Your specialists must be lucky. I (music teacher) cover all the time and attend 504s and IEPs. |
Why are you being asked to go to 504s or IEPs? They only require the classroom teacher and an AP usually. |
What school? I’ve never heard of a music teacher attending an IEP meeting. |
How are you able to cover if you are actually teaching your own class such as music, PE, or Art? |
you know they have CLT |
its crazy how they have CLT Meetings and they tell us is not being taught. |
Why the gift card hate? I add them to my phone app or wallet and move on. |
We forego our own planning time to cover in addition to teaching our own classes. |
We are asked to weigh in on the needs and strengths of the students we teach. I just go and do what I’m told. |
Well, tell that to the IEP meeting I went to as a music teacher last week lol. I’m not sure why you’d imply that I’m lying about that? I also deal with parents (~500) via emails/over the phone and have in some instances hosted conferences when requested. On top of that I’ve produced 3 concerts so far this year and spent countless volunteer hours preparing kids and taking them to all county chorus. I’m absolutely not saying classroom teachers deserve less, just that specialists deserve the same appreciation too. It’s sad that someone would advocate keeping a few treats once a year from a public school teacher. |
One, I am talking about elementary school here. If you aren’t an elementary school specialist then this may not apply to you. I’m not saying you do nothing and shouldn’t get anything. But you don’t do nearly as much as a classroom teacher who has to do parent teacher conferences for every student. I’m sorry, specialists just don’t have that pressure. Parents don’t care about the curriculum or the grades in specials as much either. Classroom teachers always feel they do more work than specialists. |
Are you a middle school teacher? You mentioned all county chorus. I’m talking about elementary school teachers here anyway. Who requested that you go to the IEP meeting? I have never heard of a parent requesting a music teacher to attend. Was it the parents of the student who asked you to be there? Or did the admin request you were there because none of the core teachers could go? |
DP. You need a Gen Ed teacher. If the kids actual teacher can’t make it, another gen Ed teacher goes. In secondary, a kid has 7-8 teachers, any of whom legally can participate. It’s also the case sometimes that you get pulled into an IEP meeting for a kid you have never met because depending on the kid you legally have to have the case manager/sped teacher present, a Gen Ed teacher, and an EL teacher if the student is dually identified. Obviously it is ideal if the Gen Ed teacher present is one who a) teaches the kid and b) teaches a core area that is typically the focus of their goal and accommodations, but in a pinch, a Gen Ed music teacher can go and has to if asked to legally fulfill the requirement for a Gen Ed teacher to be present. Their input isn’t going to be as helpful as a teacher who teaches the core content (sorry music teacher, but it’s true) but they can still contribute on behaviors and such. |
Elementary has All County Chorus too. It was last week in FCPS. |
Is there an All County Chorus for a grade diffferent than 6th?? |