We’re proud to share this Instructor Tales visitor submit by Angelica Adnan, 504 Coordinator and Supplier of Dyslexic Intervention (PDI) at Lighthouse Public Colleges, sharing her perspective about rising as an educator and serving to her college students excel at studying.
I presently work at Lighthouse Public Colleges in San Antonio because the 504 Coordinator and Dyslexia Interventionist. I really like our college students and the assist of our dad and mom and admins.
The mission of Lighthouse Public Colleges is to develop academically, socially, emotionally, and bodily expert college students able to functioning efficiently in a altering world. This will probably be achieved by offering an educationally difficult curriculum in a correct and conducive studying atmosphere. The imaginative and prescient is that every pupil who involves the varsity will probably be educated to his/her most potential, may have a constructive self-image mirrored in good citizenship and may have a constructive view of the long run. We consider this may be accomplished in a secure, rewarding atmosphere.
What Makes Lighthouse Public Colleges Distinctive
What makes our college distinctive is that we’re continually going via a means of enchancment. We’re all the time in search of areas of alternative and progress and our administration is all the time keen to take heed to choices and search out a special perspective from our stakeholders
I can consider no less than ten workers members who began out as dad and mom of scholars and have now turn out to be a part of our workers when alternatives come up.
We’ve a number of totally different packages on campus the place we offer clothes and toiletries to college students and households every time wanted. We even have a powerful relationship with the San Antonio Meals Financial institution and routinely collaborate with them in several meals drives.
Instructing, Management, and Excessive Expectations
Our faculty is all about discovering what works finest after which working in direction of supporting lecturers of their endeavors. We use Excessive High quality Tutorial Supplies (HQIM) in all grades and provides lecturers the time to internalize classes whereas on the similar time permitting the liberty for lecturers so as to add ranges of enrichment nonetheless they see match.
Our management has taken the modern step of together with me in our management staff, regardless that I wouldn’t normally have this a lot voice on a conventional public college campus. I’m a former first grade trainer that licensed final yr as a PDI (Supplier of Dyslexic Intervention). Lighthouse sees the worth in my perspective as a present interventionist and former classroom trainer.
Lighthouse Public Colleges preserve a give attention to prime quality instruction and pupil achievement via excessive expectations and training. Our admin works with the lecturers on pupil achievement expectations and we plan accordingly. The admin then follows via with observations and well timed suggestions.
The explanation I’ve stayed with Lighthouse for seven years (and counting) is that they assist me obtain my skilled objectives. They’ve all the time supported and invested the time and coaching that I need and wish. I began as a second grade trainer my first three years after which after attending some academies I used to be moved to first Grade the place I grew to become targeted on literacy. I then started the method for Nationwide Board Certification with the encouragement and monetary assist from Lighthouse. From there I accomplished two dyslexia certifications, one in Studying by Design and one other two years later within the Wilson Studying System. These trainings had been funded by the varsity. Anytime I wished to attend a coaching they’ve all the time been supportive. They labored exhausting to turn out to be early adopters of the Instructor Incentive Allotment (TIA) for the advantage of lecturers. I used to be designated as an Exemplary Instructor in 2022 and am in a position to obtain the funds due to them going via the designation course of.
We’ve excessive expectations however now we have enjoyable, too. Over my seven years of working right here, my favourite college custom at Lighthouse are the Fall and Spring Festivals.
The Significance of College Selection
The way in which I realized about Lighthouse Public Colleges—I consider it was destiny! I used to be going via different certification and was trying to find a place. After making use of to ISDs, I regarded up constitution colleges in my space and Lighthouse popped up! I noticed they’d a gap and I utilized. That led to my progress and turning into a supplier of dyslexic intervention.
As lecturers, we’re very fortunate that now we have college selection and there at the moment are a variety of choices. Each trainer can select to work at a spot the place you recognize you’re valued, heard, and supported. I feel this is applicable for folks and college students as nicely.
College selection permits all stakeholders the chance to search out what works finest for them. Some choices have extra sturdy athletics, some give attention to STEM, others give attention to school prep, some have massive pupil to trainer ratios, whereas some are smaller. Some have intense intervention packages and others have shorter college days. There’s an possibility for any and all. You simply have to look! Not all children will profit from a conventional public college and fogeys that search selection know that.
Constitution Mothers Chats
Watch Angelica Adnan, 504 Coordinator and PDI at Lighthouse Public Colleges, converse with Inga Cotton on Constitution Mothers Chats on April 10, 2024 at 4:00 PM Central reside on Fb and YouTube.
Angelica Adnan is a 504 Coordinator and Supplier of Dyslexic Intervention (PDI) at Lighthouse Public Colleges.
Mrs. Adnan graduated from St. Mary’s College the place she initially majored in Enterprise Advertising. In 2013, she started her instructing profession in South Korea and taught for 3 superb years. She got here again to the US in 2016 and have become licensed to show in Texas. She has been with Lighthouse for her complete Texas instructing profession, and is now in yr seven.
Simply this college yr, Mrs. Adnan moved out of the classroom as a trainer and into a brand new function as a PDI (Supplier of Dyslexic Intervention) in addition to 504 Coordinator. She has been skilled in Construct: Ok-1 intervention and accomplished Studying by Design dyslexia coaching. Moreover, she has been licensed as a Wilson Studying System Practitioner to supply intervention for college kids with dyslexia.
In 2022, Mrs. Adnan was designated by TEA as an Exemplary Instructor below TIA. When off the clock, she enjoys spending time along with her household, particularly her one-year-old son.
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