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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]We heard at our IEP meeting that evening and weekend compensatory hours were available from non-FCPS teachers. No one is making teachers do this work. [/quote]

Who do you think is combing through the IEPs from the last few years and holding extra meetings on top of the already way-too-full
schedules? What services are being provided to the students while the teachers are dealing with this? They can’t teach and do this at the same time.[/quote]

Aside from pay, which I agree should be more, what do you suggest? Not provide IEPs? Additional services? Or outsource it altogether?[/quote]

I'm one of the Special Ed teachers who responded upthread. Central Office should be handling all of it with the possible exception of delivering services. I'd be a lot more willing to provide the compensatory services myself if I had time. I don't, because of all the extra paperwork and meetings I'm now required to handle. [/quote]

That's fair. But, another question: Central Office folks are not going to know these kids and their needs. So would that be most helpful to the kids? I hear what you're saying and it sounds like an excellent option on its face. I'm just not sure how it would work in practice?[/quote]

Sorry to post again so soon. A big part of the time suck is just gathering and inputting all the information from various data sources. You have to get test scores from all over the place, get attendance records, get TLPs, look at progress reports, and then put those numbers onto a spreadsheet. Then you have to figure out how much time from school the student missed and how many hours of services they didn't receive when they were virtual. It's not hard but it takes a ton of time. I don't see a reason why Central Office couldn't do this part. I'm being asked to do it for students who I've never met because I wasn't at the same school during Covid. I also think Central Office could make a lot of the clear cut yes or no decisions based on the data. If a student attended virtual school regularly, passed grade level tests since returning, shows no regression and the parents don't want compensatory services, note the file and be done with it. If a student is visually impaired and has Level 3 autism and the parents had to hire someone to come sit 1:1 with them to access virtual instruction and want reimbursement, Central Office is going to be getting involved anyway. [/quote]

This is a helpful explanation/response. Thanks.[/quote]

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