Author Archives: Toby Karten

We All Have Special Needs

Posted on September 10, 2020 by Toby Karten

Co-Teaching: Transitions from Online Learning Back into Classrooms Stability and security are essential despite where and how students are learning. Whether the teaching and learning occurs in person or at home, co-teachers collaboratively ensure productivity. Some co-teachers are walking into … Continue reading →

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Writing Strategy: Easy as ABC’s!

Posted on May 13, 2020 by Toby Karten

Often when you ask students to write something, the first  question they ask is “How many words?” This PPT offers an organized way for students to house vocabulary across the curriculum with A-Z listing. You are invited to apply this … Continue reading →

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Celebrate Successes!

Posted on May 1, 2020 by Toby Karten

Celebrate Successes! It’s easy to complain, shake heads in disbelief, and be sad when presented with the unknown. Been there, done that! As I watch the daily news briefings and venture outside wearing a mask and Latex gloves to walk … Continue reading →

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Staying on Target

Posted on April 10, 2020 by Toby Karten

There’s no rule book on how to simultaneously tackle a lost job, how to educate children at home, pay bills, and stay healthy and sane amidst a pandemic. New realities warrant plausible solutions to stay on target to achieve goals. … Continue reading →

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Resiliency, Creativity, and Knowledge

Posted on April 2, 2020 by Toby Karten

Resiliency, Creativity, and Knowledge   These are extraordinary times for our society and our world. The COVID-19 pandemic impacts us all-physically, emotionally, economically, and educationally. As a special educator, inclusion coach, and a firm believer in resiliency, creativity, knowledge, and growth, … Continue reading →

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Rethinking Inclusion

Posted on March 21, 2020 by Toby Karten

Hi y’all! Two weeks ago, I was at a Broadway show, presenting at an educational conference, offering on site inclusion coaching, getting a massage, and whispering “Namaste” in a yoga class. Today is different. Never has my refrigerator been so clean, nor … Continue reading →

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Co-Teaching Do’s, Don’ts, & Do Betters

Posted on March 8, 2020 by Toby Karten

Together general and special educators, administrators, and related staff support each other and  their students to create shared learning environments.This includes setting up co-teaching norms and expectations for planning, instructing, observing, assessing, documenting, and reflecting. Learners then receive, not only access to … Continue reading →

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“Starring” OUR Students with Differentiated Instruction

Posted on September 4, 2019 by Toby Karten

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“I’m Just a Teacher”

Posted on September 1, 2018 by Toby Karten

As an inclusion coach and consultant, upon a principal’s request, I arrived at a New Jersey school site last week to deliver a professional development session on the topic of co-teaching strategies. As a special educator, I arrived armed with … Continue reading →

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Unable and Unwilling is Unacceptable!

Posted on April 5, 2018 by Toby Karten

Communications from parents of students with Down syndrome (DS) prompted this blog post.  Students with a label of DS possess different ages, genders, academic, social, and communicative levels, as well as varied likes and dislikes; hence each student is unique.  We cannot allow the common … Continue reading →

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