If you've been following my blog for awhile now, you may remember that in May I wrote a blog about my daughter, Kassie, about to graduate from high school (sniff, sniff). Well, she did. Kassie welcoming her fellow classmates and families to the graduation ceremony. Time … [Read more...]
Assessing and Progress Monitoring Sight Words
One of the many benefits of my job is that I have the opportunity to travel to many different elementary buildings. I know you may be sitting there thinking, "I'd hate that", but it's actually tons of fun. Each building has it's own unique personality so every day of the … [Read more...]
Response to Intervention: 8 Core Principles
This coming school year will be our 9th year of our Response to Intervention (RtI) initiative. Honestly, the years have passed so quickly and it’s hard for me to remember how we used to function before RtI. Not that everything is perfect now by any means, but RtI has become such … [Read more...]
Response to Intervention: A Lesson From Our Orthodontist
My three children are now 18, 17 and 15. When Response to Intervention (RtI) was first introduced in our districts around 8 years ago, I was spending just about the same amount of time in the Orthodontist's office as I was on the soccer fields. As our family … [Read more...]