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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I’m just getting the titles from the school website, teacher is listed as an “emotional disabilities” teacher but teaches math.  Does that mean she is as qualified to teach math as a high school “math teacher” but also has extra sped credentials? [/quote]

If the Emotional Disabilities teacher is teaching Math that means that not only does this person have a SPED certification, but this person is also highly qualified in Math.  Either they passed the required tests, took the required tests, or even got multiple degrees (say BA in Secondary Ed -Math and MED in SPED).  I'm currently an inclusion teacher, but when I taught self-contained at the elementary level, I had to submit my elementary ed content praxis results to prove that I have the content knowledge to be the sole teacher in the classroom who is responsible for both content and SPED knowledge.  [/quote]

I should clarify, if the Emotional Disabilities teacher is teaching a self-contained math class, then they also need to be highly qualified in math.  If the emotional disabilities teacher is co-teaching, then they do not need to be highly qualified in math as their primary job is to work with the math teacher to differentiate and support the various needs of the students, they are the ones who are highly qualified in sped where the math teacher is highly qualified in content.   A general ed math teacher never has to have the SPED background, even when in a co-taught class; where is if the SPED teacher is in a self-contained class, they need to have both the content and the SPED background.[/quote]

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