Exactly how to talk to teacher about 504 implementation

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

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Anonymous wrote:Your concern about grades is concerning. This is 3rd grade. Lots of empathy about the accommodations not being followed but you need to think about your attitude.

You need to rethink yours. This is completely unhelpful.

It's important for OP to understand that obsessing about grades or if she's really not to make it clear to the school she's not obsessing about grades. The way she wrote her original post it makes it sound like she's one of those moms. She needs to rethink her goals and how to present them to the teacher in a way that emphasizes learning.

There was not a single thing in her original post about grades.

[Anonymous]

There should be an assistive technology coordinator somewhere in the school/district. The ipad is essentially AT, and you could ask for the school to have the AT person do some observations and coaching to help the teacher find more effective ways to implement the accommodation in the classroom.

Sometimes when they "officially" provide accommodations that don't get used effectively the accommodations essentially go by the wayside and eventually someone will say "we tried XYZ and it didn't work" even though they didn't try at all. And definitely document via email.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I’m a teacher. You can definitely ask for a quiet spot via an email. The hallway works sometimes, but also a neighboring empty classroom if there’s an an adult who can monitor. I think that if my classroom was too noisy for a child to dictate, it is too loud for me to hear a child telling me anything lengthy. I also try to review student writing twice before grading so I worry that I wouldn’t do a great job of evaluating a story I heard once.

Is the teacher willing to regrade this story?

If the teacher is listening once, can’t she record it to listen again as needed while grading?

[Anonymous]

Special Ed is a wait to fail system. If he can dictate to you at home do it at home for the learning experience but don't turn it in. Unfortunately if you want him to get an IEP you have to show at this point the 504 isn't enough. So let him fail.

Or if you have the time and money you need to intensively remediate either at home or pay money for a tutor or a program like lindamood bell.

[Anonymous]

I would put things in writing and keep asking for meetings till they get it right. I understand that you don't want to offend the teacher, but you can approach it in a way that doesn't offend her. I found it to be helpful to start my conversations with my kid teachers by listing all what is going well and I adress what needs to be done in a positive way. I know that some of my kid teachers over the years might have thought of me as a pain in the neck, but I'm sure that I didn't offended anyone or burned any bridges.