Day 15 & 16

Well yesterday was a pretty calm and easy day. We were able to start students on a new schedule due to newly release scores and new assessments collected Friday. I went to my first faculty meeting which was quick and easy. They did go over the new committees as well as where their goals stand and the general idea being they need to be met, only 2/5 were met last year!

Tuesday in general was an interesting day all around. The morning started pretty normal, including our behavior student coming in and waiting like he's supposed to for someone to get in the room and be there at all times. Today was the day his "personal teacher (one whom he was really dealing with in the resource room)" and he were going to go to his classroom full time and he was going to sit with the student all day and planned to do that tomorrow but was going to try and leave for segments to get him used to not always having him around. However it did not work that gracefully today. The student seemed to have done something he wasn't supposed to and the lead teacher asked the student about it. He ran out of the class. He sat in the hallway with the supervising teacher for quite sometime but was angry and he tried to run down the hall where he knew two double doors were. He was stopped by the teacher, but was angry. He was not touched, the teacher just stood in front of the student. I was not there but the student had already kicked the teacher and when he was blocked he punched the teacher three times in the chest. Not always great. The teacher called up to the office and at the time a Dare officer happened to be in the building. The office manager and the officer went down. The officer tried to get him to her car but he refused. At this point both my ST and I were down with them. He started crying when the officer said he was going to have to go to jail for hitting a teacher. At that point he became upset and was now terrified. It took my ST, the male teacher, and myself to carry the child down to the counselor's office. We knew he would be out of the hall and in a place he was familiar with and comfortable. We were able to shut the door and get him to calm down a bit.
I found myself very frustrated. As soon as the Dare officer found out he had an IEP regardless of what it was for he was immediately babied. I truly believe he needed to be scared. He didn't have to be taken to jail but even brought out to the car may have scared him to the point of never wanting to hit a teacher again. I feel quite a bit of frustration with this situation and at this point I'm quite sure it will all be swept under the rug. I know he knows that hitting is wrong and I know he was aware of what he was doing. Just because he has a disability does that make it okay?! I am so annoyed by this but I haven't had enough experience to even know if my frustration is justified. So regardless today was interesting. The other fear is that Thursday and Friday his supervising teacher won't be there and I'm not sure how his day will go..........

Like Mack-Kirschner said, begin with the end in mind. However, today we were unable to do this. There was no signs given that this child would react in this way. He is very calm and although sometimes aggitated, never agressive. This reminds me to always keep my head in the game and prepare for the worst but hope for the best.