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It is our mission at Cook County Schools to empower and inspire all learners!
Hey Tammy Walker, you got a shoutout from Shelli Phillips!
"Tammy works tirelessly to be sure her students' accommodations are met, and that they truly understand what is being taught. She is proactive during planning to make sure that ALL CHS students are learning and being challenged, and she goes above and beyond what is expected. "
In the spotlight:
In the spotlight:
Hey Connie Smith, you got a shoutout from Jessie Russell and Jeanne Dixon!
"Connie Smith loves coteaching with Sabrina Lindsay and Mary Ellen Calhoun! They came up with an awesome idea: Students wear "Retelling Gloves" to help them remember the five important things they should include when retelling a story! "
"You are a ray of sunshine and a blessing to your students and work family! "
Hey Emily Philpot, you got a shoutout from Jayla Jackson!
"Ms. Philpot ALWAYS goes above and beyond for her students. She finds ways to make learning fun and engaging for her students, especially when they are having difficulty mastering a standard."
Hey CPS, Jeanne Dixon loves all ya'll!
Lindy Browning and Gwyn Thornton - "Thank you for being flexible, organized, and ready for anything! "
Kelly Faulkner - "You meet your students where they are at and give them what they need! "
Mychal Riley Marlette - "You are patient, loving, and hardworking. Thank you for all you do at CPS!"
Jessica Daly - "Thank you for working beautifully with your co-teachers! "
Haley Pennington - "You are patient, flexible, and consistent with your students. Thank you for giving them what they need! "
Donna Hough - "You have a tough job and you work with your paraprofessionals to consistently meet the needs of your students. Thank you! "
Tracy Boyd - "You love your students and you set high expectations for them. They are successful because of you! "
Torie Brisk, Kali Bennett, Trisha Williams, Danette Harris, Pat Woods, Trisha Rowan, Kayla Hardy, Grace Massey, Shirley Pinkney, Anika Bergman, Mrs. Patterson, Tracie Flowers, Pam Birdine, and Whitney Tomlinson - "We could not function without your support! Thank you for supporting our teachers and students. You are an integral part of our students' success! "
Mrs. Leslie McElrath
SPED Director
A Message from McElrath:
Co-Teaching. That word gets thrown around so much in education. What is it and how do we do it? I get this question a lot. There are so many ways to answer this question. The real question is “How do we do it WELL?”. And what I mean by well is the BEST, the ELITE. Now, this question only has one answer: Top notch practices and caring relationships. As we improve our compliance practices and daily operations in special education, we are able to shift our efforts and focus to what really matters: instruction. Co-Teaching is the model by which we deliver specially designed instruction to the majority of our students receiving special education. Before COVID, we started our journey with improving Co-Teaching practices. Now it’s time to pick up where we left off. I’m excited to see where we go from here!
Discussions with Dr. Holley:
Basic Psychological Processes:
Attending: Attending difficulties arise from the inability to filter out extraneous information in order to focus and maintain attention to the task at hand.
Organization: Organizational difficulties are seen as the inability to internally structure for the purpose of planning, monitoring, and evaluating information.
Discrimination/Perception: Difficulties in discrimination/perception are seen as the inability to interpret, organize, analyze or synthesize information in the absence of sensory impairment.
Sequencing: To arrange information in sequential or serial order.
Memory: Memory difficulties are seen as the inability to store and recall information.
Conceptualization/Reasoning: The ability to comprehend, infer and think in rational and orderly ways.
Dr. Courtney Holley
Psychologist
SPED Specialists Nuggets of Knowledge
SPED Specialists Nuggets of Knowledge
Related Services
Related services help children with disabilities benefit from their special education by providing extra help and support in needed areas.
It is the IEP team’s responsibility to review all of the evaluation information, to identify any related services the child needs, and to include them in the IEP. Goals can be written for a related service just as they are for other special education services. The IEP must also specify with respect to each service:
when the service will begin;
how often it will be provided and for what amount of time:
where it will be provided.
Next Month: Spotlight on our related service providers!
Re-Telling Gloves!
Re-Telling Gloves!
Co-Teacher Connie Smith with 2nd grade teachers Sabrina Lindsey and Mary Ellen Calhoun
Co-Teacher Connie Smith with 2nd grade teachers Sabrina Lindsey and Mary Ellen Calhoun
Fall Festival Fun!
Jacki Swanson's class enjoying the Fall Festival @ CHS
GA DOE Teacher Tools November 2021
GA DOE Teacher Tools November 2021
Click on the link below to check out the monthly newsletter from the GA Department of Education. This newsletter is designed for teachers of students with disabilities.
Click on the link below to check out the monthly newsletter from the GA Department of Education. This newsletter is designed for teachers of students with disabilities.
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