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It Takes A Team The bell rings and Jillian is not quite certain where her book bag should go. She turns to the little girl standing next to her and pats her shoulder and points, but the little girl is uncertain of why she was tapped and walks away only after a few seconds of asking Jillian, “What?” “Do you want something?” Jillian doesn’t speak, she signs the word “help” but no one around her, including Ms. Allan, the second grade teacher understands or recognizes the gesture. In frustration, Jillian drops her book bag and sits in the first chair closest to the cubbies and screams loudly in a humming tone. All eyes turn to her, silence envelopes the room… |
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| Budget Cuts
Force Teachers to Act as Nurses The Associated Press July 16, 2008 During the past two school years, teacher Julia Keyse had to enforce an unusual rule in her kindergarten and first-grade classroom: No interrupting while she pricked Caylee's finger to check her blood sugar and adjusted her insulin pump. " They were so good. They would just sit and wait," Keyse said of her class at Etowah Elementary School in Henderson County, N.C. It's a task Keyse never imagined when she became a teacher, but medical duties have become a part of the job for educators across the country as schools cut nursing staff or require nurses to work at multiple locations. The change comes at a time when more students are dealing with serious medical conditions, such as severe allergies, asthma and diabetes. It's a change that's unsettling for teachers, school nurses and parents. Read more... |
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| New Microphones
Are Bringing Crystal-Clear Changes By Jay Mathews Washington Post Staff Writer Monday, March 31, 2008; B02 The little black devices, the shape and size of small cellphones, have begun to appear in hundreds of Washington area classrooms. Hanging from the necks of elementary school teachers in Alexandria and kindergarten and first-grade teachers in Prince George's County, they might herald the most significant change in classroom technology since the computer, some predict. They are infrared microphones, designed to raise the volume and clarity of teachers' voices above the distracting buzz of competing noises -- the hum of fluorescent lights, the rattle of air conditioning, the whispers of children and the reverberations of those sounds bouncing off concrete walls and uncarpeted floors. Read more... |
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| Eureka
Elementary School District Eureka, California Eureka, California is a mid-sized community outside of the state capitol, Sacramento. Assistant Superintendent, Rick Schrichfield, of the Eureka Elementary School District was concerned about the shortage and turnover among the district special education professionals, including speech-language pathologists, occupational therapists, school psychologists, and special education teachers. He proposed to the district superintendent and board of education that the district offer a stipend to attract and retain special education personnel. Read more... |
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