Welcome to Back to Welcome to Back to School NightSchool Night

Welcome to Back to Welcome to Back to School NightSchool Night

2014-2015 school year2014-2015 school year

Meet the Teacher:Mrs. Hottenstein

• December 2005 Graduate of Bloomsburg University• Major: Dual degree Special education and Elementary Education

Minor: Spanish

• 2006-2008- South Side Elementary-LS• 2008-present – East High School- LSS• 2009- Masters in Education –Wilkes University• 2012- Educational leadership Certification (Principal

certification)

Meet Our Para-Professionals:

• Mrs. Fischer• 13th year in Life

Skills

• Mrs. Sharon• 4nd year in Life

Skills• 8th year in CDSD

Grades• Report Card grades are given for:• Reading• Math• Science• Physical Education

IEP-Goals• Progress Monitoring occurs as

determined by your child’s IEP• You receive information quarterly

w/report cards

CBI- Community Based Instruction

• Each month you receive a hi-lighted calendar with your child’s CBI destinations

• CBI’s are to reinforce skills learned and covered in the classroom

• Students are encouraged to bring $ to purchase items on CBI to help complete IEP goals.

• Students should bring a purse/wallet with an ID card regardless if they have money to spend or not.

CBI continued…• Grocery Store –

1 time per week to purchase food for Home-Ec

• If you have any items you wish for your child to purchase just send along a note and money.

Monday Friday

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CBI schedule

Non-Paid Work Training• All students participate when

signed contracts have been returned.

• Students are required to wear long pants, sneakers and a belt.

• A lunch must be brought from home, or purchased in the cafeteria the morning of work

Work…Hershey Laundry

• Fold towels in groups of 5• Place towels in reverse

order in large binsTowels are for…

• Hershey Lodge • Hotel Hershey

• Hotel Hershey Spa • Milton Hershey School

• Dutch Wonderland

Walmart

•Facing Shelves•Stocking Shelves

Ollies•Pricing Items•Open boxes•Stacking Boxes•Inventory of boxes on pallets•Fronting Shelves

Hygiene• It is very important that we

encourage students at home and school to shower daily, and wear deodorant.

• Job-Sites want the children clean and ready for work.

Healthy Living• Healthy Living Laps at the track• Weight program from PT• Healthy eating for cooking on

Fridays• Meal Plan• Health Class

IEP meetings• Please notify me if you can not

make an IEP meeting at least 24hours in advance

• Write on index card your child’s CMU case manger, so I can contact for meeting regarding transition

Blue Folder• We send home a blue folder

nightly if there is information we need to communicate with you

• Please use this folder to communicate with us as well (a journal is provided)

Contact Information• jhottenstein@cdschools.org• Phone number:541-1662 ext 110

Questions/Comments/Questions/Comments/Concerns?Concerns?

Questions/Comments/Questions/Comments/Concerns?Concerns?

Life Skills Teachers• Mr. English Room 119• Mrs. Jaffe Room 114