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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]This thread is wild. I am an elementary school
arts teacher who teaches everyone in the school, including kids with autism and nonverbal. I would 100% never kick a child. But I would 100% definitely have a Diet Pepsi on my desk after lunch. I think parents have an unrealistic sense of what a school looks like.[/quote]

As an arts teacher, you might not be seeing the most challenging situations. I know at my kids' school, paraeducators often float to students during specials. You have a very different environment than the home room.[/quote]

At our elementary, all kids of all ages are dropped off at their specials — no teacher, no para. So kids with autism, developmental delays, ODD, and more. No adult stays with them other than the art/music/PE teacher. My job would be so much easier with another adult in the room. [/quote]

That sounds like a disaster unless your school aggressively seeks alternative placements.

Where do the 1:1s go during that time? Surely some kids must have 1:1s in your school.[/quote]

We had maybe 3 kids with 1:1s last year, and during specials paras were on their break. School is in Silver Spring. It is the only MCPS school I have worked for so I’d love to know if it’s standard practice for paras to come to specials.[/quote]

That's *highly* unusual. It's quite likely you're at the only elementary school that does that. You should ask your colleagues how that came to be.

While a little under one 1:1 per grade sounds about right, nearly all elementary schools group kids with IEPs into one or two classes at each grade level. At the lower grade levels, they'll often try to assign a dedicated paraeducator to the class. Sometimes two.

Given elopement risks, these classes need some support to simply get from one room to another. So even if the class is short on paraeducators, they will either pull another paraeducator from the grade for specials, or have the special education resource teacher staff the class.[/quote]

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