Tim's First Up-Date

Posted on August 28, 2005

Welcome to the Supportive Classroom Blog for the 2005/06 School Year. Pre-service programs for staff have begun and schools are getting ready to open. I heard from Mary Wood, the SCOPE Coordinator at Swanton Elementary School. A pre-service day with paraeducators was very productive and resulted in lots of ideas for improving services for students.

I attend the Williamstown Elementary School preservice Tuesday morning. We had a nice staff breakfast, welcomed each other in a fun way (of course) and shared our ideas for implementing the Supportive Classroom this year. I introduced the staff to this Blog and to Podcasting.

On Tuesday, I will travel to Winchester, MA to begin an inservice program with the staff of the Ambrose School in Winchester, MA. This will be the first of 4 days I will spend with them this year. I am really looking forward to working with this new site. One of the teachers, Anne Harrison, is an old friend that worked in Isle La Motte Elementary School when I taught the Supportive Classroom course in Grand Isle a couple of years ago. She has since moved to Winchester and is using the Supportive Classroom with her students. She has gotten everyone excited about the curriculum and the training so my hope is that I can live up to expectations!!

I will let you know how it went next week. Have a great start to the school year.