School…Mine & his

I definitely have stuff to write about…But tiredness has suddenly washed over me.

Thus far, I believe, I’m getting a B in Science. I got a B on my lesson plan…The final is going to be the troublemaker…As long as I pass, right?

I got all the points for my lesson plan for Diverse Perspectives in Education. I’m pleased about that one. I was a bit wondery about part of it…But I’m pretty certain as long as you turn in anything, he’ll give you full points. O.o *shrugs*

I should be working on my Unit Plan for Social Studies…I’m hoping to get some major progress tomorrow.
I did actually get moving in a direction today.
I went into the school and borrowed a text book from the teacher who taught the subject this year…Granted, it was the wrong grade text book (They are in the process of shifting Michigan’s Native Americans from 4th grade to 3rd grade), BUT…It worked for what I needed, as it gave me some kind of structure, in addition to the outline of a unit plan I had come across online the other night.
So I have an outline, for 6 lessons…Although the final one is kind of a wrap up thing…I hope that works. I think it should. I’m starting with a K-W-L…& the wrap up would go back o the L part of that…Plus aim them towards the major project I want the students to do (which is a "museum exhibit", with a written explanation). So, yeah…I think for the main part, I just need to do some (a lot) of filling in.

There’s been a ‘development’ with Harley & school…There is good, & unsure…It’s just a lot to try and take in. & I won’t know anything for sure of what is going on for a while…As we have to have a special meeting a week from Thursday, at another place…Then we’ll go from there.
Good News…He can no longer be suspended from school…As he is no longer to be punished for his behaviors. He can have consequences, but not punishments.
He had a bad moment today, which normally would have ended in suspension, but not now…He came home today, only because his stomach was bothering him.
Tomorrow he has an in-school detention…That is where it’s going to get potentially tricky.
He can’t detention in the office, they are trying to get in trouble students out of there. They are low staffed, so they don’t have anyone who can just sit with him.
There is talk of out-sourcing his in-school detentions…To a school called New Campus (in Traverse City)…It’s a special school, Center-based for EI & other Special Education students.
It’s a possibility that he’ll end up as a student at New Campus if things don’t change…Honestly…I’m not sure how I feel. Part of me is screaming no, I don’t want him out of his school, I don’t want him there (Some of my class members from Diverse Perspectives had observations there…The one went well, high schoolers…The other, with the elementary schoolers, sounded like a nightmare). Part of me is wondering if maybe it’s not what he needs. When a student goes in, they do it with the thought that it’s only until they can get them all sorted out, with the goal that they will be returning to their home school…Hopefully in less than a year.

I talked to him about it…I think the thought of a new school is terrifying to him…Maybe it will help…Maybe if he knows that is what it could come down to…
He goes with me to TC when I go for the meeting…Because afterwards we’ll be getting a tour of the school.