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Behavior-management tips from a District 75 educator

NY Teacher Article Teaching
Behavior-management techniques commonly employed in District 75 special education classrooms can be used to address and de-escalate student behavior in general education settings as well. Longtime District 75 teacher Nina Krisel Berke shares four...

A multi-sensory space

NY Teacher Article Building Your Career
A colorful multi-sensory space in a Queens special education teacher's classroom offers her kindergarten and 1st-grade students a range of engagement to calm themselves and self-regulate.

The fight for District 75 placement

NY Teacher Article Opinion
UFT Vice President MaryJo Ginese writes that a half-century after the passage of the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act, which required an "appropriate education" for students with disabilities, the city DOE still has work to do.

District 75 chapter leader meeting

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Save the date for the District 75 chapter leader monthly meeting. Please join your colleagues to hear what’s happening within District 75 and the rest of the union. District 75 chapter leaders will be pre-registered for this event.

District 75 chapter leader meeting

Event

Save the date for the District 75 chapter leader monthly meeting. Please join your colleagues to hear what’s happening within District 75 and the rest of the union. District 75 chapter leaders will be pre-registered for this event. 

District 75 chapter leader meeting

Event

Save the date for the District 75 chapter leader monthly meeting. Please join your colleagues to hear what’s happening within District 75 and the rest of the union. District 75 chapter leaders will be pre-registered for this event. 

District 75 chapter leader meeting

Event

Save the date for the District 75 chapter leader monthly meeting. Please join your colleagues to hear what’s happening within District 75 and the rest of the union. District 75 chapter leaders will be pre-registered for this event.

Taking stock in students’ skills

NY Teacher Article Feature Stories
Steven Leaderman, a teacher at P370, a District 75 program in Coney Island, has created an innovative vocational program that has his students sort and deliver school supplies. The program helps the students develop key vocational and life skills...

Educational support team key to District 75 hydroponics lab

NY Teacher Article Feature Stories
The hydroponics lab at P141K at IS 71, a District 75 site that serves students with profound learning challenges, allows students to participate in gardening activities year-round. The students have the opportunity to witness the plant life cycle...

Para-lyzing process

NY Teacher Article Opinion
New York City schools, particularly in District 75, are in dire need of paraprofessionals, who provide essential support services for children with disabilities. The shortage won’t get resolved until the city Department of Education streamlines its...