Getting work moving
on Kate in Guyana (Guyana), 13/Jan/2010 20:04, 34 days ago
Things are getting going at work.I have finished setting up my latest project which is about motivating teachers by finding and sharing good practice of inclusive methods, within special schools and between special schools. The idea is that this would help special school build up their good practice so that they can eventually become centres of good practice, and so could advise other schools. At the same time I am introducing the idea of a functional skills system which is about breaking down simple skills (like arrival at school) into a sequence of small steps where progress can be tracked with different levels of guidance/support. I hope some teachers will pilot this with a pupil in their class. Another idea is using P-Levels which is used for pupils with learning difficulties in the UK who are working below the National Curriculum level 1. Again I hope this can be piloted in a small way.I went to a school today to introduce these ideas and the head teacher is keen. So that is great.Today I also did a training for mainstream teachers at the school which has a unit for the blind. Five teachers came which was better than expected, plus most of the support staff from the unit. Three of the teachers want to have further support, so that gives me a way in to try to get some small changes in methodology towards including the blind child in the class more.Tomorrow and Friday I am off to Linden to do a similar training with staff in that mainstream primary school, also to do more support in the unit for the blind there. I won't be on a computer again for a few days.It is a good job that I like being busy!!!