It takes the whole team

I'm a little concerned that this post may appear to be a bit of a rant - but I guess that's therapeutic, too.
It takes a team to make change. In the school setting, it is the OT's job to help the student to be successful in their educational setting. I look at a student and share my professional assessment of that student's strengths and areas of need in meeting their academic demands. This means that I try to keep kids involved in their curriculum, even during 1:1 OT time - in their classroom, using classroom materials, or otherwise incorporating strategies that the team has agreed are in his/her best interest. In an effort not to detract from academics, OT is usually 1/2 hour per week or less.
In 1/2 hour per week, I can not affect change alone!
I need the team to be on board and I need to be kept abreast of new strategies or needs!
Today I walked into the classroom of a student that I see every week for a half hour in his classroom. I talked with the aide and the teacher to follow up on strategies that I had worked hard to implement and individualize. What I discovered is that, after a lot of stalling and "Uhhhhhh....."s, none of my work had been carried over.
I cannot improve this student's handwriting in 1/2 hour per week (at least not without that magic wand we all wish for). He has a handwriting goal - it should be addressed every day. It IS part of his IEP.
My visiting this student every week and working on a skill that is never addressed in the classroom is like me hiring a tutor to come to my house and teach me trigonometry for 1/2 hour per week. It doesn't matter how brilliant the teaching methods; if I am not going to use the trig on a daily basis, the tutoring is useless.
To make this experience more meaningful and productive, I have decided to take the following with me: In the future, I not only need to demonstrate, talk about, and leave written instructions for implementing OT strategies daily. I also need to be more consistent with following up. I am visiting the classroom tomorrow to observe their newly-established language arts rotation. I am aiming to be a helpful and student-centered member of the IEP team.