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MARCH 2026 STAFF SPOTLIGHT
Mrs. Desireah Ladd
Our Staff Spotlight for the month of March is a valuable member of the district’s Intervention Team and a staff member at Garret Schenck Elementary School. Mrs. Desireah Ladd, a talented Title I educational technician III, consistently plays a crucial role in helping struggling readers to reach the goal of becoming proficient readers.
A Carrabec graduate, Mrs. Ladd earned an Associate’s Degree in early childhood education at KVCC in 2014 and worked for KVCAP Head Start for a short time. She started her career in RSU #74 as an ed tech II in the Special Education Department at Garret Schenck. It was clear from the start that she had special skills in working with students facing learning and behavioral challenges, exhibiting the ability to make connections with students and to motivate them to work hard to achieve their goals.
In 2021 Mrs. Ladd decided to move into a Title I ed tech III position at Garret Schenck, and she continues to do a great job in that position. She has great organizational skills, is a team player, and is very dedicated to her job and her students. Mrs. Ladd administers assessments, collects and charts data, participates in data meetings, and collaborates well with teachers to plan reading programs for students. She is diligent in coordinating her lessons to match the programs teachers use in their classroom instruction. Mrs. Ladd has also been very willing to help train new Title I or intervention staff members who have come on board. Her students consistently demonstrate success in mastering the skills needed to boost their reading levels.
If you think you already know what constitutes a hard worker, you haven’t met Mrs. Ladd. Her amazing work ethic shows in everything she does. She works overtime to prepare lessons and materials for her students, she jumps in to help with school activities of all kinds, and she is right there whenever someone needs a hand. In addition to her ed tech responsibilities, Mrs. Ladd works in the district’s Camp Carrabec Summer School Program and the Town of Anson’s After-School Program. She substitutes as an evening custodian at RSU #74 schools and works on the district’s custodial staff during the summer and school vacation weeks. She also has a part-time job after school during the week. What does she do in her spare time? Mrs. Ladd pursues learning opportunities to increase her teaching skills and does all the chores that go along with living on a farm. Family is very important to her, and she enjoys spending time with hers. She is one busy lady!
RSU #74 is fortunate to have Mrs. Ladd as a member of our district staff. She is an inspiration to and a wonderful role model for aspiring educators and all of us. We thank her for all she does every day for our students and staff.
