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  • East Side Community School
  • New York, NY
  • More than half of students from low‑income households Data about students' economic need comes from the National Center for Education Statistics, via our partners at MDR Education. Learn more

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I teach in a specialized school in a special district in New York City. My school is an Occupational Training Center. At our school, not only do we focus on traditional academics but we place a heavy emphasis on vocational and daily living skills to help support our students and prepare them to be the most independent they can after they graduate. Like all classrooms, the abilities and areas of improvement for my students vary greatly however in my classroom, while some students are able to clearly and eloquently articulate what they are thinking and how they feel others cannot verbalize their needs, wants, and thoughts at all. Teaching to the individual needs of my students, when they vary so greatly is one challenge to me and many other special educators however, one thing all of my students share in common is their natural curiosity for the world, desire for learning, and the benefit they gain from hands-on, concrete, and "real-life" learning opportunities.

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I teach in a specialized school in a special district in New York City. My school is an Occupational Training Center. At our school, not only do we focus on traditional academics but we place a heavy emphasis on vocational and daily living skills to help support our students and prepare them to be the most independent they can after they graduate. Like all classrooms, the abilities and areas of improvement for my students vary greatly however in my classroom, while some students are able to clearly and eloquently articulate what they are thinking and how they feel others cannot verbalize their needs, wants, and thoughts at all. Teaching to the individual needs of my students, when they vary so greatly is one challenge to me and many other special educators however, one thing all of my students share in common is their natural curiosity for the world, desire for learning, and the benefit they gain from hands-on, concrete, and "real-life" learning opportunities.

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