South Garland High School Case Study

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It is a pleasure for me to recommend Kristen Mattson for a position in special education for the state of South Carolina. Kristen was the special education facilitator at South Garland High School during my tenure as principal. Kristen stepped into the position with the goal of improving the ARD process not through her directives, but through observations, visiting with administrators, teachers and parents on how best to meet the needs of the students. These observations and conversations helped Kristen design and implement effective strategies that moved our meetings from time eating monsters to streamlined effective events that focused on developing well organized plans to meet each student’s academic and or social needs.

Effective communication with the special education staff helped improve all aspects of our ARD meetings. Case managers were prepared prior to arriving to the ARD which allowed additional time for the staff to …show more content…

She is very conscientious to make sure all staff members are aware of any changes in the law and is on top of problems that may arise. There were never any discrepancies that took place during ARD meetings as determined by audits conducted by our school district and TEA during Kristen’s tenure as special education facilitator for South Garland High School.

Serving the largest high school special education population in the district had challenges in itself, however, Kristen puts in many hours in order to be familiar with each student’s case and to make sure every meeting was run efficiently and all avenues were exhausted to meet the need of the student and parents.

Due to her incredible knowledge of special education rules and regulations along with her ability to organize tasks, manage people, superb attention to detail and a caring heart, Kristen would be an outstanding member of the special education department for the state of South

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