, B.S., M.Ed., LBS1 | Oct 11, 2023 | Academics, Basic Skills, Classroom Instruction, Data, Interventions, Language Arts, Math, Science/Social Studies |
This year is my first real experience in kindergarten. I have been having a blast working with a new team of educators and learning about the skills at this developmental age. With a son who started kindergarten this year as well, I am learning how hard kindergarten...
by Heather Hoeft, B.S., M.Ed., LBS1 | Sep 13, 2023 | Academics, Classroom Instruction, Classroom Setup, Data, Interventions |
This year I am starting a new position in a new school district. I am a support personnel working in 3 classrooms to help support students with IEPs, maladaptive behaviors, RTI support, and much more. I am so excited to be in a new school district and to learn all of...