Amara Spere joined the Skyline faculty this year as a new Special Education teacher. She joined because Skyline Special Education teacher Julia O’Driscoll retired last year. She started teaching in August 2018, and she loves having good relationships with students, and watching them learn and grow is a joy to her.
Her position as a Special Education teacher was unexpected to her. She said “I actually was an elementary Gen Ed teacher. I left teaching for a year.” Despite the fact that she was a General Education teacher, she said, “I started helping kids more one on one. I have done it for the last year and a half, and it’s been great!”
She chose Skyline because, she said, “Skyline is the best school in Utah.” She loves it, and it is her favorite place to teach so far. She has also been a new favorite between students, as one said, “She really knows how to teach; she knows exactly how to help in certain situations, so she really is a good teacher.”
The students also like her class because people get help when they need it, and Spere also handles disruptive behavior very well.
She said, “I try to find out why the student is being disruptive and to meet them where they’re at and help them with what they need. Most of the time I’m able to help them or remind them to get on task if needed.”
One thing she could do differently, according to one student, is “nothing. She is doing great and a great job right now.”
