Hi! Let me introduce myself.
I am Mary Ann Reeve.
I am Mary Ann Reeve.
I have worked in the education field for 35 years, mostly in special education. After teaching a resource special education classroom I decided to teach general education to explore whether I could implement what I wanted to see for my special education kids, in a regular classroom as well. I ended up staying in 4th grade for 6 years then taught 5th, 6th, and 2nd. I loved teaching a whole group of students versus the resource model where the kids go in and out so much. Yet, my heart ached for my first love, special education. So I decided to return to the root of my education training; special education. Its where I feel at home!
I graduated from Florida Southern College with a degree in Specific Learning Disabilities
K-12 and Elementary Education. I returned to school shortly after graduating and received my certification in Early Childhood. After returning to Special Education, I found another special group of kids to teach. I found working with children with autism, the supreme challenge and an even better reward, so I once again, returned to school and earned my Autism Endorsement.
NOW
Currently I am teaching a Varying Exceptionalities self-contained classroom of students with Intellectual Disabilities, Autism Spectrum Disorders, Hearing Impaired, Vision Impaired, and Behavior Disorders. This special group ranges in grade levels from Kindergarten through 5th grade.I believe that if a student isn't learning, we need to meet that student on their level and teach them the way they do learn.
Outside of teaching, I enjoy reading, technology, photography, and my pugs Kismet and Jake.
"If a child can't learn the way we teach, maybe we should teach the way they learn."
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