150: Find Your Flow with Beckett Haight

Beckett Haight is a former student with special needs who went on to become a Special Educator.  After getting expelled from 6^th grade he had an IEP and special education services stemming from ADHD and Oppositional Defiance Disorder until graduating high school.  This led him to becoming a volunteer in Special Needs classrooms in high school, then a Teacher Assistant for four years while in college, and he has been a Special Education teacher for the past 13 years in California, the Dominican Republic, Kuwait, Ethiopia and now Mexico. He is National Board Certified in Exceptional Needs, a Masters of Science in Special Education, and a Masters of Education Technology. He loves all aspects of Special Education, but has a particular passion for behavior support and post-secondary transition.  He has been in the education game for 18 years and doesn’t see anything changing for the next 18.

Quotables            

• Be willing to take the time [to get to know your students]
• Give it 4 or 5 years to find your flow
• There needs to be a home-school connection for a student to be successful

Beckett’s Stamp of Approval

• Tai Lopez on You Tube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCZGNLDywn8hgzqrC9Mlz_Pw
• Council for Exceptional Children

Connect with Beckett

• Blog (Collections of a Special Educator):  https://becketthaight.com/
• Teacher Website:  https://sites.google.com/site/collectionsofaspedukator/
• Twitter:  @BeckettHaight     (https://twitter.com/BeckettHaight)

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