Recently a couple of colleagues and myself were asked to develop a website for our support unit. The main directive: to provide a place where parents, teachers and administrators could easily go to find answers to operational questions, locate resources to support student achievement, remain current with breaking news in the field of Special Education, and most importantly, to help strengthen community involvement.
This was no small task! We held several planning meetings to address our concerns and to figure out the most sensible way to go about this project. After sifting through several options we finally settled on creating a site through Wordpress. A reasonably priced account was opened up through Dreamhost to act as our site's server. All the pieces seemed to be in place...
As someone wise once said, "You can only learn by doing." This became my mantra as I struggled to understand the compatibility of widgets (the little buggers aren't always the best of friends), the written discourse of PHP and the limitations of the design template. Of course, the constant stream of input from supervisors wanting to make sure that what we were building would most closely resemble the artistic genius found within the Sistine Chapel was slightly unnerving as well.
With the unveiling of this website only days away, I'd like to be the first to offer a sincere thanks to all of those who contributed their ideas, time and sweat to this project, particularly Nathan Edson and Michael Kessler! Aside from gaining some much needed technical knowledge I learned a really valuable lesson. Sometimes, you have to trust the process. It sounds simple, but it's not. Especially, for someone like myself, who can micro-manage with the best of 'em.
So, I think we're off to a great start with the site! When you have a free moment please take a look. It can be found at http://supportunitsouth.com Thanks! -Cary
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13 years ago
Hi Cary, I just viewed the support unit website, and it looks very nice! It is both professional and informative.
ReplyDeleteWhat a wonderful tool for your school community. Parents,students and teachers need these type of venues to assist in the success of our students. I hope that all that navigate your page find it an important resource. Good luck. :)
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That does not sound like an easy task, but you did it!! I'm sure you learned a lot through this process. From browsing through the site I learned a few things, and SPED is my field! Thanks for the new resource, I will be sure to pass along information to other teachers. Great work!
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