The Beginning Part 2

Specifically in my classroom, I have 12 students. These 12 students are some of the brightest students I have worked with, but they are in this classroom because they face some sort of cognitive difference. Every student is at a different level: some students need more time, some students can’t focus for the ten minutes, and others just simply stare out into space. Day in and day out, my team, consisting of myself, a facilitator, and four Para educators, walk in and work hard to teach literacy to these twelve students. Some days are harder than others, but every day there is some sort of a breakthrough. Together, we work with our students. Together, we reach for the stars.

Part two of this journey will not be easier than the 1^st. In fact, it may just prove to be more difficult. Last semester I had a group of journalism that loved their class and were eager to enter their classroom. Now, down the hall, I have 12 students that many believe to be unreachable. However, this is what teaching is all about. Teaching is striving for change, leveling the playing field, ensuring that every student is treated as an individual. Every blog will not this be long, but it will provide access into my work into reaching the “unreachable”. This blog will serve as a journal, a place for plans, a place for student work. Hopefully, post after post will show my progress, ensure that I keep challenging my students and challenging myself.