1 00:00:03,100 --> 00:00:08,549 Hi, I’m from Glenn County and we have been a partner site for a long time 2 00:00:08,549 --> 00:00:11,959 A lot of what we have done is self taught 3 00:00:11,959 --> 00:00:20,560 We are very small and we don’t have a lot of money for trainings 4 00:00:20,560 --> 00:00:25,340 A lot of it was done off the internet, talking with Linda and that kind of thing 5 00:00:25,340 --> 00:00:26,340 We have been struggling a lot the last few years 6 00:00:26,340 --> 00:00:32,020 We’ve had budget cuts and you know, we’ve had a lot of turn over of middle management 7 00:00:32,020 --> 00:00:44,280 staff, and so I am probably the only one left that still has had some training in CSEFEL 8 00:00:44,280 --> 00:00:48,109 So we have kind of struggled along the way and I believe in everything that CSEFEL is 9 00:00:48,109 --> 00:00:55,789 It’s a wonderful way of helping children build a foundation for the rest of their lives 10 00:00:55,789 --> 00:00:58,879 So I am the one that is constantly making the charts to give to teachers 11 00:00:58,879 --> 00:01:02,670 I’m the one who says, “Okay you guys, you got to do this stuff! 12 00:01:02,670 --> 00:01:03,670 It’s so important!” 13 00:01:03,670 --> 00:01:07,909 And even though the shifts have been where the budgets are cut and there is not enough 14 00:01:07,909 --> 00:01:11,130 time I still make all those things 15 00:01:11,130 --> 00:01:17,659 I still make the visual schedule for everybody because it is such an important part of child 16 00:01:17,659 --> 00:01:21,909 development with our children because they certainly need that support 17 00:01:21,909 --> 00:01:27,859 The last couple of years have been tough, especially when everyone is moving towards 18 00:01:27,859 --> 00:01:31,770 CLASS and doing lots of trainings and focusing on CLASS 19 00:01:31,770 --> 00:01:34,359 I still say “Wait a minute! 20 00:01:34,359 --> 00:01:36,520 We got to do this!” 21 00:01:36,520 --> 00:01:50,119 This year I’m so excited that I finally got our staff and our administrators to really 22 00:01:50,119 --> 00:01:51,119 believe in it 23 00:01:51,119 --> 00:01:52,450 It’s just a matter of priority and how much money you have and how many days of training 24 00:01:52,450 --> 00:01:53,450 you have 25 00:01:53,450 --> 00:01:55,009 We finally got Craig to come up and do a TPOT at one of our sites and also talk to some 26 00:01:55,009 --> 00:01:56,009 of our teachers 27 00:01:56,009 --> 00:01:57,009 It was such a great shot in the arm to get people excited again 28 00:01:57,009 --> 00:01:58,009 I brought 10 teachers with me today 29 00:01:58,009 --> 00:01:59,009 **off camera** Ten! 30 00:01:59,009 --> 00:02:00,009 Woo hoo! **applause** 31 00:02:00,009 --> 00:02:01,009 So they can hear about it from someone else besides me 32 00:02:01,009 --> 00:02:04,649 I’m hoping to take this back and have Craig come back and do a training in the summer 33 00:02:04,649 --> 00:02:05,780 for all of our staff 34 00:02:05,780 --> 00:02:17,960 I really believe that if we can do this with fidelity it’s going to impact our class 35 00:02:17,960 --> 00:02:18,960 scores 36 00:02:18,960 --> 00:02:19,960 I think our administration has bought in to that process that yes, this is what we really 37 00:02:19,960 --> 00:02:20,960 have to do if we want the other stuff to come 38 00:02:20,960 --> 00:02:21,960 So that’s it. 39 00:02:21,960 --> 00:02:21,962 Thank you