It seems every year, school districts seemingly change practices that leave school administration with their hands tied. In addition, school administrators require some many demands of teachers that eventually leave them burned out and just trying to stay afloat.
As the new RTI/SST Specialist, I have had my work cut out for me learning the everyday logistics of the position. Not only that, I have also had the joy of trying to clean up the SST Process at the school, as well as support teachers in completing the Progress Monitoring Data.
In the same breath, I understand how overwhelmed, frustrated and bogged down they feel, however, I can not give anyone a pass because, I too, am trying to keep a job.
I have exhausted my options to ensure this task is met. I have given suggestions on how and when to collect the data, how small group time is a great time to collect data, as well as how to enter the data and be done with it. I have sent personal emails and had face to face conversations with teachers about any support they may need or remind them to enter the data. I have even sent my AP an email to send the teachers an email to remind them of their duties and responsibilities. All was pointless.
Now I am stuck between a Rock and a Hard place... What to do?
Michael,
ReplyDeleteThis sounds all so familiar. This is a major issue at my school. Like most things, some teachers do not understand the importance of data! It isn't until they are trying to get a student out of their class because they are not performing well; they realize that nothing can be done without data. It's so embarrassing to sit around a table with parents and there is no proof of any data being collected to help their child. The sad part is, you can provide them as you have with everything and suggestions to collect data to no avail. It's like teachers want you to tell them how to do it and want you to collect the data for them as well. Just sorry! We had to get admin involved where this started going against their TKES and get letters in their file.
Have you done observations of their small group time and met to debrief afterward? That way you can see firsthand why the data collection isn't taking place at that time and discuss pointers together?
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