[Pibe-division] Rewriting the book

[Carlton Anne Cook Walker]

Kristin,

I wish this were the case.  Currently, even though she doesn't know every
contraction, all of Anna Catherine's books are fully contracted.  (I support
and actually pushed for this last year.  As a result, she has really
advanced in her contraction knowledge -- using about 80% of them with
proficiency now.)

Thus, even though there might have been a reason to do this for a child
using uncontracted or "partially contracted" braille, that is not the case
here.


So, can I assume that the teacher simply did not bother looking for the book
in BookShare.  Thus, it appears that she spent one week of her time, spent
one week of the aide's time, and kept Anna Catherine from having the entire
book for 6 days longer than her classmates (for an assignment that needed to
be completed in 7 days) for no good reason.


We have an IEP meeting on Friday, and I want to know if I will have egg on
my face by bringing up this matter?  I don't want to embarrass the TVI, but
she has the administration wrapped around her little finger regarding "all
the time" she spends on preparing materials for Anna Catherine.  While I
don't doubt that she's spending this time, it appears that the time is being
spent foolishly.  It seems she is working hard rather than working
intelligently.

If there was no good reason for all of these extra hours to be spent -- and
for withholding the entire text from my daughter until the assignment was
almost over -- I want to say so at the IEP meeting.  It appears to me that
Anna Catherine is suffering as a result of the TVI's lack of
skills/knowledge.  Something has to give.




Carlton

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Carlton Anne Cook Walker
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McConnellsburg, PA    17233
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