{"id":10715,"date":"2018-10-14T20:06:27","date_gmt":"2018-10-15T00:06:27","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.acpsk12.org\/news\/?p=10715"},"modified":"2019-06-20T13:11:31","modified_gmt":"2019-06-20T17:11:31","slug":"voices-the-kick-coffee-shop-at-t-c-williams-pioneers-inclusion","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.acpsk12.org\/news\/?p=10715","title":{"rendered":"VOICES: The Kick Coffee Shop at T.C. Williams Pioneers Inclusion"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"fb-root\"><\/div>\n<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.acps.k12.va.us\/voices\">VOICES podcast<\/a> is back for Season 2!<\/p>\n<p>T.C. Williams&#8217; The Kick serves up hot beverages and smiles each morning and also provides students with disabilities an on-site opportunity to get practical experience prior to joining the greater community workforce. Take a listen to Autism Resource Teacher Donsu Spratt and Paraprofessional Sally &#8220;The Boss&#8221; Schneider as they talk shop\u00a0\u2014 coffee shop, that is.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/player.vimeo.com\/video\/294407184\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h3><a href=\"https:\/\/www.acps.k12.va.us\/voices\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-8949 aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/www.acpsk12.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/VoicesOrange-260x104.png\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 260px) 100vw, 260px\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.acpsk12.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/VoicesOrange-260x104.png 260w, http:\/\/www.acpsk12.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/VoicesOrange-250x100.png 250w, http:\/\/www.acpsk12.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/VoicesOrange-768x307.png 768w, http:\/\/www.acpsk12.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/VoicesOrange-800x320.png 800w\" alt=\"Voices\" width=\"260\" height=\"104\" \/><\/a>Bringing You the Voices That are the Heart and Soul of ACPS<\/h3>\n<p>VOICES is an audio series that shares the stories of our students, families and staff \u2014 in their words and in their voices. Everyone\u2019s story is different. Success looks different for every person. VOICES celebrates these differences and successes by sharing the stories that are the heart and soul of ACPS. Listen to\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.acps.k12.va.us\/voices\">other stories in this series<\/a>\u00a0and\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.acps.k12.va.us\/voices\">subscribe to the VOICES podcast<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p2\"><strong><span class=\"s1\">VOICES TRANSCRIPT<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p class=\"p2\"><span class=\"s1\"> (Sally Schneider) <\/span><span class=\"s1\">I believe Samir learned how to make an iced coffee today.\u00a0<\/span><span class=\"s1\">Because one of his co-workers.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p2\"><span class=\"s1\">(Samir)\u00a0<\/span><span class=\"s1\">Stephanie helped me.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p2\"><span class=\"s1\">(Sally Schneider) <\/span><span class=\"s1\">Stephanie helped. So, that&#8217;s helping to train people who come in after and how nice that must be. To have somebody knows what they&#8217;re doing. Make you feel comfortable and help you learn your job.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p2\"><span class=\"s1\">(Donsu Spratt)\u00a0<\/span><span class=\"s1\">TC is renowned for inclusion and a time of racial coming together.And, so everybody watches a movie and everybody talks about it. It&#8217;s a big deal. And I always say that TC is now pioneering\u00a0<\/span><span class=\"s1\">disability inclusion. And the Kick is a beautiful way that they can do that. And for the most part,\u00a0<\/span><span class=\"s1\">most students, are very kind to our students. And, they treat them as equals. Other are, treat them as if they\u2019re in a mentoring situation and, it&#8217;s beautiful to see so, it&#8217;s creating a climate of\u00a0<\/span><span class=\"s1\">wonderful general education students. In addition, to having an inclusion opportunity for the kids who are in.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p2\"><span class=\"s1\">(coffee pouring sound)<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p2\"><span class=\"s1\">(whipped cream sound)<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p2\"><span class=\"s1\">(Kick Customer)\u00a0<\/span><span class=\"s1\">Oh lord, this is wonderful. Thank you for the coffee.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p2\"><span class=\"s1\">(Sally Scheider)\u00a0<\/span><span class=\"s1\">Thank you for helping out.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p2\"><span class=\"s1\">(Kick Customer)\u00a0<\/span><span class=\"s1\">Pleasure.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p2\"><span class=\"s1\">(Sally Schneider) <\/span><span class=\"s1\">We have a couple of kids who are more challenged. One who&#8217;s non verbal and one whose almost non verbal. And they are so excited to do something. They can contribute.And, you can, you can feel their energy and, see their smiles. And, see how engaged they are,and, see how proud they are.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p2\"><span class=\"s1\">(Kick student 1)<\/span><span class=\"s1\">So, ok, powder went everywhere.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p2\"><span class=\"s1\">(Kick student 2)\u00a0<\/span><span class=\"s1\">I&#8217;ll clean it up.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p2\"><span class=\"s1\">(Kick student 1) <\/span><span class=\"s1\">Okay.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p2\"><span class=\"s1\">(Sally Schneider) <\/span><span class=\"s1\">For them to be able to do something. Which, is the whole point of this program is to give them more experience. So, when they get out into the world, it&#8217;s not new. So, we had problems. We&#8217;ve fallen short on some things and it&#8217;s great for them to go through and help me with inventory, and help me with setup instructions and to see what I have forgotten. So it&#8217;s\u00a0<\/span><span class=\"s1\">I think it&#8217;s process of evolution.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p2\"><span class=\"s1\">(Donsu Spratt)\u00a0<\/span><span class=\"s1\">It is.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p2\"><span class=\"s1\">(Sally Schneider) <\/span><span class=\"s1\">TC is making a difference.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p2\"><span class=\"s1\">(Donsu Spratt)\u00a0<\/span><span class=\"s1\">They are. We&#8217;re going to do our first in employee of the month election.\u00a0<\/span><span class=\"s1\">And they&#8217;ll be elected. <\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p2\"><span class=\"s1\">(Sally Schneider) <\/span><span class=\"s1\">Oooo. I didn&#8217;t know. I was wondering how we did that.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p2\"><span class=\"s1\">(Donsu Spratt) <\/span><span class=\"s1\">And they&#8217;ll get their own specially colored apron and that&#8217;s a real self-esteem booster.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p2\"><span class=\"s1\">(Sally Schneider) <\/span><span class=\"s1\">So, we&#8217;re going to hold these aside somewhere.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p2\"><span class=\"s1\">(Kick student 3)\u00a0<\/span><span class=\"s1\">Okay.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p2\"><span class=\"s1\">(Sally Schneider) <\/span><span class=\"s1\">Pull these lids out. And, let&#8217;s replenish with these lids and these cups, okay?<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p2\"><span class=\"s1\">These kids, you know this is how they hold their drink. For them, to reach their arms out\u00a0<\/span><span class=\"s1\">and deliver, is a big thing. We don&#8217;t think a thing of it. But, for them it&#8217;s a big thing.\u00a0<\/span><span class=\"s1\">To be able to finish, to learn that step and complete that step, and that&#8217;s, you know.\u00a0<\/span><span class=\"s1\">And that&#8217;s one of the really basic things that the Kick does, for self esteem. Confidence. Just basic skills. It&#8217;s really humbling.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p2\"><span class=\"s1\">(Interviewer) <\/span><span class=\"s1\">What has this done for you?<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p2\"><span class=\"s1\">(Sally Schneider)\u00a0<\/span><span class=\"s1\">Oh great, are you kidding me? You always learn more from these kids.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p2\"><span class=\"s1\">(Donsu Spratt)\u00a0<\/span><span class=\"s1\">That&#8217;s why she took the job.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p2\"><span class=\"s1\">(Sally Schneider) <\/span><span class=\"s1\">Yeah I knew what I was getting into. That&#8217;s why I took the job and well,\u00a0<\/span><span class=\"s1\">social skills is great too.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p2\"><span class=\"s1\">(Donsu Spratt) <\/span><span class=\"s1\">Yeah.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p2\"><span class=\"s1\">(Sally Schneider) <\/span><span class=\"s1\">What do I get a lot out of it? We can live in a stinky world, and they remind me it&#8217;s not so stinky. It also let&#8217;s us celebrate the small successes and makes us be more grateful. And, the underlining curriculum for this class is really to teach professionalism to these kids.Who, the goals, is for them to have independence and to be able to be self-sufficient and have job in the community. And, we&#8217;re instilling that in them. So, that they&#8217;ll have the tool set to be successful and independent. So, that makes us feel real good. Yeah, cause these kids we marginalize. I mean, when I was growing up these kids would not have had this opportunity. They would&#8217;ve been filed away and put somewhere. Where, they would never had a productive life. And, now they\u2019re allowed to dream.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>T.C. Williams&#8217; The Kick serves up hot beverages and smiles each morning and also provides students with disabilities an on-site opportunity to get practical work place experience. 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