Today was my last day for the semester. I'm taking some time off for
medical issues. Everyone I work with has been so supportive. The CFY I work with is already at the school on Tuesdays and Thursdays and is working on Friday mornings. Four other co-workers are covering the rest of the days. I tear up at their generosity. They have all had to rearrange schedules, and they are willing to come in and work at a school and with students they're not familiar with.
The teachers at my school have been equally as wonderful. They have been willing to adjust schedule times as well as offering words of encouragement. And the diag I work with has been very helpful in answering questions and making sure everything is taken care of. I am so fortunate to work with a diag who believes all the kids are our kids and helps me out tremendously.
The last time I was out for any length of time was when my daughter was born, and she's 14 years old now! Times have changed along with workload requirements, but I didn't realize how much it would take to prepare! I have filled a notebook to the point that the cover is going up:
The sections are:Student Lists, ARDs (IEPs) and Re-evals, Schedule, Map, Sections for M/W, T/Th and Friday groups, RtI lists, Testing and Referral lists, and Upcoming ARDs. I have gone through it, but I know I haven't covered everything. I know the therapists can handle everything, but I want to give them a good foundation.
I also left them with a few fun things. First up, little buckets from Target that are great for games where students draw small cards:
Second, I added labels to my shoe holder of Super Duper decks. I've worked with the cards so long that I know them by sight:
Hard to see here, but the artic labels are b/p, ch/j, d and f/v.
Language decks are Auditory Memory, Irregular Plurals, Irregular Verbs, and Synonyms.
My hope is that the therapists have everything they need and easy access to what they need.