Being an educator can be both challenging and rewarding. Teaching requires skill, commitment, relationship, and stamina. Occupational standards within education consistently set high expectations for teachers without concretely promoting self-care. When a teacher's stress and burdens continuously outweigh their ability to care for themselves,…

This study examined special education teachers' perspectives of the instructional impact of the Florida Alternate Assessment (FAA) for students with significant cognitive disabilities. Through purposeful sampling, six special education teachers who serve students with significant cognitive disabilities and had experience administering the FAA were…

The purpose of this study was threefold: (a) to describe the impact the SLS courses had on the retention and success rates of students who were taking developmental English courses at FSCJ-Kent Campus, (b) to explain how students taking developmental English felt the SLS courses impacted them, and (c) to find out what elements of the SLS program…