Happy Friday Everyone!
As promised from last week here is a little update on our newly formed Teacher Advisory work group:
We met on September 16th and discussed plans for the upcoming professional development days especially for October 18th. The elementary teachers will not be meeting in a student support group but rather meet with their individual building teams. The middle school and high school teachers will be meeting in the Upper Commons of the high school to hear the updates and information on transition plans for students.
The advisory group will be expanding to include a high school representative. Special invitations have been sent!:-)
What is there a new "count day"? Please note that October 1st is the official count for all students enrolled in the district. Some people call this the general education count day...however our students need to be sure they are on that count as well. If you could just make sure all students on your roster are on the Power School database we are good to go...that will make our district enrollment accurate from the land of Student Services!:-)
Please enjoy a safe and refreshing upcoming weekend!
Take care,
Julie
Friday, September 24, 2010
Thursday, September 16, 2010
Elementary Co-Teaching and Parent Advisory
Hello!
I am excited to let you know about a couple of great opportunities for the elementary student support service teachers to learn more about co-teaching strategies and programming within the Linn Mar community! Carrie Manternach and Leisa Breitfielder have gathered information and also had an opportunity to observe an elementary school setting that has been doing co-teaching for a number of years. Carrie and Leisa would love to show anyone interested the key components of how to set up co-teaching models, schedule, and a possible implementation plan. There are two dates set for you to get more information. Please feel free to attend and bring along a general education teacher that might be interested as well! The times and dates are to accommodate both our buildings with different start times:
October 20th at Novak 3:00p.m.
October 21st at Echo Hill 7:45 a.m.
Please feel free to contact Carrie or Leisa with any questions that may arise!
Our first parent advisory group will be sending out invitations to Linn Mar staff and parents that have volunteer to serve on this advisory group. We will be notifying individuals via email/phone calls and have a meeting near the end of October. Watch for updates and information on our gatherings!
Next week: More information on the newly formed teacher advisory group!
Have a great rest of the week and even better weekend!
Julie
I am excited to let you know about a couple of great opportunities for the elementary student support service teachers to learn more about co-teaching strategies and programming within the Linn Mar community! Carrie Manternach and Leisa Breitfielder have gathered information and also had an opportunity to observe an elementary school setting that has been doing co-teaching for a number of years. Carrie and Leisa would love to show anyone interested the key components of how to set up co-teaching models, schedule, and a possible implementation plan. There are two dates set for you to get more information. Please feel free to attend and bring along a general education teacher that might be interested as well! The times and dates are to accommodate both our buildings with different start times:
October 20th at Novak 3:00p.m.
October 21st at Echo Hill 7:45 a.m.
Please feel free to contact Carrie or Leisa with any questions that may arise!
Our first parent advisory group will be sending out invitations to Linn Mar staff and parents that have volunteer to serve on this advisory group. We will be notifying individuals via email/phone calls and have a meeting near the end of October. Watch for updates and information on our gatherings!
Next week: More information on the newly formed teacher advisory group!
Have a great rest of the week and even better weekend!
Julie
Thursday, September 9, 2010
Field Trip Information
Hello All!
Kim Meyers asked a great question about field trips. At this time the Linn Mar district will continue with the practice that was implemented last Spring. Fieldtrips will be approved for competition purposes. In Student Services land this means Special Olympics events will continue to be funded. If any of you had other community activities that were a part of a student's IEP and was funded last Spring the same will occur this Fall. The good news is that this practice will be reviewed in January to determine if the same parameters will continue to be followed or if changes can occur.
Hope everyone had an enjoyable three day weekend last week...and it's already Friday tomorrow!:-)
Take Care,
Julie
Kim Meyers asked a great question about field trips. At this time the Linn Mar district will continue with the practice that was implemented last Spring. Fieldtrips will be approved for competition purposes. In Student Services land this means Special Olympics events will continue to be funded. If any of you had other community activities that were a part of a student's IEP and was funded last Spring the same will occur this Fall. The good news is that this practice will be reviewed in January to determine if the same parameters will continue to be followed or if changes can occur.
Hope everyone had an enjoyable three day weekend last week...and it's already Friday tomorrow!:-)
Take Care,
Julie
Friday, September 3, 2010
New School Year!
Hello All Student Support Teachers!
Woo Hoo! We have a three day weekend coming up and more than two weeks of school under our belts! I have had the opportunity to walk through all buildings within these last two weeks and have seen exciting programming going on for students. Thank you to all of you for your professionalism and support to students and families in the Linn Mar district!
I will be posting various 'newsy' items to this blog through out the school year with scheduled updates happening at the minimum of 2 times a month. (My goal would be for once a week, however as we all know sometimes other 'goals' might get in the way!:-)
May you all enjoy this three day weekend and I look forward to working with you all during this school year.
Take Care,
Julie
Woo Hoo! We have a three day weekend coming up and more than two weeks of school under our belts! I have had the opportunity to walk through all buildings within these last two weeks and have seen exciting programming going on for students. Thank you to all of you for your professionalism and support to students and families in the Linn Mar district!
I will be posting various 'newsy' items to this blog through out the school year with scheduled updates happening at the minimum of 2 times a month. (My goal would be for once a week, however as we all know sometimes other 'goals' might get in the way!:-)
May you all enjoy this three day weekend and I look forward to working with you all during this school year.
Take Care,
Julie
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