This is for every teacher who refuses to be blamed for the failure of our society to erase poverty and inequality, and refuses to accept assessments, tests and evaluations imposed by those who have contempt for real teaching and learning.
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Bumper stickers are coming soon and we hope to add more shirt types (tank, polo) if there is interest in the t-shirts!
I am a teacher of Special Education. I started in 1976, and have taught in some form or other for each year except one. That one year I spent as a graduate assistant in the library with the archive and maps collections. I taught one year in IPS schools-mild cognitive disabled, another two years at a Catholic school in Muncie-5th graders and 1 semester of 6th grade reading, 16 years in Randolph Central School corporation-LD pull out type program, 3 years subbing in anything you can think of, and finally my current assignment in Jay School Corporation-12years as a Resource teacher and 2 as a self-contained Life Skills teacher. That's a grand total of 36! I did do a three week job in an Emotionally Handicapped classroom, but resigned that job-I was going crazy. I can say I really have enjoyed teaching the children I have encountered through the years. It is the reason I am still at after all these years, and would like to keep going for several more.
6th-8th grade Life Skills class, Portland, Indiana