Educational Link 8/20/18

Dear Parents: Here’s What You Should Know About Letter Grades

https://wegrowteachers.com/dear-parents-heres-what-you-should-know-about-letter-grades/

When Higher Functioning Follows Form: Special-Needs Students Flourish in Sensory Designed Schools

https://www.the74million.org/article/when-higher-functioning-follows-form-special-needs-students-flourish-in-sensory-designed-schools/?utm_source=The+74+Million+Newsletter&utm_campaign=b14dba8005-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_2018_08_15_09_47&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_077b986842-b14dba8005-176116537

Educators Need Mindfulness. Their Mental Health May Depend On It.

http://blogs.edweek.org/edweek/finding_common_ground/2018/08/educators_need_mindfulness_their_mental_health_may_depend_on_it.html

Check Your Syllabus 101: Disability Access Statements

https://anthrodendum.org/2018/08/13/check-your-syllabus-101-disability-access-statements/

How to Create a Comment Bank in Google Classroom

https://www.freetech4teachers.com/2018/08/how-to-create-comment-bank-in-google.html

A 4-Part System for Getting to Know Your Students

https://www.cultofpedagogy.com/relationship-building/

Report: Most elementary, special ed teachers not required to show they can teach reading

https://www.educationdive.com/news/report-most-elementary-special-ed-teachers-not-required-to-show-they-can/529655/

Most states are not adequately preparing elementary and special education teachers to teach reading, asserts a new report from the National Council on Teacher Quality. The report shows that while most states have standards for teacher education programs that include reading instruction, just 11 require teachers in both areas to demonstrate their knowledge on a licensing test.