Advocate

I had an experience in my classroom where I am doing my Field Experience.  A situation arose where a special needs student was in need of an advocate-someone to speak up on his behalf.  He is assigned an aide because of his disability.  But in this situation the aide did something that had a very negative affect on the special needs student and the whole class.  My mentoring teacher became that advocate. Even though she has only been a teacher for under three years she took control of the situation.  She was not afraid to use her voice and speak up on behalf of the students.  Kudos to her!