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Mr. Crudo is a Special Education instructor at SLMS. He has been working with the Fife School District since 2002, serving four years at Fife High School. Mr. Crudo is also the Head Boy's Soccer coach at FHS.
What is his role:
Mr. Crudo prepares IEP's for students in his case load. He will be calling parents/guardians to arrange annual IEP meetings. Mr. Crudo also designs the lessons for students with IEP goals that indicate an areas of Reading, Mathematics and social/emotion/organization support. |
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Ms. Trombley is a Special Education Instructor at SLMS. She was new to the teaching staff beginning in 2009.
What is her role:
Ms. Trombley is serving students who need assistance with their Reading and Writing skills. She prepares IEP's for students in her case load and will be calling parents/guardians to arrange annual IEP meetings. |
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Mrs. Moore is a teacher assistant and has been working at SLMS in the Special Education Department for the past two years in long term subbing positions. This year she is full time. She also assists in supervising lunch.
What is her role:
Currently Mrs. Moore stays in the classroom to assit Mr. Crudo and the rest of the staff for mathematics. The rest of the day she moves from class to class assisting students as needed. She also communicates with teachers on specific accomodations that students need to succeed in class. |
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Mrs. Owen is a teacher assistant and has been working at SLMS in the Special Education Department for six years. She also assists in early morning and lunch supervision.
What is her role:
Mrs. Owen assists Mr. Crudo in the delivery of daily lessons by working with student individually as needed to reach the objective. |
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Mrs. Zampardo is a teacher assistant and has been working at SLMS for 16 years with at least 10 of those associated with the Special Education Department. She also assists in early morning, after school and lunch supervision.
What is her role:
Mrs. Zampardo assists Ms. Trombley in the delivery of daily lessons by working with student individually as needed to reach the objective. |
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Mrs. Kadee Tuttle is the School Psychologist for both Endeavor Intermediate School as well as SLMS. This is her 10th year at Fife and the 3rd year associated with SLMS.
What is her role:
Mrs. Tuttle assesses students for placement into Special Education and is present at IEP meetings if services are being changed. |
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Mrs. Tina Cook is the counselor here at SLMS and has been serving students and parents for the past 8 years.
What is her role:
She can be called to arrange a staffing which is where we will bring all the teachers together to talk to you about your child's progress. Mrs. Cook can also be called on to counsel or support a child (or family) if a specific need arises. She also is a great resource for community agencies that exist to support children and families. |
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Shelley Williams has 8 years experience as a school-based Speech Language Pathologist and has worked in several districts in the Western Washington area. She enjoys working on teams and has a strong sense of working effectively on a collaborative level. She also enjoys mentoring others and building a sense of community.
What is her role:
Shelley evaluates children who are suspected of having a speech and/or language delay, and provides services to those who qualify.
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Ms. Marti Shefveland is our Assistant Administator and has been with SLMS for 8 years.
What is her role:
Ms. Shefveland attends all IEP meetings. She is also responsible for student discipline and working with special needs students as they work through behavior issues. |
| How is Special Education delivered differently at SLMS from what my child receives at the elementary school? |
At SLMS your child (like all the children) are transitioned into a secondary setting with different subjects taught by experts in that field. They will go to all the same classes as their peers unless their IEP calls for them to get specially designed instruction for their disabilty. They do not get pulled from classes to get help, they take courses designed to provide help. In addition, we provide teacher assistant help in general education classrooms as needed to help ensure academic success. |
| Will other students know that my child is in Special Education classes? |
the majority of special needs students go about school and other students never even know that they have a disability. Mr. Crudo has a classroom like every other teacher so peers who make the connection will know. |
| I used to be able to go to my child's Special Education teacher to get all my questions answered....who do I go to now? |
The reason we attempted to describe the roles of each person above is to help you in that arena. First of all each teacher will update your childs grades every week on Gradechecker so you will be able to track your students progress electronically. If you see your child slipping in a particular class, please contact that teacher. Otherwise contact the appropriate person based upon your question/concern. We recommend e-mail or phone messages as a first step. |
| I hear that our children get a locker. Will someone be available to help them open it if necessary? |
Every child is given their own locker and as necessary we will replace the combination lock with a key lock for students who struggle to remember the combination. Our teacher assistants along with our secretarial staff are available to help students with locker issue. |
| I'm concerned that my child will get lost or confused by all the movement at SLMS? |
All entering 6th grade students wil be nervous the first few days but all quickly settle down into the routine of their schedule. For the most part they will have the same 7 classes with the same 6 teachers for the entire year, so what seems overwhelming at first will be very comfortable very quickly. |
| How can I get homework information from teachers to help my student? |
Most teachers at SLMS have websites and update them regularly. For those of them that don't, simply request that the teacher make sure that your student writes down the homework assignment in their agenda (a habit we work on). If needed teachers can provide you homework lists and study guides. This request should be made to the teacher and simlutaniously notify Mr. Crudo so that he can have a teacher assistant check to ensure that your request is being carried out. |
Special Services Program at SLMS