Gmail - Fwd: Coffee Today lof3 Email 15 GM ll Fwd: Coffee Today 0 Mon, Mar 30, 2015 at 3:23 PM - -- Forwarded message -- Date: e, ar at Subject: Re: Coffee Today Toz?> Hi- re-read your response about ground talk and I wanted to reassure you that nobody has talked about any of that this week. That article made things resurface last week. But everyone's minds are on PARCC. I mostly look forward to talking this all out so that you guys are able to work wit!- and next year to make sure that STA is set up for success. Maybe it can aid, not in a "gotcha!" but in a ?rst draft of growth goals for RTI and Sped next year. Knowing that things are being corrected this Spring, it could outline how to help the Summer and Fall (BOY) run smoothly between Sped teachers/Coordinator, principals, and CMO without miscommunication. I think it could be good for everyone to frame it that way, instead of a trial. Let me know if you'd like to see any ideas beforehand. I hope to be solutions oriented right with you. It's what's best for kids. Thanks! On Tue, Mar 10, 2015 at 9:08 PM, wrote: Absolutely. Thanks so much, We'll all be moving forward in the meantime. Talk to you soon! On Tue, Mar 10, 2015 at 6:55 PM wrote: Thanks I appreciate you being so open to talk. I am a big believer that addressing things head on is best for any organization which in turn will be best for kids. Lots of back ground talk about preceived issues can create an unhealthy adult environment which is not good for kids. My goal is to ?gure out exactly what happened here and make the proper adjustments to systems and consequences for anyone deserving them. Looking forward to clearing all of this up after the ?rst part of PARCC.- On Mar 10, 2015 4:54 PM, wrote: Thank you for meeting with me and hearing some of this out today. I appreciate your faith in me as an educator and a leader throughout my journey with Renew. I've been given a lot of valuable and innovative opportunities with the organization and I am grateful to have grown so much. I apologize if I was inarticulate about everything that happened this year. I think I was a little caught off guard about bringing it all up in that moment. There are more clear and detailed points I've written out and shared with earlier last month. only submitted those instances that have substantial digital proof of ort ose that involve the same story from several people. I also want to reiterate that 11/11/15, 12:31 PM Gmail - Fwd: Coffee Today Email 15 cont'd do not blame- at all.- did what. was asked to make it work. The simplest way to put it is this: This year at SciTech, there was an overwhelming deemphasis of meaningful intervention and quality special education- except when it came to paperwork and funding. In many cases, students' most signi?cant needs were knowingly sacri?ced (with time, differentiated instruction, and allocation of funding and human resources) for the bene?t of the whole group. There has also been a culture of fear and loyalty that you brought up that discourages people from speaking up. That is not to discount SciTech's success with a large number of its students, but it is too signi?cant to excuse. I think that if there are STA teachers coming to me worried that we could be the next story, we ought to be as well. I, too, am worried; not for myself, but for the students and the city. This is not the Renew way, but unfortunately, it became the SciTech way. And I'm glad to hear that you are all taking measures to end that. I would like you to know again that I am grateful to Renew and the brave vision you have set forth. Also, that I could have stayed at SciTech next year, and would have stayed if things turned out differently. There is understandably no place for me on team now. I will continue to love and look out for these kids and our teaching team. Honestly, it has been disappointing to be job hunting right now, even if the prospects are incredibly positive. However, I believe it is best for me to get a fresh start. I look forward to meeting after PARCC to face many of these points head on. I'll bring notes so that I do not get side-tracked or forget things that could create more miscommunication or require further meetings. In the meantime, I'll continue working with an. to help make strides towards all kids receiving services. I will also work with - and to document ideas for next years supervision and restructuring of SpEd, 504s, and RTI to prevent this from happening again. I'm committed to doing this. For instance, it would be great if part of the_ role would be to check in weekly with coordinators and ensure that individual growth areas are gaining traction. Occasionally, they could spot check with teachers to see how things are going from another view. This could expand the capacity of this as well as open communications between coordinators and the organization's leaders. Just a suggestion, as you hunt for this person. Not only as a watchdog for prevention, but also as a true support and thought partner. Thank you again for today. I know you're very busy and it was nice to get some time to talk. Have a great week. Take care, 20f3 PM Gmail Fwd: Coffee Today Email 15 cont'd 30f3 PM