Mr. Pankonien My name in Ken Pankonien. I have been teaching for fifteen years- the past five at Ramsey Junior High in special education. Previous to teaching in St Paul I taught for one year  at a setting 4 EBD facility at Rosemount ISD. Before that I taught high school mathematics for ten years in Temple, Texas. I grew up in the Philadelphia area received a psychology degree  at Temple University, relocated to Minnesota to study mathematics education (among other things) at the University of Minnesota and Augsburg. After ten years of teaching in Texas I returned to Minnesota to get a Master's in Special Ed at Bethel College. The purpose of 3R instruction is to enable students to succeed in regular education classes. With that end in mind we focus on assisting with assignment completion and promoting behaviors that help students stay in the mainstream as much as possible. Any additional time is spent in mathematics, reading and written language instruction oriented to state assessments.