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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Self-contained should be on a separate pay scale, full stop. There's no reason a PE teacher should be on the same pay scale as a teacher who works in an EAC classroom. The requirements to work in self contained should be a lot higher though, too. [/quote]

The reality is that[b] no one wants to work in a self contained class.[/b] If you raise the requirements, you won’t be able to fill positions.[/quote]

The laws of economics say otherwise. Raise the pay until you get qualified applicants. If we are paying entry level teachers 100k to work in those classes, so be it. [/quote]

That assumes there is much more wiggle room in the budget than there actually is. Unless you want to jam even more kids into gen ed class rooms, where do you propose getting the funding? [/quote]

Honestly, I don't really care where the money comes from. Gatehouse is a good place to start. Lots of waste to be cut. The fact is, they are legally obligated to have teachers in those classes. They can't find teachers. They need to pay more. If you pay enough, you will get teachers. (Even if pp isn't motivated by money, if you pay enough--there will be other qualified people willing to do the job).[/quote]

Gatehouse has fat, but not that much fat. The largest line items on the budget are facilities and gen ed students. I think FCPS has decided to let parents who think their rights are being violated sue rather than cut from those areas. [/quote]

How about - and I know this isn’t going to happen but I am going to throw it out there - just get rid of IEPs?  They all contain the same kinds of things - x percent more time, self-advocacy, breaks when they need them, blah blah blah.  The time and attention spent on these cookie cutter documents, all the meetings, all the “legal” obligations attached to them… sheesh.  Then again, I give extra time, help, breaks, etc to any student who asks for them and explains to me why she needs them, IEP or no IEP, so they seem frivolous documents to me.  Maybe some teachers don’t account for individual learning needs?  I mean isn’t that what all teachers learn they should do in the pedagogy classes we had to take?[/quote]

1) that’s illegal. IEPs are a federally mandated thing
2) extra time and breaks would be a 504 if that’s the only thing. They are IEPs because there are some sort of extra services being provided, not just accommodations.[/quote]

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