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Dr. Suzy Fitch, Executive Director of Programs and Personnel for The Institute for Effective Education (TIEE), announced on October 11 that Jen Swope has been promoted to Director of COOK Education Center, one of TIEE’s four San Diego area schools. Ms. Swope, who has been employed by TIEE since 2001, received her B.A. in Elementary Education from Salisbury State University in Salisbury, Maryland. She was President of Pi Kappa Phi Honor Society and graduated cum laude. She holds a California Multiple Subject Teaching Credential and
Linda LeBlanc, Ph.D., BCBA-D, Associate Professor of Auburn University, gave a full-day, motivating and informative Master Workshop to 40 of TIEE’s professional and paraprofessional staffers on Saturday, October 2. LeBlanc’s Master Workshop on “Using Naturalistic Teaching Strategies to Teach Children with Autism” provided an overview of and rationale for so-called naturalistic teaching approaches, specific procedures for implementing them, and strong encouragement to make learning opportunities for challenging students more fun. LeBlanc’s examples and exercises were largely drawn from her work on ABA intervention for young
TIEE’s annual kick-off luncheon was held on August 31. It combined an opportunity for staff members to learn more about TIEE’s health and other benefits directly from the providers’ representatives and it was, as it has been in the past, the time to introduce staff members from TIEE’s four schools and to fete staffers for extra-ordinary accomplishments over the past year. Perfect attendance Perfect attendance is essential to accomplishing the challenging goals for many students in TIEE’s schools and awards are handed out annually for
Yngwie Schmidt earned the Urban Skills Center’s Vocational Education Service Award for the month of October. Yngwie works as a crossing guard at the Cook Education Center and recently began a new food service job with California Catering at La Jolla Country Day School. According to his supervisors, Yngwie is consistently on time, reliable, and highly efficient. He is friendly to both co-workers and peers and demonstrates a positive attitude. He is a hard worker and continues to impress! Congratulations Yngwie!
Children’s Workshop, along with the other schools of The Institute for Effective Education’s (TIEE’s) family of schools were given site visits by two review teams in spring, 2009. One of the teams represented the California State Department of Education (SDE) and their review was conducted as part of a cycle of annual reviews pursuant to SDE certification of TIEE’s schools as Non-Public, Non-Sectarian Schools. Joining the state team was a second team representing San Diego County Office of Education and the San Diego County Special