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About the Teacher
About the Teacher
CONTACT INFO: Please contact me by phone call, text, or email: 512-464-6417 or 512-809-7720; madeleine_williams@roundrockisd.org.
TUTORIALS: I am available to meet with students and parents before and after school and during my conference/planning time, 1st period (9-10:20 "A" days) and 5th period (9-10:20 "B" days).
EDUCATION: Teacher Certification, State Board of Educator Certification through Region 13 ECP, 2012; (EC-12); M.A. Rhetoric, University of California, Berkeley; B.A. English, University of Illinois, Chicago.
CERTIFICATIONS: Special Education (EC-12), English Language Arts and Reading (8-12), English as a Second Language (EC-12), Social Studies (8-12), Pedagogy and Professional Responsibilities.
About the Functional Learning Classroom
About the Functional Learning Classroom
When I started teaching at McNeil in 2012, the FLC team adopted the four principles of the “FISH! Philosophy”: Be there. Play. Choose your attitude. Make their day. This is a simple idea, one that continues to inform our classroom practice to this day. FISH!
Students
Students
It turns out that the true practitioners of the FISH! Philosophy are our students. Be there: Our students are gifted, and, as one parent observed, “Their greatest gift is their presence.” Play: Our students’ work is largely… play—exploring the world through the senses and engaging in cause-and-effect activities. Choose your attitude: Our students truly put the FUN in functional learning! Make their day: Our students make our day, every day.
Team
Team
Our students are served by Madeleine Williams, paraeducators Diana Martinez and Winter Ezell, and nurse Gale Brown (District SpEd Nurse).
Related-Service Providers
Related-Service Providers
Our students are also served by dedicated related-service providers, including Caitlynd Pritchard and Maddie Zamora (Adapted P.E. teachers), Rebecca Faulkner (music therapist), Gillian Mattinson (occupational therapist), Jill Prescott (physical therapist), Toni Clark (PT assistant), Anjea Ray (speech-language pathologist), Cynthia Urban (teacher of the visually impaired), and Ashlynn Peterson (orientation and mobility specialist).
Instruction
Instruction
The Functional Learning Class focuses on
active learning
sensory-motor activities
cause-and-effect development
choice making
fine- and gross-motor development
participation in pre-vocational/vocational skill activities
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