General And Special Education Teachers Face Today

There are many issues that general and special education teachers face today. The goal of both of these types of teachers should be that they try their best to make their students succeed. Teaching can be very difficult and people that are passionate about it should do it. However, many general and special education teachers face many challenges throughout their teaching careers that make teaching difficult for them. One issue that teachers lack today is lack of proper coaching from school staff when they begin teaching. Proper coaching is extremely important for new teachers to obtain during their first year in school. I believe the new teachers need coaching because most teachers learn a variety of teaching methodologies, philosophies†¦show more content†¦Stansbury, Kendall and Zimmerman (2006) discuss that many teachers undergo a tremendous amount of stress during their first year of teaching. This amount of stress is responsible for many new teachers leaving their jobs during their first year in school. This proves that general education teachers and special education teachers need to be properly coached and must be extremely dedicated to survive their first four years employment. Another issue that general and special education teachers face nowadays is the fact that they must know their students well to help them maximize their education. In order to maximize a child’s education, teachers must provide students with rich experience to help them learn and master the subject. Newman (2006) explains that when students are taught by allowing them to experience new things, they can be academically more successful. He also believes that rich experiences will allow the students to build schemas to increase their knowledge. After the teachers get to know their students, they need to teach based on their needs. General and special education teachers need to differentiate their instructions to help their students. This can become stressful because teachers must plan to accommodate all their students’ needs when they are still learning the skills of how to manage a classroom and how to teach based on a specific curriculum. Rock, Gregg Ellis and Gable (2008) enforce that teachers must make