Escambia+Planning



Judy's letter to KE As of right now, Escambia County has scheduled two days (August 13 & 14) for you to train approx. 50 teachers that will be receiving the Me to We, extended lessons, & STFLS in the fall. The teachers are K-12, self-contained ESE teachers that are somewhat scattered within the district at various schools. About 25 of them are from Escambia Westgate School which is a center school with a similar population to MKL. I'm sure that number probably includes some therapists as well. Escambia teachers only have 4 days of preschool and only 2 can be training days. So, that leaves one day (August 15) open that we have you tentatively scheduled for, but can't use in Escambia specifically for literacy training. Okaloosa County has also made a significant purchase of materials for Silver Sands School, which is their center school. Rena and I are trying to figure out how to best support them with training, but we realize that it can't be done in one day. We met earlier this week to brainstorm about options for your third day and for future training options for Okaloosa. Right now, I think the consensus is to have you provide a general overview of literacy for this population of students; what the research is saying about teaching literacy; assessing these students; and what literacy instruction for this population consists of generally speaking. This would possibly be open to other districts in Region 1. What are your thoughts on this? We also need to address training in Okaloosa for their materials. The principal at Silver Sands is wonderful and has a great vision for the school. I really want to do everything I can to support her and her teachers. She had originally wanted you to do the training, but I did my best to explain that you were not going to be traveling as much in the Fall (per Rena) and that your team was equally qualified to provide the training. Would Peggy or Gretchen be available in August or early September?