Winooski Placement 4: 10/20/16

This visit started off being very similar to my last visit, as S. was not present in the class we were scheduled to meet in. This was at a surprise, for no one called into the attendance office for him and none of his teachers had received e-mails regarding his absence, something he had been on top of. The teacher then received a phone call from his father explaining he had sent him off to school, and suddenly all the teachers were concerned for his safety at this point. It turned out he had dropped the class I was meeting him in and had just been in a study hall to fill the time period. The ELL  teacher at Winooski High School was soon able to meet up with S. to discuss the schedule change and the miscommunication between the teachers and student. As a future teacher, a situation like this reminds me the first responsibility teachers have over their students, and that is to ultimately ensure their safety. The student was in a safe space, but due to miscommunication, people who were responsible for the student did not know.