The Resource Room

Meredith Mitchell is a special education teacher with over 20 years of experience. In 2021, she was named teacher of the year for the state of Alabama for District III. Meredith has her own special education consulting business called Meredith Mitchell’s Methods. She speaks at conferences all over the south east educating other special educators on how to write IEPs that are manageable, measurable...

Brittany Blackwell, M.Ed. is an award-winning special educator and self-care strategist from South Carolina with over ten years of experience working with elementary and middle school classrooms. Brittany is no stranger to teacher burnout and has a passion for empowering teachers, parents, and students to prioritize self-care and mental health. Brittany's digital approach to self-care through digi...

Tiffaney is a Special Education teacher and single mother who finally decided to go for her dreams of designing shirts and becoming a Special education teacher. Links Mentioned: Happy Mail Find De'avionBlu Innovations: Website Instagram

Dana Howell is a Board Certified Behavior Analyst and the face behind BIAS Behavioral. She has over 15 years of experience in the field of special education. Her mission is to help parents and school professionals learn evidence-based strategies which they can use to safely manage challenging behavior. She breaks down tough behavioral concepts into visually engaging, actionable steps that anyone c...

Emily Norris is an Alabama native passionate about inclusive education for all! She is currently a K-3 resource special education teacher servicing children with Autism, ADHD, Dyslexia, and Specific Learning Disabilities. Emily has served on the Teach it Special team as a presenter, won Teacher of the Year for her sweet school for the 2020-2021 school year, and presented multiple times for differi...

Jennifer has held a variety of roles in special education for over 25 years! She entered the classroom every day dedicated to making learning inclusive AND engaging. As much as she loved seeing her students' faces light up, she now feels the EXACT same way mentoring other teachers. Through instructional coaching, mentoring, and content creation, Jennifer is sharing what she’s learned along the way...

I could sit and talk about special education all day long. In this surprise, finale episode, I invited back all of this season's guests to talk about several special education topics. Links Mentioned: Amanda's Solid Colored Amazon Shirts Amanda's Camo Amazon Shirt Cassandra's Snow Shoveling Meme

Cassandra is a self contained behavior teacher from Indiana. She's a good friend of mine and is always full of helpful ideas and strategies. She's a full time teacher and mom to a newborn. She's sharing her tips for making data collection easier to save you time!

Stephanie is the author behind Mrs. D’s Corner . She’s your go-to-girl for inspiration on everything elementary special education. Her passion is making grade-level content functional, engaging, and meaningful for all students, and to make learning fun and easy by providing tried and true lessons and activities that are implementation ready, differentiation provided. She provides tips, tricks, and...

After a debate in The Resource Room FB Group, I thought an episode was needed. What are accommodations? What are modifications? Do you know the difference? Click Here to Read the Blog Post with Freebie Mentioned

Kristy is a resource room teacher in Texarkana! Her school has been experimenting with coteaching this year. She's sharing her experience and relationships with various teachers to help other resource room teachers gather ideas for co-teaching with other general education teachers.

Michelle is a resource room teacher from Arkansas. She is one of the most creative people I’ve met. She loves to create activities for her students to keep them engaged and meet their needs. Links Mentioned: Linktree Whole Brain Teaching

Lisa Hollady is the creator of Chalkboard Superhero. She grew up in central New York and always knew she wanted to be a special education teacher. After graduating with her Masters in 2008, she has been working with students on the spectrum. She has had an array of different abilities but most of which had ASD. She worked in a self-contained setting in elementary for 8 years. This past year, she t...

Heather is a special education teacher mentor. She helps self-contained special education teachers with individualized and personalized support to make self-assured educational decisions so that you can avoid the stress, overwhelm, and burnout in this field. I believe special education teachers are better together! She has been a special education teacher in Illinois for 8 years! She’s taught in s...

Whitney works with kindergarten through sixth grade students with special needs in Phoenix, Arizona. She absolutely loves it. Her passion is helping both students and educators through sharing products, resources, and ideas. She enjoy sharing her knowledge while also continuing to learn from others. Whitney uses her experience as a former paraprofessional to help maximize student growth and succes...

Jennifer Hofferber lives in Oklahoma, but she’s a special education teacher in Kansas since 1995 (yes, you read that right!) In 2007, she was named Special Educator of the Year for the state of Kansas. Then, in 2015, she received the great honor of being named to the Kansas Teacher of the Year Team and got to travel the state visiting schools, talking to legislators, and collaborating with some am...

Ashley is the teacher behind Spedtacular Days. She is currently an elementary resource teacher. She previously taught in a middle school self-contained setting for several years in Virginia. She has taught all subjects, including a functional skills class. It is her job to create and adapt curriculum for a variety of needs in my classroom. Differentiating is one of her favorite parts of her job. S...

I’ve been a licensed speech-language pathologist for the last 12 years and have seen it all. I graduated from the University at Buffalo in 2005 and received my masters in 2007 from Adelphi University. Since then, I have worked with children from preschool to high school, in both schools and home-based agencies. I’ve been at my current New York public school district for almost a decade, handling a...

I love to learn from other special education teachers. How about you?! In this season of the podcast, I'll be sharing an interview with a fellow special education teacher each and every week. It is by far the most fun I've had on the podcast so far. If you would like to share a little about yourself and your classroom, you can sign up here !

Are you a naturally organized teacher? Some of us are. Others, not so much. While I can sometimes be scattered, I am usually a pretty organized person. In this episode, I'm sharing all of the things that I do to get my special education caseload organized!

How do you feel about progress monitoring? Do you love it? Do you dread it? For me, I did progress monitoring wrong for a LOOOONNG time. Today, I'm sharing some simple tips for you to implement before and after progress monitoring.

What procedures do you have in place? In this episode, I'm sharing the things that you should explicitly teach your students during the first few days of your small groups.

Would you like to take a peak inside my first week in Special Education? In this episode, I'm outlining exactly what I do with my students. I mention a few things in this episode. You can find the links below! Our Class is a Family The Magical Yet Informal Assessments (Quick & Easy to Give!) Back to School Themed Printable Reading Books

Did you just find out about your special education role? Are you a new special education teacher? In this episode, I'm sharing about my back to school to do list. Click here to download the back to school shopping list and to do list! :)

In special education, Back to School Night looks a little different for us! In this episode, I'm sharing what I do to make it a success. Downloads Two Truths & a Lie Template Meet the Teacher Page Conference Cards