Teach Effectively!

Tristan Schweiger of Daily Times via delmarvanow.com:

SALISBURY — It was a teacher’s aide who happened to be working one-on-one with an autistic child who first alerted Art Federspill to the fact that his youngest daughter is autistic.

That child is currently a special education student at Wicomico Middle School, and Federspill was one of several parents who spoke at a Wicomico County Board of Education public hearing Tuesday night to advocate for better programs for children with special needs. The board is currently debating how to allocate its Fiscal Year 2005-2006 budget.

“The training of teachers and aides is so very, very important,” Federspill told board members.

The Wicomico County Council added $800K to the school budget. Any bets on whether, say, 10% of that will go to staff development on using effective practices?

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