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Promoting #Entrepreneurism within the Education Culture Benefits All

Money is not everything, but on one level it represents the transaction of what is paid for the sum total of our work.  It is not well understood the impact a Special Educator can have locally or even on a grander scale because Special Education instruction is a tightly controlled arrangement. It flows out of an embedded educational culture. Is it a democracy that we have within the public school special education system in America? Constant meetings, managing paraprofessionals and all the duties that come along with that all rob time and freedom for the Special Educator to lead in ways only a teacher thinks of . All educators know the value of balancing and sustaining motivation levels, picking their battles, rallying the students and keeping things fun and engaging. But oft times, burnout is common for Special Educators who can maybe hope to achieve a 6 digit income after 20 years teaching 'within the system.' Burnout is not so common when you love what you d...