Assessing Educational Competencies

We were recently a part of 2014 Mississippi Association of Federal Education Program Directors Conference in Jackson, MS! We had several presentations plus our booth (a great resource for current information and chocolate!).

Assessing Educational Competencies loves the Greenwood Public School District and their fantastic teachers! We were there this week working on MAAECF submissions.

AEC has a motto ... This is why we believe in the team approach ...

"Alone we can do so little, together we can do so much". Helen Keller

So I (Dee) would like to share a story ...

Sitting with at teacher this week ... She shared with me a story about a young man who needed extra help with his studies-if he failed he would be thrown off the only game he knew and could do well ... baseball. He was going through difficult times ... both at school and at home (his mom and dad were divorcing). He came to her reluctantly – hiding because it meant he was recieveing SPED services. Despite all efforts ... he still got thrown off the team.

Turn the page ... he was still coming to get services so he could graduate. Then, one day ... unannounced, he brought a friend. He told his teacher, “If you don’t help him, he will get thrown off the team too.” The teacher could not legally serve this student - HE was not SPED ... but she could tutor him after school and SHE DID. He did not get thrown off the team.

Both boys went on to graduate with Diplomas ...

AEC wants to give a shout out and say thanks ... to all the teachers who go above and beyond the call of DUTY!

For all of you who are doing MAAECF, DLM, IEP’s, ESY’s and the other many tasks you do ... THANK YOU!

AEC is helping LaShebra, Edna and Darlene of Pearl River County: hard at work finishing up the MAAECF! Go ladies!