#ProgressOverPerfection

No better way to end our Special Education New Hire Symposium than meeting mentor teachers and completing a scavenger hunt to build relationships! The year is looking bright for these mentor/mentee groups! #bettertogether #FCPSisSpecial

Welcome back to all FCPS staff! So lucky to spend the first day of the school year providing professional learning to new and returning SEIAs today! Great way to kick off the year! #FCPSisSpecial

Welcome back to our FCPS Special Educators and related service providers! This fantastic Friday couldn’t get any better than seeing these amazing educators to kick start the 24-25 school year! #FCPSisSpecial

Ready to welcome students back for the school year! #FCPSisSpecial

Welcome back to the 24-25 school year! Excited to see all the smiling faces of returning FCPS students! Celebrating the first day with the flag raising ceremony at Lewistown Elementary! #WelcomeBackFCPS

Please share with FCPS families! #bettertogether

Carroll Manor Elementary is focused on student-centered learning! Identifying strengths and setting goals to start the year. I can’t wait to see how many of these goals are met this year! #FCPSisSpecial

Love this individualized visual schedule seen at Ballenger Creek Elementary! What a great way to customize a schedule to meet a student’s interests! #FCPSisSpecial

Loving the collaboration with the Special Education team at Green Valley! Setting a PL plan, identifying student needs, and planning support for the year. This team is going to have the best year! #FCPSisSpecial

Please share with FCPS families! #BetterTogether #FCPSisSpecial

Fantastic reminder as we settle in to the beginning of a new school year! What is your why? #FCPSisSpecial

Talkies training with Special Educators! Providing explicit instruction in building a student’s imagery to enhance language comprehension! Can’t wait to get started with implementation! #FCPSisSpecial

Great learning with Jim Heal this morning regarding learning science and the impact of effortful thinking! Powerful considerations of how we move learning to long-term memory through deep processing! #FCPSProud

Thanks to Meg Lee and Jim Heal for an amazing afternoon at the Learning Science Consortium! Building our understanding of prior knowledge and how to successfully activate this for students! #FCPSProud #alwayslearning

Love seeing these tools to explicitly teach perspective taking and expected vs. unexpected behaviors with students at Walkersville Elementary! Thanks to Mary Geasey for creating this awesome instructional support! #FCPSisSpecial

The teacher is the heart! #heartwork

First IEP Chairperson PL of the year! Focusing on PWN, updated resources, standard operating procedures, and monitoring structures. Setting teams up for success and ensuring FCPS families experience positive IEP meetings! #FCPSisSpecial

Join Partners for Success and FCPS SECAC September 26 from 6-7:30pm at the Lincoln A to learn how to navigate school meals. Pediatric Movement Center will be presenting creative solutions to picky eating and sensory sensitives. Sign up here: drive.google.com/file/d/1g9dyHW…

Great turnout this afternoon for the Shining Star SEIA Micro Credential information session! So excited to kick off the inaugural cohort for this learning opportunity! #FCPSisSpecial