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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Strats for Success is typically part of the informal planning time for SPED teachers.  It gives them time to track goals and paperwork.  The students get a lesson and then can work or relax.  There is a good deal of unstructured time, but this is part of the class to give the students a space to practice their skills.  If an individual student is not using the time to do school work, it might be that they just need the downtime to decompress. Also, remember that middle school is an early start and using the class to rest is needed for many students with IEPs and 504s. If the class is getting noisy, some students find it helpful to bring noise canceling headphones or they can self-advocate to go to the library.

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Agree with the PP to avoid this class at Cooper Middle due to behavior  issues and no structure.

To the above PP (teacher? admin?), there are so many things wrong with this post and the underlying attitude towards special education.  It is supposed to be an instructional class period where the kids can develop, practice and build lagging study skills within the context of their academic assignments, not a glorified free-for-all period so the teacher can go and do paperwork. The kids that are in this class for their IEP/504 need the explicit instruction to be successful especially after Covid.

Here is the course description:

Strats for Success (781980)

Grades  7, 8

Credit  non-credit

Duration  36 weeks (year)

This elective course is designed to provide support to a student in core curricular areas and to provide direct instruction in specific learning strategies, study skills, time management, organization, and self-advocacy skills. Time is also allotted to address individual areas of need as identified in a student's Individual Educational Plan (IEP). While students may receive assistance on core curricular assignments, [b]the course is not designed to serve as a study hall[/b]. Students enrolled in the course receive the equivalent of one period of instruction each day. Students may enroll in this course multiple years as appropriate.
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