Category Archives: Mental Health

October Is Hard. October Distance Learning is Harder.

Posted on September 28, 2020 by paraeducate

Renay admitted this week, she is a little sick of hearing her coworkers ask when we will ‘return’. But this got us thinking. This last week had not gone according to anyone’s plan. First there was an internet provider outage. … Continue reading →

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Boots In the Cloud

Posted on April 27, 2020 by paraeducate

For two weeks now since we’ve been on Spring Break, Renay has helped to orchestrate small segments of online education. To be fair, she also categorizes this version of online education like many have but calling it “crisis education”. Some … Continue reading →

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Thoughts on Modalities of Learning

Posted on May 16, 2019 by paraeducate

Renay had to renew her CPR/AED/First Aid this week. The last thing anyone wants to do before the end of the year is connect with the fundamentals of human health in a crisis, but in three hours after putting in … Continue reading →

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No Really, It Doesn’t Need to Be All Done

Posted on April 13, 2017 by paraeducate

In the flurry of projects that get hurled at students this time of year, it’s a good reminder: it’s just school and it doesn’t need to get all done. For years we’ve discussed modifying curriculum and adaptations. But what if … Continue reading →

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Where To Put Your Worries

Posted on March 23, 2017 by paraeducate

It goes without saying, special education is unlike a lot of jobs. There’s a lot of moving pieces and not all the moving pieces move at the same rates in the same direction. And the student you just saw happy … Continue reading →

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The Incomplete Story

Posted on October 27, 2016 by paraeducate

As a title, we’ve been working on this blog post for something close to two years. We thought this was mostly an academic problem and it’s an academic and a communication problem. And nothing turned our eyes more than today. … Continue reading →

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