GREECE, N.Y. (WROC) — Congratulations to this week’s Golden Apple winner, Amanda Shipman!
Mrs. Shipman is a particular training trainer at Longridge Elementary Faculty in Greece, the place she has labored for six years.
“I by no means thought I might be a particular ed trainer. I believed I might be like a kindergarten trainer, a gen. ed trainer, after which I used to be laid off, obtained it on accident, and I’ll by no means return. I like it,” Shipman mentioned.
At Longridge, Shipman leads the varsity’s 611 applications, a self-contained program for college kids with autism.
“It’s a smaller class measurement, not more than six college students, after which a lot of these college students have adults that work with them as one-to-ones,” mentioned Principal Jason Juszczak. “So for those who have been to stroll into Amanda’s room, you’d see Amanda, normally three or 4 different adults, plus six college students working and it’s all individualized.”
Juszczak says the scholars Shipman teaches have very distinctive wants and it takes a really particular individual to fulfill the scholars the place they’re the way in which she does. He provides that Shipman will get to assist college students meet milestones in life.
“These are issues like enamel brushing, bathing and potty coaching, and issues like that,” Juszczak mentioned. “So not solely is Amanda serving to college students study the educational items that we wish college students to study, however she’s instructing them very useful life expertise that they’re studying now, however they’re going to take with them, not solely in class however then in maturity as nicely.”
Rachel Smith works as a CCA in Shipman’s class and says she’s very outgoing and cares tremendously about her college students.
“The way in which she interacts with the youngsters and the employees is one thing that I actually haven’t seen loads. The youngsters actually imply every thing to her, and it’s not even simply the way in which she goes about it, it’s the way in which she educates you on the identical time,” Smith mentioned.
Nevertheless it’s not simply the scholars Shipman has had a big effect on. Smith says she’s additionally modified the lives of the employees members in her classroom.
“I come to work day-after-day excited to work along with her as a result of day-after-day I’m studying one thing new,” Smith mentioned. “I’d by no means imagined I’d discovered this a lot since November and it’s actually opened my eyes to the wonders of the Autism Program and every thing these kids can do and can do.”
For Shipman, her favourite half about instructing is seeing her college students develop.
“I like the small development … you noticed the youngsters, just like the small issues imply a lot for our children, particularly the inhabitants that I train,” Shipman mentioned. “Our objective is that if we will train them to speak one thing little that they want or need in life, that’s large.”
For the influence Shipman has had on her college students and colleagues, Smith needed her to be acknowledged with a Golden Apple Award by means of Information 8.
“She actually has lots of empathy and love. She’s simply a tremendous individual, actually, in and out,” Smith mentioned.
“I’ve an amazing sense of satisfaction figuring out that we now have a tremendous employees,” Juszczak mentioned. “They make so many sacrifices day-after-day to help the scholars that we now have right here at Longridge and Amanda is only a good instance of what that appears like each day.”
Congratulations to Mrs. Shipman! Thanks for all of your work in our neighborhood.
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