Wednesday, August 3, 2011

Special Education Openings in Medford

We have an opening for an elementary special education teaching positio.  Applicants are being accepted until this Friday with interviews scheduled next week.  We have received 2 applicants so far. We hope to hire our middle school sped teacher from this pool of candidates as well.

Rebecca Gauthier

We have received a letter of resignation from our Grade 6 Special Education Teacher Rebecca Gauthier.  Her husband has been hired as a teacher in the Denmark School District and they will be moving to that area.  I anticipate this position will be posted within the week. We wish Rebecca the best in her future. She was an excellent special education teacher for us.

RTI Website in Medford

 
RTI Website
DPI School Psychologist Consultant Kathryn Bush has indicated that Medford School District has one of the most advanced RTI websites in the State of Wisconsin.  The link is found here: https://sites.google.com/a/medford.k12.wi.us/intervention/home

Monday, August 1, 2011

Weyerhauser Grant Foundation


I have applied for a $5,000 Weyerhauser Grant to help support on site training and employability skills development for students with disabilities and those at risk through our Alternative High School program.

Child Development Day for 2012


We will be holding this day earlier then in past years.  Thursday February 23, 2012 will be the date.  This is our annual child development day find and screening.

RTI Website for Medford Recognition

DPI School Psychologist Consultant Kathryn Bush has indicated that Medford School District has one of the most advanced RTI websites in the State of Wisconsin.  The link is found here: https://sites.google.com/a/medford.k12.wi.us/intervention/home

Special Education Trainings for August 2-10

Special Education Trainings       Date                 Time                             Location
Kurzweil                                   August 2           8:00 to 12:00                MASH
Dragon Naturally Speaking       August 2           12:30 to 2:30                MASH
VMath Live                              August 3           9:00 to 11:00                MAMS
PECS                                       August 3           12:00 to 2:00                MAES Media Room
Advanced PECS (for P.A.)      August 3           2:00 to 4:00                  MAES Media Room
TEACCH                                 August 4           9:00 to 1:00                  District Office
Boardmaker                             August 4           1:00 to 5:00                  MAES
iPad Curriculum                        August 5           8:00 to 12:00                District Office
Read Write Gold                      August 10         12:00 to 4:00                MAMS