Best part of the day...
Watching a cat fight take place about lunch duty happen through email.. Now that's entertainment.
Wednesday, January 27, 2016
Thursday, January 21, 2016
Parent Concerns
Spoke with a parent through email last week about testing her son for Special Education. She openly said that she has been ignoring and denying the fact that her son may be on the autism spectrum for many years and that it is time to finally admit it and get her son the help that he needs. This is a parent who approached me after speaking with the teachers and I just hadn't called her yet. Worked out kind of nicely because well having the conversation about autism is never easy, especially in high school.
So I sent home the permission for testing (yes special education testing) and a developmental history for parent to fill out.
One of the questions on the developmental history asks what the parents concerns are. These are hers:
1. Teachers aren't required to understand child development.
2. Special Education labels are just cover ups masking the failures of the school system.
3. My son doesn't complete his work
4. My son doesn't pay attention
5. My son doesn't work up to his potential
I got nothing...
Now for my nose breaker student... yes the one that walked up hit a student so hard he sent the other student to the ER with his mother with a broken nose.
Found out today that I am expected to save said student from being expelled... cause I make those decisions (I do but I digress) and he is a good kid. Also the reason he broke the kids nose is because of me. Apparently I am not following his IEP. Well, when you kick him out of not one but two classes in a period and don't try to get a hold of me... Yeah I'm not a mind reader. I'm good but not that good.
Also found out that apparently a large group of people that I work with me don't like me because I'm hard to get along with and I don't do my job.
Whatever - come walk in my job for a day. I don't know that you would make it. Not that their job isn't hard but still.
So I sent home the permission for testing (yes special education testing) and a developmental history for parent to fill out.
One of the questions on the developmental history asks what the parents concerns are. These are hers:
1. Teachers aren't required to understand child development.
2. Special Education labels are just cover ups masking the failures of the school system.
3. My son doesn't complete his work
4. My son doesn't pay attention
5. My son doesn't work up to his potential
I got nothing...
Now for my nose breaker student... yes the one that walked up hit a student so hard he sent the other student to the ER with his mother with a broken nose.
Found out today that I am expected to save said student from being expelled... cause I make those decisions (I do but I digress) and he is a good kid. Also the reason he broke the kids nose is because of me. Apparently I am not following his IEP. Well, when you kick him out of not one but two classes in a period and don't try to get a hold of me... Yeah I'm not a mind reader. I'm good but not that good.
Also found out that apparently a large group of people that I work with me don't like me because I'm hard to get along with and I don't do my job.
Whatever - come walk in my job for a day. I don't know that you would make it. Not that their job isn't hard but still.
Wednesday, January 20, 2016
New Semester
We are partially through January which means we have started a new semester. The laughs keep on coming.
What we have seen so far:
Called a parent to follow up on child saying that he is moving. Parent phone went straight to voice mail with the message:
I am out of town, I can't be reached, my phone doesn't work, and I will get back to you when I am back in town. Good cause you know you don't have 2 kids in school.
Short weeks are always fun, they provide unique challenges. This week has been no different.
Friday we ended the week with a fight between two of my students. One willingly came out of the classroom after said fight, explaining why he was right. The other refused to leave the room saying he did nothing wrong at all....
Monday No School (it was recommended that I take my nephew to the children's museum because it is free. No thanks, I will pay admission - less crowds.
Tuesday -
One of my students felt the need to punch another student in the nose after the other student had flipped him the middle finger. Cause you know that's what we do. It was so bad that said student ended up in the ER with a bad broken nose (the worst one that our dean has ever seen)
Wednesday -
Snow hits at rush hour cause that is never ever a good start to the day...
2 hour delay
Honor's day is scheduled for the day. We continue on with Honor's day instead of moving it. K-5 does it in their rooms. Middle school does theirs in the gym cause you know that's fair.
Had a student (not mine) in tears in the office crying because another student balled up his paper and threw it away because he finished first. Despite they were competing to see who got done first.
What we have seen so far:
Called a parent to follow up on child saying that he is moving. Parent phone went straight to voice mail with the message:
I am out of town, I can't be reached, my phone doesn't work, and I will get back to you when I am back in town. Good cause you know you don't have 2 kids in school.
Short weeks are always fun, they provide unique challenges. This week has been no different.
Friday we ended the week with a fight between two of my students. One willingly came out of the classroom after said fight, explaining why he was right. The other refused to leave the room saying he did nothing wrong at all....
Monday No School (it was recommended that I take my nephew to the children's museum because it is free. No thanks, I will pay admission - less crowds.
Tuesday -
One of my students felt the need to punch another student in the nose after the other student had flipped him the middle finger. Cause you know that's what we do. It was so bad that said student ended up in the ER with a bad broken nose (the worst one that our dean has ever seen)
Wednesday -
Snow hits at rush hour cause that is never ever a good start to the day...
2 hour delay
Honor's day is scheduled for the day. We continue on with Honor's day instead of moving it. K-5 does it in their rooms. Middle school does theirs in the gym cause you know that's fair.
Had a student (not mine) in tears in the office crying because another student balled up his paper and threw it away because he finished first. Despite they were competing to see who got done first.
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