Hello friends
I know it has been awhile since my last blog. I want to apologize and then proceed to
explain to you where this journey has taken me in the last several months since
the last blog posting.
That I have immersed myself in these topics. I am now on a journey to learning many new
things about the world of education, those who work in it, the parents who have
to put up with good public school systems (if there is such a thing) and not so
well managed systems (that can create so many barriers for many).
ABA or Applied Behavior Analysis and the it wonders as they
related to Behaviors
I took a course in this area, as I became interested in it
after planning, organization and starting from the ground up a behavior program
and eventually classroom for students whose behaviors impeded their abilities
to learn in a general education setting and required much more structure and
attention to details. After a few
months of research, I mediation meeting, 3 trainings, working collaboratively
with Courtney from Boys Town, an amazing maintenance department an 1 super
accommodating life-skills teacher and half a portable space later we opened the
doors to this classroom and served 6 students right off beginning of the 2017
school year.
In addition to this task burdened upon me, I worked
diligently to create and research the ideal job descriptions. All in order to
hire the needed appropriate and qualified staff. I would like to say that
finding someone board certified in Behavior analysis or applied behavior
analysis is not as easy at it seems, so I became RBT Certified along with two
others on my team and we hired all the necessary staff and trained everyone is
safety the points program and beyond.
Then the tough part came, creating a process to evaluate and qualify
students for such a program. Needless to
say, after researching all the laws and speaking to various districts with
similar programs we dotted all our I’s and we crossed all out t’s. By the time June rolled around I was faced
with some tough decisions as not many understood nor took the time to
understand the purpose in which the program was created for I decided I needed
to leave this job and pass the torch to someone else.
Project on Reading
This is still in the works I’m researching best practices
and 360 that will give teachers and students the tools they need to be able to
explore the literary world for all the wonderful things it contains and yet do
so in a way that is unique and also original.
I refuse to be a copycat. More to
come on this.
Directorship:
I have to say that after two years of this type of role as a
director I feel that you still have your hands tied, I haven’t found that boss
yet who will run with my crazy ideas so that we can transform and or shake up
education for the sake of our children, after all, aren’t they the ones who
will have to live with the decisions we are making today? So, I decided I needed to take a year off
from this political arena and lay low until I reorganize my purpose in this
field or get out of it all together and pursue what I accomplished with my
other degrees.
This Blog Spot:
Stay tuned some amazing things will be happening to this
site from videos, to free downloadable resources and more.
Your friend,
Principal V
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