Betsy Weigle

Media Appearances

Betsy Weigle's classroom teacher resources have been featured in print, television and on the internet. The links below describe several media appearances.

Seamless Teaching: Navigating the Inclusion Spectrum
(Special Education Inclusion in the General Ed Classroom)

Teaching Tolerance Magazine / Southern Poverty Law Center

Betsy Weigle offers tips for general education
teachers working with a pull-out inclusion model

"General education teachers who take the time to acquire new skills and learn more about students in special education are fulfilling the potential of IDEA by building truly equitable classrooms.

'By doing inclusion well, we remove the barriers that might prevent our special education students from enjoying the opportunities their peers do,' says Weigle, 'and that could make all the difference when it comes to them leading productive and rewarding lives.'" Read original article here

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Teacher's Compassion Tempers Girls' Chaos
(Homeless Family Profile)

Spokesman-Review / Spokane, Washington

Fourth-grader LaQuinda Russ gets
help from her teacher, Betsy Weigle.
Russ is one of many Spokane students
who have been homeless.

"You might not notice anything out of the ordinary about LaQuinda Russ as she works on an essay in her fourth-grade class at Adams Elementary School.

"She’s a beautiful kid – lanky and tall, with a fast, bright smile and watchful eyes. She lies on her stomach, book open beside her as she writes carefully, stops, fidgets, looks around, raises her hand for help, erases a word, tries again. Her teacher, Betsy Weigle, looks at her paper and sends her back to work."
Read original article here

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High Tech "Clickers" Keeping Kids Involved in School

KREM-2 / Spokane, Washington

"A $10 million grant is helping Spokane Public Schools go high-tech. Teachers now have a new interactive tool to get kids involved. It is called the Student Response System. But kids call them 'clickers'. KREM 2's Abbey Gibb reports how the new technology is catching on with students and teachers."
See original video here

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Teacher’s Homeless Student Action Center Provides
Classroom Solutions for the Rising Tide of Homeless Kids

PRWeb.com

"Teacher cuts and salary disputes are endangering homeless kids when their numbers are increasing due to the poor economy. This teacher is doing something about it, using her website www.Classroom-Teacher-Resources.com to launch the Teachers’ Homeless Student Action Center. It’s a one-stop shop for helping at-risk students where it counts: in the classroom." See original press release here

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Web of Learning

Spokesman-Review / Spokane, Washington

Holmes Elementary fourth-graders lined up for a turn in front of a webcam to tell their peers in Summerville, S.C., about Native Americans from the Northwest.

“Hi, I’m Mariah. This is a canoe,” Mariah Burrow said as the camera panned to a construction-paper vessel. “Coastal Indians traveled in canoes. They mostly painted them red, white and black, but sometimes blue.”

Teacher Betsy Weigle is one of the first in Spokane Public Schools to use Web conferencing as a key tool for teaching..." Read original article here

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School Year Advice

Spokesman-Review / Spokane, Washington

What advice would you give a kid about to return to school?

"Teachers are not evil dictators, they really want to help you be successful," said Betsy Weigle, a Spokane grade-school teacher. "If you don’t understand, ask questions!"

One more thing. "It’s OK to be nervous the first day of school," she said. "Teachers get nervous too." Read original article here

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