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The best part about being
a teacher is the students.

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Often, I feel like I have
to help students discover

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their own strengths, to
help them see themselves

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in their best capacities
and to remind them

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that they're really
good at these things

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and really capable of doing
these challenging things.

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As a special
education teacher that

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doesn't have her
own classroom, I

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don't have students come to me.

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I go to the students.

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So I'm pushing into
their classrooms

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and working with them
in real time on whatever

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the classroom is working on.

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And so I'll move between
general education classrooms,

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offering the support to
the students that qualify

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for special education
and some that don't.

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I really believe
that there is so much

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growth that is happening.

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Even if they're not 100%
doing everything the same

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that everybody else is doing,
just being in that environment

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is creating this sponge-like
opportunity for them

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so they're exposed to just
so much more information.

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And socially, they're
that much more apt

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to build relationships with each
other and to have friendships

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that they would not necessarily
build in that environment.

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I always start with making
sure that kids feel safe

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and that they feel
valued and welcomed.

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So I usually start
really from the heart.

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If they feel loved and they feel
like I'm here to support them,

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whoever they are or
whatever their needs are,

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then that's the
avenue to the head,

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the avenue to the brain,
the avenue to helping them

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develop their skills
academically as well.

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One of the things that I love
about this community at Gregory

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Heights is that everybody is
really working hard together.

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And I just really appreciate
how welcomed everybody is

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and that we all work
together towards

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this collaborative effort
of growth for the students.

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