Thursday, October 6, 2011

Becoming a Special Education Teacher Almost Overnight - voiceofsandiego.org: Pounding The Pavement

Becoming a Special Education Teacher Almost Overnight - voiceofsandiego.org: Pounding The Pavement:

Becoming a Special Education Teacher Almost Overnight

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Josette Gerry, who taught fourth grade at Hawthorne Elementary School in Clairemont last year, said she learned on the job how best to teach the children with disabilities who were moved into her general education classroom.

Posted: Wednesday, October 5, 2011 3:00 pm |Updated: 3:44 pm, Wed Oct 5, 2011.

By Will Carless

If my wife wanted to teach a general education class in California, she wouldn't be allowed.

Why not? Because she has a special education credential (from San Diego State University). She's specifically qualified to teach students with disabilities like autism, cerebral palsy, emotional disturbance or Asperger's syndrome.

That makes sense, right? She's been

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