Special Education Team Leader
Roles and Responsibilities:
For more information regarding special education resources: contact the Maine Parent Federation or call (1-800-870-7746).
To connect to PCS Special Education Staff websites:
Jodi Barber http://iluvmykids.weebly.com
Special Education Teacher Grades K-3, Resource Room
* Summer activities * Educational iPad apps * Resources * Strategies * Referral process
* Math and reading suggestions for younger students
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Holly Toothaker http://pcsgrades3-6.weebly.com
Special Education Teacher, Grades 3-6, Resource Room
o Reading o Writing o Math
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Donald Drake http://lifeprogramatpcs.weebly.com
Special Education Teacher, Grades 4-8, LIFE Program
Classroom/Student activities in the LIFE program
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Tiffany Witherell http://pcsspeechlanguage.weebly.com
Speech/Language Clinician
§ Developmental expectations for sound acquisition
§ Home/school strategies to support speech/language development
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Ann Butler http://occupationaltherapyrsu16.weebly.com
Occupational Therapist
v Pencil grasp v Exercises for attention and self-regulation
v Fine Motor Fun v Fine Motor Exercise for Classrooms
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Tracy Libby
Licensed Clinical Social Worker
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Link to Special Education Website http://www.rsu16.org/Central%20Office/special%20ed.html
Procedural Safeguards, FERPA law, Special Education Regulations 7/2013
- Review Transfer Files
- Consult with Administration, Special and Regular Education Staff, and Families
- Team member at Poland Community School IEP meetings
- Student Support: academic, emotional, social
- Management of PCS Special Education IEP Team meeting paperwork
- 504 Case Manager
- Evaluator
- Response to Intervention Team
- Student Support Team
- Teacher of Literacy and Math grades 5-6
- Lesson Planning for Literacy-Math Program with Education Technicians Kathleen Rybeck, Deb Letourneau, and Kaitlyn Bowie
- Referrals to Special Education and consultant for 504 referrals
- Case Manager for identified grade 5-6 special education students and Pre-K to 6th grade 504 students.
For more information regarding special education resources: contact the Maine Parent Federation or call (1-800-870-7746).
To connect to PCS Special Education Staff websites:
Jodi Barber http://iluvmykids.weebly.com
Special Education Teacher Grades K-3, Resource Room
* Summer activities * Educational iPad apps * Resources * Strategies * Referral process
* Math and reading suggestions for younger students
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Holly Toothaker http://pcsgrades3-6.weebly.com
Special Education Teacher, Grades 3-6, Resource Room
o Reading o Writing o Math
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Donald Drake http://lifeprogramatpcs.weebly.com
Special Education Teacher, Grades 4-8, LIFE Program
Classroom/Student activities in the LIFE program
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Tiffany Witherell http://pcsspeechlanguage.weebly.com
Speech/Language Clinician
§ Developmental expectations for sound acquisition
§ Home/school strategies to support speech/language development
****************************************************************************************************************************************
Ann Butler http://occupationaltherapyrsu16.weebly.com
Occupational Therapist
v Pencil grasp v Exercises for attention and self-regulation
v Fine Motor Fun v Fine Motor Exercise for Classrooms
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Tracy Libby
Licensed Clinical Social Worker
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Link to Special Education Website http://www.rsu16.org/Central%20Office/special%20ed.html
Procedural Safeguards, FERPA law, Special Education Regulations 7/2013