Special education shouldn’t be this hard for teachers, parents, or students. Like just about everyone else, my first few years of teaching in special education were rough. I worked a lot of hours, constantly felt like I was the worst teacher in the world, and spent off time wondering if I should just be a yoga teacher instead. My paperwork was always late and poorly done– and somehow even the smallest amount of paperwork took over my life. And it didn’t get better for a long time. Just when I would find my footing, something would change in my district and my entire job would shift and I would feel like I was starting all over again. 

Years went by and then it started to get easier. I had assessment packets I had cobbled together and word documents of goals I could use and strategies that made the paperwork side a bit easier– and some curriculum materials I had pulled together. So in 2016 I decided to post a few of those materials up online. Then I promptly forgot about it and walked away. In 2022, my sister asked how the site was doing and it turned out those goals and free materials I had posted up six years before were useful to other people too– so I decided to take some time and put up more resources and more tools that I had created over the years. Because special education should never be as hard for anyone was it was for me those first years. And that remains our driving commitment today. Making special education easier and better for everyone from parents to teachers to students.