how is one teacher going to manage 11 IEP kids?

[Anonymous]

Our our NW school these kids are always spread across 5 classrooms.
Class placement is literally built around them each year.
Usually the strongest teacher in the grade is given 3 or 4.
It's always evident who they view the strongest teacher to be based on this.

How is one poor teacher going to handle them all?
This makes zero sense.

[Anonymous]

Because the “IEP kids” are often smarter and more well behaved than your “normal” kid.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Our our NW school these kids are always spread across 5 classrooms.
Class placement is literally built around them each year.
Usually the strongest teacher in the grade is given 3 or 4.
It's always evident who they view the strongest teacher to be based on this.

How is one poor teacher going to handle them all?
This makes zero sense.

Agreed. Especially when you consider that at some schools this teacher will also still be responsible for some virtual students as well.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Because the “IEP kids” are often smarter and more well behaved than your “normal” kid.

That is certainly true in some cases, but having an IEP does typically indicate that you have more complex learning needs.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Because the “IEP kids” are often smarter and more well behaved than your “normal” kid.

It really can go either way. IEP doesn't always mean behavior problem. It is a lot of high needs (possibly behavior, but also academic) for one class. It is true that IEP kids are spread out. But so are "high fliers."

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Because the “IEP kids” are often smarter and more well behaved than your “normal” kid.

It's not about intelligence.

And as far as behavior it varies but at schools...
Also there are schools that aren't in NW because that are good too.

Kids at risk, homeless, etc. also can have challenging behaviors that gen ed teachers aren't ready for.


The issue isn't just behavior, the main issue is the the majority of gen ed teachers aren't equipped to handle that many Sped students in 1 classroom and them as the real only teacher.

No one knows how services online will be delivered, will a para sit with them? Will it be creepy style and the sped teacher will be on the smart board?

[Anonymous]

A kid with an IEP for speech therapy or OT or something won't add significantly (if at all) to the techer's workload, and certainly won't take time away from your child.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Because the “IEP kids” are often smarter and more well behaved than your “normal” kid.

Even if that is true, aren't these supposed to be the kids who need it the most? The fact is that IEPs take time to implement, and these are probably the IEPs that are most challenging to conduct online. I myself had an IEP as a child, so I'm not judging. I'm just wondering how teachers and kids are adequately supported if the support staff aren't coming in (this is my understanding).

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:A kid with an IEP for speech therapy or OT or something won't add significantly (if at all) to the techer's workload, and certainly won't take time away from your child.

Kids with IEPs for speech are going to be the ones invited for in-person instruction.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:A kid with an IEP for speech therapy or OT or something won't add significantly (if at all) to the techer's workload, and certainly won't take time away from your child.

Kids with IEPs for speech are going to be the ones invited for in-person instruction.

**AREN'T

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:A kid with an IEP for speech therapy or OT or something won't add significantly (if at all) to the techer's workload, and certainly won't take time away from your child.

Are those kids going to be brought in for in-person learning though? If they're not working with specialists in person, there's not much of a point to bringing them in as one of the 11.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Because the “IEP kids” are often smarter and more well behaved than your “normal” kid.

Even if that is true, aren't these supposed to be the kids who need it the most? The fact is that IEPs take time to implement, and these are probably the IEPs that are most challenging to conduct online. I myself had an IEP as a child, so I'm not judging. I'm just wondering how teachers and kids are adequately supported if the support staff aren't coming in (this is my understanding).

At least at my kid’s WOTP school, IEP services won’t be done by the main teacher. Depending on whether the sped teacher can go to school in person (no high risk or personal reason exempting him/her), then those classes will either be pull-out in-person or virtual as they currently are. The in classroom teacher will only be providing the general education currently received by the main teacher virtually

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:A kid with an IEP for speech therapy or OT or something won't add significantly (if at all) to the techer's workload, and certainly won't take time away from your child.

Kids with IEPs for speech are going to be the ones invited for in-person instruction.

Mine was. But makes no sense because speech therapy between two masked people seems ridiculous.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:A kid with an IEP for speech therapy or OT or something won't add significantly (if at all) to the techer's workload, and certainly won't take time away from your child.

Kids with IEPs for speech are going to be the ones invited for in-person instruction.

**AREN'T

Wrong. My child had an IEP only for (Now mild) speech Issues and got a seat.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:A kid with an IEP for speech therapy or OT or something won't add significantly (if at all) to the techer's workload, and certainly won't take time away from your child.

Kids with IEPs for speech are going to be the ones invited for in-person instruction.

**AREN'T

Wrong. My child had an IEP only for (Now mild) speech Issues and got a seat.

Yes, because we know what kind of special needs NW schools like to deal with. You guys need to stop, this only applies to title 1 schools that actually deal with more moderate to severe disabilities and behaviors. Not just little Johnny who needs speech and OT.

You'll be ok, stop pretending you care about SN kids. You don't.