Burnout in special education part 5 I have never met a perfect teacher. If you have then I am really, really impressed and would love to meet this person. We all have areas where we excel and areas where we need to improve. The problem is that it is really hard to improve without feedback. … Read more
How Are You Supposed to Get Better Without Feedback? Updated: January 25, 2026. Reviewer: Dr. Rose Sebastian, Ed.D. One of the biggest issues that I faced as a special education teacher was lack of materials. I started out working with upper elementary students with behavior problems. Then all of the sudden I was working with … Read more
What Actually Is a Special Education Teacher’s Job? Updated: January 25, 2026. Reviewer: Dr. Rose Sebastian, Ed.D. In the research that they did on special education teacher burnout, Brunsting and Sreckovic (2014) found that role ambiguity and role conflict were significant factors in explaining the burnout. If you talk to anyone who worked in special … Read more
Blog Series on Special Education Teacher Burnout Part 2 A problem that I had in teaching special education was knowing what success looked like. Standardized test scores didn’t give me information about my kids. I did my own assessments but they only told me where a kid was—not whether she had made enough growth. The … Read more
Burn Out in Special Education Overview Updated: January 25, 2026. Reviewer: Dr. Rose Sebastian, Ed.D. I wish I could say that everyone who enters special education stays but the fact is most people leave. They either go to general education, go to administration, or leave teaching entirely. The truth is that special education teachers have … Read more
I am excited to put up some of my new content and get back to work! I quit my job as a special education teacher last month so I could go back to school for my doctorate in education. The last few months have been hectic but I have some great new material coming– including … Read more
Don’t sign the IEP if you still have questions. Take home the IEP and think about it. You have 10 days (think I got that number right) to make a decision on giving or with holding consent. Don’t let anyone rush you. Bring people to the IEP meeting (especially important ones like initials). The fact … Read more
The First Blog Post Updated: January 25, 2026. Reviewer: Dr. Rose Sebastian, Ed.D. Almost 10 years ago, this site started with one post. It has grown so much since then! But, for old times sake, here it is! For those of you who have been asking if I had a blog or a site to … Read more
