Ms. Whittaker was a sign language interpreter that was assigned to one of the students that had a class with Mr. Napp. Basically, her job was to help facilitate communications between the teacher and the student, and between the student and the rest of the class. Her student had a class with Mr. Napp on the day the Ms. Amero was substituting. After introducing herself to Ms. Amero, Ms. Whittaker stood in the front of the class for the instructional part of the class, and then sat with her student while the class did work.

She testified that Ms. Amero was using the computer exclusively, and that she never saw what was on the screen. She said that Ms. Amero never indicated to her that there was a problem with the computer, and that the only time she mentioned leaving the classroom was when she needed to use the bathroom. Ms. Whittaker told her that she was not permitted to supervise students.

On cross examination, it was clarified that Ms. Amero never left the classroom. The rest of the cross examination (and then redirect), was just clarifying semantics.

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