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Monday, November 10, 2008
Open Mic #2
I was assigned an SST/RTI student to mentor this year. This student is in my class for two periods of the day. He is a senior and is ahead academically. He only has two academic classes and the rest electives. Pretty sweet schedule I'd say. I collaborated with his teachers, filled out the paperwork, and prepared for our first meeting with his parents. When I called to introduce myself and schedule the first meeting, his mother didn't know what SST/RTI was and didn't think her child should be in the program. (Awesome!) I proceded to then go to the RTI coordinator and see if he should even be in the program because of his academic success. She looked up his schedule and grades and stated "I don't know why he was even on the master list, he seems to be doing fine." (Sweet!) What good news! I just got out of several hours of meetings and paperwork which lasts the rest of the school year... See guys, sometimes it does work out!
Hi, Brandon - that really was sweet, as you say, and good for you for your involvement as you improved school experiences for that student as well as yourself. Many times they do fall through the cracks but you caught this one and this should help you be on the lookout for future questionable situations.
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By the way, what is SST/RTI? I think the initials have changed since I was in the classroom.
I currently am mentoring 3 RTI's. Of which none are my students. The paperwork is not to bad, but contacting and scheduling everyone is a challenge. I have set up and finished all three with one being turned into SST. Although time consuming, I see the process as a good one. I felt that we should be given students we currently have. But in assigning another teacher we have no chance of one slipping through the cracks. We have to track and meet with the student once a week. Tracking grades is no longer a problem with Infinate Campus up and running. In the sessions I have learned more about the processes than I have learned in all the parent teacher conferences combined. It is another task to be done, but one worthy of our time. KenB
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