News is circulating through grapevine that DCPS Deputy Chancellor of Special Education has been booted out.
If this is true, I applaud Ms. Rhee for this bold action.
From day one I met the Deputy Chancellor during one of DC meetings, I already foreseen the looming 'F' word: FAILURE. Not necessarily for lack of educational knowledge on Special Education but primarily due to her lack of basic knowledge about DCPS, specifically SPED in the district.
I guess the old belief is true: you can be the brightest and most educated but if you don’t understand the people you serve…
The Deputy Chancellor did not come here without tittle-tattle about her previous job. It was a juicy talk among Central Office clique her legacy to Oakland Unified School District which include but not limited to: messy programs, disappointed teachers, angry parents, etc.
One of her latest projects in DC was the opening of school orientation to DCPS SPED teachers. Take note: SPED COORDINATORS WERE BANNED!
Most SPED teachers found the orientation a complete garbage and waste of time.
The Chancellor should consider hiring someone who knows the district— someone who lives and works in the district; someone who knows SPED because s/he works in SPED. Someone who know the kids and parents in the system.
NOT JUST ANOTHER ‘FRIEND’ or ‘A FRIEND OF A FRIEND’...
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I heard this as well and was excited about it as a new SPED teacher here. I have heard she has been pretty terrible to some of the teachers here and she has not been helpful in my classroom issues as far as I can see.
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