Kirsten Henderson

October 2015 daily log

total hours this month- 21 hours
total hours for internship- 404 hours
DATE
ELCC
Description of
Standard
Activity
10/1/15 3.2
10/2/15

4.2

10/8/15 2.3 and

2.4

3.2, 6.2

10/9/15 4.3

Manage operations
Community interests

Professional growth

Manage operations
Understanding policy

Mobilize community
resources

The Childrens League

Reflection of Activity

Time of
activity

I ran the monthly staff meeting sharing information regarding the lock
down procedures and drill and the schedule for the October 8 professional
development half day.
Chris and I called One Call Now to create and account to begin the Robo
call process. A simple note was sent to staff regarding phone numbers.
This will be an ongoing process that I am prepared to help with even after
the internship is over.
Today was the planned time for teams to meet to plan goal data collection
and goal tracking. There was still some confusion regarding what to do. I
found a quote from Catherine L. Meyer-Looze, Improvement is growth,
and growth is a process, not an event. I thought this summed up the
thought for the day. I emailed it to teachers as well as placed it on the
common board for all to see. I think teachers, especially, were feeling as
if it needed to be done perfectly today. There was one speech therapist
who sent a note to Chris about how grateful she was to have the time to
meet with the teacher she works with.

1 hour

Chris and I created new policy regarding Shelter-in-Place procedures. We

reviewed the new day care regulations (Again we are under day care
regulations because we serve children under 5 years old for longer than 3
hours a day.) We discussed if there ever was a conflict of thoughts
regarding a policy between the day care regulations and State Ed
regulations for our school which would we follow. It would be State Ed. I
typed up the policy. The policy will be reviewed with staff and a drill will
be practiced. The main part of the drill will be administration taking care
of checking to ensure that there is adequate food and blankets incase we
needed to keep the children at school over night in an emergency.
I spoke with Mary Lynn, a Family Resource Worker regarding what other
agencies get involved with parents as the need arises. One big agency is

2 hours

Total
time
this
date
1 hour

Total
time
accrued
to date
384
hours

2 hours

2 hours
386
hours

4 hours

6 hours
2 hours

2 hours

392
hours
394
hours

10/15/15

2.1

Positive school
culture

10/20/15

3.2, 6.2

10/22/15

3.2

Manage operations,
Respond to larger
context
Manage operations

10/23/15

3.1

Manage organization

10/26/15

3.1

Manage organization

2.2, 2.3

Effective program,
best practice

10/29/15

3.2

Manage
operations/safety

10/30/15

3.2

Manage
operations/safety

the Office for People with Developmental Disabilities (OPWDD). As

parents need other services, the needs often get filtered through this
agency. Families/the child qualify for eligibility under OPWDD. They
could get a Medicaid Waiver which allows them access to monies to help
with expenses related to raising a child with developmental disabilities.
Our children, if they qualify, are rated as provisionally qualified. They
would need to be rescreened to determine if they continue to qualify at
age 7 or 8.
I spent time with teachers reviewing curriculum ideas related to the
common core. I shared how the HELP 3-6 aligns with many of the points
on the common core for preschoolers. There is a scholastic
monthly/weekly magazine that is aligned with the common core that some
teachers were using to supplement their curriculum. We need an aligned
checklist to provide us with age equivalents we can use to prepare for
writing Individual Education Plans (IEPs).
I spent some time reviewing our lockdown procedure. We plan on having
a drill next week. I emailed the police chief to alert the local police to our
practice drill and to invite them to participate if they wish.
Chris Lewis and I watched a lockdown procedure form the Joffe
Emergency preparedness group.
I participated in an interview for an LPN one-to-one nurse for a student
entering our program in early November.
I participated in another interview and a discussion about who might be
the best candidate for this child.
After talking with Terry Doermer regarding the work I completed with
aligning the HELP 3-6 to the common core, I looked at how the HELP 3-6
is similar to the preschool checklist that the occupational and physical
therapists use. There are many similarities.
I ran the lock down drill. As the administrator there were a few questions
that came up: What happens if a room door is open because no one was in
that room to close and lock the door? How do you lock the bathrooms if
you are in the bathroom when the lockdown is sounded? Should lights be
on or off? Directions should be posted on the phones about using them to
make a school wide announcement. Staff needs to practice how to lock
doors quickly. The addition to the building had different quicker locking
mechanisms. All staff should be aware of the ease of use for these doors.
Lock down drill review of all the questions/concerns that were noticed by
staff during the drill.

2 hours

2 hours

396
hours

1 hour

1 hour

397
hours

1 hour

1 hour

1 hour

1 hour

398
hours
399
hours

1 hour
1 hour
2 hours
1 hour

1 hour

2 hours

2 hours

401
hours
402
hours

404
hours