The Administrator....

This week I had the opportunity to complete an evaluation in an unnamed school district. The administrator gets my "hall of shame" vote for this week. She requested that I e-mail her the report prior to the meeting; so that she could review it with her "team". I--being a professional--assumed that meant the team that WORKED WITH THE CHILD! But when I arrived at the IEP meeting, I found that neither the special education teacher, the regular ed teacher, the speech therapist or occupational therapist had received a copy! Just what team did she review this report with???
Needless to say, I immediately passed out copies to the team members. I had e-mailed the parents a copy prior to the meeting, because I was sure this administrator would not bother to send them a copy. I can understand why parents get frustrated! YOWEE!

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[Roia]

Teams can be horrifying. I sat in a team meeting this past week (where my client was not sitting- even though he is an adult), and I listened to person after person say this man has no interest in relating to people. Five minutes after the team meeting I went to let him know our schedule was going to be temporarily changed this week, and he leaped up to leave with me- clearly, not the actions of a man who has no interest in socialization. Sigh.