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Is leaving the medical field for teaching really worth it? A second-career special education teacher shares her story!

In this powerful interview, Sherri, a special education teacher shares the unfiltered truth about what it’s really like navigating the broken, overburdened world of Special Ed in Texas public schools. With 9 years of teaching experience, a medical background, and a child on the autism spectrum, she entered the profession after falling in love with her work in ABA. But the challenges she faced after switching careers were more intense than she ever expected including: the flood of student diagnoses, constant staffing shortages, the emotionally exhausting paperwork load, being stretched across grade levels, moved between classrooms, and left to navigate clashing personalities and inconsistent leadership. Sherri also opens up about being treated like an assistant, the pressure of co-teaching with disengaged general ed teachers, and the heartbreak of watching students get mislabeled or stuck in special ed services longer than necessary. She opens up about the silent pressures special ed teachers face in meeting both academic standards and IEP goals, which are often misunderstood by other staff.

📌 Topics include:
🔹 Why so many students are now classified as special ed, including ADHD and dyslexia
🔹 The unseen pressure of case management, IEP deadlines, and ARD meeting overload
🔹 The emotional toll of being spread across multiple grade levels and subjects
🔹 Navigating school gossip, politics, and the risk of upsetting admin from campus to campus
🔹 The complexity of inclusion when support systems don’t match the students' needs
🔹 Why general ed teachers often don’t realize the dual responsibilities SPED teachers carry

She also shares how being a parent of a neurodivergent child shaped her passion for special education, and why the current system continues to fall short despite the best intentions.

🎙️ This is a must-watch for educators, parents, and anyone curious about the inside story of special education today. It's honest, real, and filled with insight you won't hear in staff meetings or policy papers.

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