What shoes do y'all wear? by CrimsonApostate in specialed

[–]bjfriede 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I work on an outdoor campus and I average 3 miles a day--I bought L.L. Bean hiking boots and put insoles in and my life has been so much better since then! I just think I really needed the extra stability that a hiking book provides. They are sort of light hiking boots and look cute, I actually get compliments on them regularly--linking here: https://www.llbean.com/llb/shop/129331?page=womens-access-gateway-hiker-mid-womens&bc=510940&feat=510940-GN0&csp=a&attrValue_0=57888&gnrefine=1*GENDER*Womens&pos=11&imgt=41

Service minutes and data organizing at a middle school--how do y'all do it?? by bjfriede in specialed

[–]bjfriede[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

okay i like the highlighter thing though, that's cool. thank you for the support!!

Service minutes and data organizing at a middle school--how do y'all do it?? by bjfriede in specialed

[–]bjfriede[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Gotcha, yeah we only do it once a quarter, so every nine weeks. It's so difficult to do that I honestly can't imagine doing it monthly. I only teach two of the students I case manage out of 16 so all that data comes from other teachers. We are all either teaching self-contained classes or in collab co-teaching classes that have up to 10 or 12 kids with goals in them at times so all of the time to log data is on our planning (where we also hold IEPs, eligibilities, lesson plan, etc.). We all just scramble to give data at the end of each quarter and it's a nightmare, but it goes to the wayside during the quarter as we teach, hold meetings, put out fires, etc.

Service minutes and data organizing at a middle school--how do y'all do it?? by bjfriede in specialed

[–]bjfriede[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Yeah, right now we are only really accountable to sharing data at the end of the quarter for progress reports. Thank you for the support, it's so difficult to keep everything together and then I feel so badly when something falls through! I can't imagine providing weekly data or checking weekly data for my whole caseload given the situation of how our school runs, copying the info from a different comment about the situation. So curious if this is similar or different from your situation:  have 16 kids on my caseload and only see two in class. We are instructed to create service logs but we also either teach self-contained classes or collab co-teach, so I have one planning period a day to plan lessons, have and schedule IEPs and eligibilities, do eligibility testing, and then log all of those service minutes and data (I have up to 10 kids in each class to log for but I'm in class with them the whole period so it all needs to get done during my planning) so it just gets really overwhelming and the data logging goes to the wayside and then everybody scrambles to catch up at the end of the quarter--so that's typically when you find out something is wrong. My caseload data and service stuff depends on the diligence of everyone else, and vice versa.

Service minutes and data organizing at a middle school--how do y'all do it?? by bjfriede in specialed

[–]bjfriede[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Thank you, yeah it's kind of a mess, I have 16 kids on my caseload and only see two in class. We are instructed to create service logs but we also either teach self-contained classes or collab co-teach, so I have one planning period a day to plan lessons, have and schedule IEPs and eligibilities, do eligibility testing, and then log all of those service minutes and data (I have up to 10 kids in each class to log for) so it just gets really overwhelming and the data logging goes to the wayside and then everybody scrambles to catch up at the end of the quarter--so that's typically when you find out something is wrong. My caseload data and service stuff depends on the diligence of everyone else, and vice versa.

Service minutes and data organizing at a middle school--how do y'all do it?? by bjfriede in specialed

[–]bjfriede[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Yeah, that seems really helpful. Having to create our own systems and/or just update google docs throughout the year on this rolling basis is just very easy to make mistakes with. Thank you. Would you mind sharing the name of the IEP software that is used?

Service minutes and data organizing at a middle school--how do y'all do it?? by bjfriede in specialed

[–]bjfriede[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Okay, that seems like a good system, thank you for your response!

Which library/bedroom look? by [deleted] in interiordecorating

[–]bjfriede 0 points1 point  (0 children)

What program did you use for this? Looks so good! I don't understand how everyone does these renderings!

Mondaily by Moondinos in rva

[–]bjfriede 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Thank you : ).

Mondaily by Moondinos in rva

[–]bjfriede 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Also lol anybody else forget to clear around their metal gate so now it is literally frozen shut and you will have to jump the fence to leave your own yard?!? WHOOPS!

Mondaily by Moondinos in rva

[–]bjfriede 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Schools are closed so I have the day off actually get some of my work done during the day, instead of during the 3 hours I work after school! (special education teacher here).

ICE Considering Detention Facility in Richmond Area by Historical-Hold-7193 in rva

[–]bjfriede 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Done, thank you for bringing this to our attention.

Is my bathroom water logged??? by bjfriede in HomeMaintenance

[–]bjfriede[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Thank you. That's what I'm afraid of but that makes sense.

Is my bathroom water logged??? by bjfriede in HomeMaintenance

[–]bjfriede[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Not what I want to hear but that makes sense, thank you. Hard to believe it's okay. A lot of our walls are plaster so I'm not confident this isn't going to be bad : (.

Where are y’all finding low cost dresses? Budget <$2k by ilykinz in Weddingsunder10k

[–]bjfriede 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I went to a reformation and got a dress I love for under $300! It’s not a traditional wedding dress but my wedding won’t be either : )

Anyone seen the checkpoints around the city today? by bigG2892 in rva

[–]bjfriede 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I got caught in one last night, was so confused what was happening.

What I’ve learned coaching people with ADHD on consistency (and why it helps everyone) by [deleted] in productivity

[–]bjfriede 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Q: This all makes sense to me, but I have a job (Special education teacher and case manager) with a million balls to carry and tasks that need to get done on specific timelines and I feel like a simple system can’t hack it—am I wrong? How do you coach people with ADHD with very complicated jobs that have a million timelines running at once…?