Welcome to the CCS SPED Blog!
Welcome to the CCS SPED Blog!
It is our mission at Cook County Schools to empower and inspire all learners!
Anna Smith, Susan Griffin gave you a shoutout!
"Loves the kids and is very dedicated to them. has a pleasant attitude every morning when she comes in. Love it when she walks them around school to teach them different things, like everyday life....how to open doors, meet and greet people, the reason for different things.. "
Lindy Browning, Gwyn Thornton gave you a shoutout!
"Thank you for always including me and asking for my opinion. Also, for explaining my many questions especially all of the acronyms."
Mrs. Leslie McElrath
SPED Director
A Message from McElrath:
I came across something over the holidays that made me ponder a moment. It’s really easy to get caught up in all the busyness of life, for me anyway, so I really appreciated these words of advice from a farmer…
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1-4-2022
Special Education teachers across the district completed professional learning on AimsWeb. Aimsweb is a benchmark and progress monitoring system based on direct, frequent. and continuous student assessment using brief, accurate measures of reading, math, spelling, and writing.
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