Elyse
Achievement IS Possible- Public School Teacher Helps Kids Succeed
- $50 / h
- Fort Pierce , FL ( 34982 )
- 25 miles
I have been a FL elementary school teacher since 1997 and have taught all elementary grade levels- kindergarten through fifth grade in various public schools and one charter school throughout the state. (I also taught Algebra 1B to high school students.) My expectations for all levels of learners in my classes are very high, and I bring an abundance of hands-on, real life learning into the lessons I teach. I have had a high success rate with all of the students I have taught, motivating t...
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ADD/ADHD
I am a professionally certified elementary school school teacher. I have been teaching since 1997. I understand that ADD/ADHD students have different learning needs. I use a variety of these following strategies to help my ADD/ADHD students learn and more easily remain focused. I work with each student to see how he/or she can use (or work with the various strategies). Unless it's standardized testing time (since that has other, additional rules where the child needs to be authorized in advanced by a team of adults such as an IEP or 504 Plan), once accommodations are in place, they remain, so the students will be successful. Many ADD/ADHD students need to move around more-- or more often than average students. I often have my ADD/ADHD sit on the sides/in the back of the seating arrangement so they can stand up to work or alternate between standing and sitting. Other ADD/ADHD don't need to move their entire bodies; they can more easily remain focused by just moving one (or both hands. I give some of these children small "squeeze" balls with instructions that the balls are not to be to be tossed. Similarly, I also give some students silent hand puzzles, so those children are able to keep moving. (The students are given expectations that the puzzles are not allowed to distract their peers.) ADD/ADHD students, even more than than their general education peers, need to know that what they were doing was correct. I love using Positive Behavior Support (PBS) in my classroom- (and when I am tutoring) for and with all my learners. My ADD/ADHD learners need the positive support much more frequently. Many ADD/ADHD learners need to hear and see the praise. Along with behavior expectations, these learners are the ones who especially need consistency and structure.