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| Changes for the 2002-03
School Year.
District Special Education/Student Services State Special Education/Resources |
Welcome to the 2004-2005 School Year.This
year at Westlake Middle School the Special Education Department will have
a new look about it as your child walks into their classrooms in the
2002-03 school year. Following
a yearlong analysis of the department, we are implementing several
important and significant changes. The
rationale behind the changes is to make sure that our Special Education
students are achieving an average year’s growth as defined by the school
district.
Our efforts will be focusing on an inclusionary model that will
enhance the role of the Special Education teacher in the regular education
classroom. Instead of the
Special Education student receiving instruction in the regular education
classroom and then help or remediation in the Resource Room or Special
Education classroom, we will be offering Special Education services within
the general education classroom itself.
In cooperation with the regular classroom teacher, our Special
Education staff will be providing services within that very classroom at
the time the student is there. It
is our goal to make sure that a Special Education Teacher or
Para-professional is there at the time when the assignment is given in
order to facilitate the lesson, modifications, and completion of the
assignment or lesson.
If you have questions or concerns about the impending changes,
please make sure that you contact your child’s Special Education
Teacher, or Jodie Krayenhagen, Assistant Principal in charge of Student
Services. As always we ask
that you maintain regular contact with your Special Education provider
during the course of the year. We
are looking for the best educational experience and growth opportunity for
your child next year and in the years to come. Special Education StaffThis year seven returning staff members and two new staff members will be part of our Special Education Staff. Click on their name to send them an email. Please visit our Staff List/Phone Page to obtain phone #'s. Mrs. Jessica Walker will be returning to the Resource Department this year. Ms. Kristy Klein will also be returning to the Special Education Department as Resource Teacher and provider of the successful Language! Program. In addition she will be serving as department chairperson. Mrs. Sharon Tyll will be joining the staff as our instructor in charge of affective needs students. Katherine Dannen will be providing mental health services as our building psychologist. Ms. Tammy Piz is returning to the department as our building social worker. Mrs. Lisa Tisher will, once again, serve as the teacher in charge of our wonderful Significant Support Needs Program (formerly REACH). To find out more information about the Significant Support Needs Program (SSN), please click here. Mrs. Nancy Blanford coordinates services for our D.H.H. (Deaf and Hard of Hearing) Program. Ms. Donna Goertz will be returning to our D.H.H. Program. She will be full-time this year. Ms. Teresa Zebrowski will be joining the staff full time this year, providing services in Speech/Language as well as an additional section of the Language program.
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