CHAT - Get to the Point! - Succinct Communication with Educational Teams at the Beginning of the School Year � 5/22/23
From Jon Lautenschlager to Everyone: San Antonio

From Kaycee Bennett to Everyone: Arlington, TX

From Jessica Hart to Everyone: Hello, from San Antonio, TX

From Rob Harris to Everyone: Hello from Grand Junction, CO

From Lannette Burlingame to Everyone: Good afternoon from Kilgore, TX!🙂

From Jo Ellen Cloyd to Everyone: San Antonio!

From Sonya Courtney to Everyone: Hello, Houston, Tx

From Suzie Tweedel to Everyone: Texas

From Debra Fournier-Pursel to Everyone: Hello from Spring, TX

From Shelley Moreno to Everyone: Hello from San Antonio, tX

From Lori Rudolph to Everyone: Hello from Maryland

From Rebecca Smith to Everyone: hello from Central Ohio

From Kerry Auld to Everyone: Hello from Colorado

From Kaycee Bennett to Everyone: Hahaha! Not!

From Shelley Moreno to Everyone: Ha HA

From Lannette Burlingame to Everyone: 😂

From Amy Neils to Everyone: They won't remember anything I've told them.

From Shelley Moreno to Everyone: Difficult   cannot get to everyone at once

From Amy Lewis to Everyone: Teachers don't have time to meet

From Lannette Burlingame to Everyone: They are busy too...no time to sit down with us

From Elliana Jones to Everyone: it always takes the longest to get a class schedule with times to be able to start scheduling

From Kerry Auld to Everyone: If things are in place by Halloween I've accomplished the goal!

From Shelley Moreno to Everyone: schedules are difficult to obtain

From Shelley Moreno to Everyone: This year I am going to try to Teams video with the teachers if they can't meet in person.

From TSBVI Outreach Media to Host and Panelists: Hey Emily, just wanted to double check if you shared your sound for your video, you can re-share the presentation when you get there if need be

From Shelley Moreno to Everyone: not yet

From Lannette Burlingame to Everyone: Frodo

From Kaycee Bennett to Everyone: Have the students help!

From Elliana Jones to Everyone: emailing a one pager on the student's condition, accommodation, ie[ goals

From Amy Neils to Everyone: Notes page they can look at while I talk. They can bring it with them.

From Shelley Moreno to Everyone: Ive had some pictures of how the child can see so that the teacher can see how the child's seeing in class

From Elliana Jones to Everyone: plus info on the itinerant tvi role

From Rebecca Smith to Everyone: bring vision simulators to trial with the teacher or staff

From Alex Driver to Everyone: I always use the simulator glasses - it gets a lot of buy in.

From Kaycee Bennett to Everyone: Love that! Only what they REALLY need.

From Rebecca Smith to Everyone: I bring examples of those accommodations for "show and tell."

From Shelley Moreno to Everyone: I like that you have 3 bullets on each slide

From Kaycee Bennett to Everyone: Such a great point!

From Amy Neils to Everyone: jargon is horrible

From Shelley Moreno to Everyone: yes!  I was a teacher in the classroom and info was expected of me to do

From Miriam Schaper to Everyone: Because the teachers on the team have such limited time, I offer the meeting on zoom and offer two different meeting times (on two different days) for the teachers to select from for meeting on that student

From Amy Neils to Everyone: Everything that a person learns outside of the core curriculum.

From Amy Neils to Everyone: yes

From Elliana Jones to Everyone: I briefly explain our students can't access modeling of life skills due to their visual impairment, so the TSVI/COMS role will provide instruction on life skills as needed

From Shelley Moreno to Everyone: none

From Shelley Moreno to Everyone: thankfully no.  I have not been caught with someone in the elevator!

From Kaycee Bennett to Everyone: It's like the people in the mall who try to get you to buy things as you walk by! haha

From Amy Neils to Everyone: I've used them in previous sales jobs. Summarize  key points that's important to THEM

From Debra Fournier-Pursel to Everyone: “The elevator 30 second elevator speech” That technique is also used in business as a way to get the attention of a potential customer or employer

From Amy Neils to Everyone: BOY?

From Amy Neils to Everyone: BEg of Year.

From Kaycee Bennett to Everyone: Beginning of the year, yes.

From Debra Fournier-Pursel to Everyone: If you have had any experience teaching in a classroom, it helps the teachers see you as “one of them”

From Kaycee Bennett to Everyone: Love how collaborative it is!

From Shelley Moreno to Everyone: I've done the elevator speech before with my elementary teachers.  I just didn't know that is what it was called!  Usually it's just the general ed teacher I need to speak to besides PE or music etc.

From Shelley Moreno to Everyone: yes

From Shelley Moreno to Everyone: caused by damage to the brain that processes vision.

From Shelley Moreno to Everyone: The eyes are seeing the information but the brain is not

From Shelley Moreno to Everyone: I like it.  I will definitely use this next year.  Even after I have talked to the teacher.  As a reminder of what we talked about.  Sometimes teachers are so overwhelmed that they may not remember all you said and the ppt might help with that.

From Shelley Moreno to Everyone: That is a wonderful idea!

From Jo Ellen Cloyd to Everyone: I do favors where I can like print out color photos or make copies when I see a need... basically seize opportunities to be of service

From Shelley Moreno to Everyone: I help with making copies or create activities that can help in class.  Enlarge tests or assignments. etc

From Debra Fournier-Pursel to Everyone: A “snack”  for all goes a long way, too

From Shelley Moreno to Everyone: I've never used them

From Shelley Moreno to Everyone: I think I would get with my team to practice.

From Jo Ellen Cloyd to Everyone: zero business cards

From Miriam Schaper to Everyone: The simulators do not always depict how that student might see.

From linda brown to Everyone: Experience of I think I know what it is inside a paper bag.

From Shelley Moreno to Everyone: I just ordered more cards!! :😎

From Jo Ellen Cloyd to Everyone: 👌

From Kerry Auld to Everyone: Always had business cards

From Sonya Courtney to Everyone: I like the magnetic business card idea!!

From Lanna Slaby to Everyone: I like the idea of the magnets on the back of the business card!

From linda brown to Everyone: Yes

From Sonya Courtney to Everyone: 3 days

From Elliana Jones to Everyone: 5 more weeks for us in DC

From Elliana Jones to Everyone: but who's counting

From Shelley Moreno to Everyone: 4 1/2 days here

From Shelley Moreno to Everyone: thank you so much!

From Debra Fournier-Pursel to Everyone: Thank you

From Shelley Moreno to Everyone: WIll the coffee hours be 3-4?

From Shelley Moreno to Everyone: next school yr